Heron Haven
11809 Old Maple Rd.
Omaha Ne.
(402) 493-4303
Mailing Address:
PO Box 103
Boystown, NE, 68010
                                                                      

Office Hours:
10:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Trail will be closed until Spring 2012
due to Oxbow Restoration Project

                                                                          

Heron Haven...
A walk on the wild side!


Welcome to Heron Haven

Heron Haven is a spring-fed wetland sanctuary.  The sanctuary features one of the last oxbow wetlands of the Big Papillion Creek and it is within Omaha's city limits. Due to a Oxbow Restoration Project, the trails are closed until sometime in the Spring of 2012.  (For more information click on "Construction" above)

Heron Haven is an important educational and research asset to the Omaha community.  Biology and ecology students from local schools and universities use the wetland to conduct ecological studies and surveys of native species of plants and aquatic animals.  Heron Haven also has a spacious Education Center where lectures and short courses on conservation, birding, photography and natural history are offered.  The Education Center also houses a natural history museum and a reference library containing books, periodicals,  and videos.