This quaint community is next door to the city limits of Omaha and the Omaha airport. Several parks…read moreopen to the public is available. If you want to have a good view of the lake, barbeque, have kids play basketball, use the skateboard park, or BMX bike course, visit Mabrey Park located on the corner 9f Willow Drive and 18th Street. They close by 10 pm and allow watercraft to be lowered by the ramps into the lake. Outdoor picnic seating is also available around the park area. No swimming is allowed at this park. You will have to visit Wavecrest Park for that.

Carter Lake is a former channel of the Missouri River and was formed by flooding of the Missouri…read moreRiver in the summer of 1877. The city of Carter Lake, Iowa takes its name from the lake and there is an interesting background story to this lake located near the Omaha Airport. In 1930, Carter Lake was incorporated as a city in the state of Iowa, a status it has retained ever since but there has been lots of fighting over it. Carter Lakes Colorful History states that "Carter Lake was once called Cut-Off Island - a fitting name for a place torn between two cities and two states, yet connected to neither." Iowa and Nebraska constantly battled for the city named Carter Lake and it's water feature born of a change of course of the Missouri River. The ensuing legal battle over whether Iowa or Nebraska had jurisdiction over Cut-Off Island went to the Supreme Court. In a 1892 ruling, the court sided with Iowa on the basis that state lines remain the same when a river avulsed, or dramatically altered, its path in 1877. Therefore, the land had never left Iowa, despite its position on the Nebraska side of the river. It is weird driving through the area, as you are in Nebraska one minute and Iowa the very next. Carter Lake has not escaped water pollution problems and in 2005, the lake had reached a crisis level. Due to a number of factors, the lake water level was both dangerously low and polluted with toxic algae. Placed on Nebraska's Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters for elevated concentrations of nutrients, the lake was no longer a place for recreation and beauty, but a haven for floating contaminants. Interested citizens formed the "Carter Lake Environmental Assessment and Rehabilitation Council," and a community based watershed plan was organized to help improve the water quality. Now Carter Lake is a recreational hub for the area. The park is a great place to launch a boat for water sports and fishing, and also has baseball and football fields, basketball courts, and areas for picnics and larger gatherings. It is a beautiful gem of a lake and worth 5 YELP STARS.

Nice park with fishing, a playground, picnic shelter and grilling areas. The lake is stocked with…read morerainbow trout every year and seems to a popular spot with locals. The playground has slides and swings with some small climbing features. There is also a picnic shelter with several tables for gatherings as well as other uncovered picnic areas with grills along the walking path around the lake.

Nice little park with a trail around the lake. The pavement is smooth and level. There are also…read moreplenty of benches placed near the walking path around the lake to sit and enjoy the weather. As the weather has been nicer there have been a lot of people fishing and using the many grills available to use as well.

Very nice park. The river walk and observation deck were very nice as well. A festival was going…read moreon when I was there, complete with a military band from Moffitt Air Force Base. Worth a stop

The Omaha waterfront appears to have undergone quite a lot of development. The river itself is kind…read moreof in the brown snake category, but the greenery, statuary, and diversity of recreational facilities available at the waterfront was impressive. I didn't have huge difficulty finding parking or a restroom. There were no shortage of people out for the late sunset in this part of the country, and it was easy to see why.

Perfect way to spend my Sunday morning! Thank you for doing all of the work. I just had to show up…read moreand enjoy the day.

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This park is hidden in Carter Lake, Iowa and can be reached by heading to Shoreline Drive. The park…read morehours are from 5 am to 10 pm. Parkimg is very limited and is checked during the summer months. Swimming is allowed here as well as fishing, and grilling with several picnic tables available. Public restrooms are available in the park and most people will be friendly and respectful. The speed limit is 10 mph going into the park driveway, 15 mph on Shoreline Drive. This can be a relaxing spot as long as you cannot bring alcoholic beverages in the park.

This park is located on the opposite side from the Iowa border on Carter Lake. The pavilions can…read morebe rented through Omaha Park and Recreation for a nominal fee. This place has baseball fields besides a replay area for young kids. Boats and other watercraft are allowed to be used here. Bathrooms are the portable ones and parking is convenient. Swimming is not allowed on this side of the lake.

Levi Carter Park is in a crescent shape. It is quite a large Park it is across the street from the…read moreOmaha airport. I found it full of beautiful trees incredible grass and lots of small lots to park and I should go around bathroom seem to be at a premium as there were only a few to be found. The lake is beautiful there are geese both on the ground and in the air and at Sunset they really come down and Chow Down on the lawn I think. The coolest thing is across the street from the airport is small Lots parking lots that is make wonderful cell phone waiting blogs when you are expecting someone at the airport very handy indeed

"It's not that hot in the shade" my daughter insisted, pointing her camera up to the tree crowns…read morehigh above us. This park is full of a huge variety of mature trees, which makes for good birdwatching and bug watching, slime mold watching, etc. There is also a playground here, a pavilion, a dog park, a frisbee golf course, and a lagoon. I think the children's pool and tennis center are still here as well, on the south edge of the park. There is a big greenhouse here for growing plants for the city parks but unfortunately it was severely damaged during an intense hail storm this summer. The park is fairly clean though some trash was piled up next to the trash cans since obviously they had not been emptied. Other than that, I don't have any complaints. A lot of Canada geese are sometimes by the lagoon, so if you're afraid of them, don't go over there. No worries! They are little hissing dinosaurs.

We went to Hanscom Park to play the 9 hole disc golf course. I really enjoyed this course - it is…read moreshort and sweet, but a fun course with all the trees. I'm a beginner but would play this again.

This is the only place in Council Bluffs to get tackle and excellent advice for area fishing. Vicki…read morethe owner is a master fisherman and has the lofty creditials to prove it. Just look at the walls in her shop. Yep she caught them all!! She has an excellent selection of rods and reels and since the CoVID thing has interrupted so much, Vicki has managed to adjust and make up for lost time. No walk in traffic, but a more than brisk drive up traffic. In my case, a call to her shop told her what I had in my thoughts and drove out. She had a wonderful St Croix rod and Okuma reel ready to go. And this is drive up! Again this is a hidden resource and valuable to all that drive up. Once the quarantine is over, stop in at take a look at the trophies! Great place great help!

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Dean Thielen as a fishing guide was just excellent. He took me and my two young boys (5 and 3 years…read moreold) to Flanagan Lake in West Omaha. He was great in teaching the kids how to handle the rod and the fish. Kids say they fished over a thousand fish and they were not far off. I would reccomend him for a great time on the water.