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Plans to develop the trail fully in Northwest Nebraska are underway. The Cowboy Trail, a Rails-to-Trails project, parallels the Bridges to Buttes Byway, providing an opportunity for hikers and bikers to enjoy the same scenery at a slower pace. Crazy Horse was killed at Fort Robinson 1877. A portion of the Bridges to Buttes Scenic Byway between Fort Robinson and Hay Springs is also known as the Crazy Horse Memorial Highway, commemorating the memory of the Lakota warrior and chief who lived part of his life in Nebraska’s Pine Ridge region and fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn. The byway provides access to a frontier military post at Fort Robinson State Park, opportunities to learn more about Native American culture and early pioneers like Mari Sandoz and to travel further afield to explore prehistoric fossils at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument and Toadstool Geologic Park.

After enjoying the views of the high bridges near Valentine and the famous Nebraska Sandhills in central Nebraska, travelers can head west and find themselves gazing up at towering buttes of Northwest Nebraska that prove the state is anything but flat.

The Bridges to Buttes Scenic Byway carries visitors along Highway 20 over the northern most portion of Central and Northwest Nebraska.