Rockford Lake - SRA - Beatrice, Nebraska

This popular 150-acre fishing and power boating lake has 286 land acres with plenty of room for picnicking, hiking, primitive camping, unsupervised swimming, fishing and hunting (in season). Facilities include drinking water and latrines.

Fishing species include bluegill, bullhead, crappie, carp, channel & flathead catfish, largemouth bass.

Address: 7 Miles east of Beatrice on Hwy 136, 2 Miles south
Phone: 402-471-5566

Centenary United Methodist

This impressive limestone church was erected in 1929

Beatrice, NE Historic Churches

Paddock Hotel

In 1888 U.S. Senator Algernon Paddock built a hotel and a large opera house. That structure was destroyed by fire on August
1, 1919. Two years later a hotel company was organized, resulting in the New Paddock Hotel, which was completed in 1924.

Beatrice, NE Historic Hotels

Homestead National Monument of America

The Homestead Act of 1862 - By the 1850's, huge land acquisitions had filled out the continental United States. the country's sheer vastness strengthened the conviction that the public domain

Beatrice, NE National Monuments

Rockford Lake - SRA

Beatrice, NE Recreation

Kilpatrick Mansion

The "Kilpatrick Mansion" is a two-and-one-half story brick dwelling constructed in 1904-5 in the Renaissance Revival style, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Beatrice, NE Historic Homes

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Rockford Lake - SRA

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Centenary United Methodist

Paddock Hotel

Homestead National Monument of America

Rockford Lake - SRA

Kilpatrick Mansion

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