Biking Omaha's Big Papio Trail
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The Big Papio creek is one of the tributaries of the Papillion Creek. The trail, preserved from a historic canal towpath, follows the creek for 9.8 miles and is a concrete sidewalk trail for its entirety which is open to bikers, skaters, and walkers. At the southern end, it connects with the Keystone Trail which offers another 11 miles of biking. The trail corridor follows a greenbelt on both sides of the creek, and in fact, the trail bounces from one side of the creek to the other several times using street bridges to cross the water. This shot looks north from the Center Street bridge. I parked in the lot seen in the left of the photo. A map to the parking areas is available below.
The trail passes several parks, an auto junkyard, storage lots and buildings, and aging industrial complexes, often uninspiring scenery, but the overwhelming impression one gets is the verdancy of the trail verges and creek banks, the scenic views of the parks which also offer rest areas, and the absence of homes and lack of crush of people. All road and rail crossings via underpasses as seen below, making the trail safe from motorized traffic...
The trail passes several parks, an auto junkyard, storage lots and buildings, and aging industrial complexes, often uninspiring scenery, but the overwhelming impression one gets is the verdancy of the trail verges and creek banks, the scenic views of the parks which also offer rest areas, and the absence of homes and lack of crush of people. All road and rail crossings via underpasses as seen below, making the trail safe from motorized traffic...
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