Healthy Lifestyles
Omahans are passionate about their sports and recreation. No matter the season they find a way to exercise at a variety of venues.
More than 200 parks are perfect for fishing, skateboarding, boating, taking in a concert or enjoying a quiet walk.
Prefer tennis? We provide public and private, indoor and outdoor courts; Koch Tennis Center recently captured the United States Tennis Association’s Outstanding Facility Award!
Walk, run or bike on our miles of paved trails. And, bicyclists applauded the news that the City of Omaha will create a 20-mile bicycle street route connecting the Riverfront Trail with the Keystone Trail in central Omaha and the Creighton University campus to Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo.
Visitors and residents alike enjoy the stunning new Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge spanning the Missouri River, connecting Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Whether on roller blades, bicycles, pushing a stroller or wheelchair, walking or running, the half-mile span is a beautiful way to spend an afternoon.
Greater Omaha is home to more than 50 public and private golf courses. If you want to see some great golf, Greater Omaha scores national attention each summer as host of the Cox Classic golf tournament at Champions Run.
Those who prefer water sports take to area lakes for fishing, boating and swimming, or visit the Missouri, Elkhorn or Platte rivers. Greater Omaha features many private aquatic facilities and water parks as well as 19 city-operated swimming pools and the CoCo Key Water Resort at the Holiday Inn Omaha Convention Center.
Runners line up for the annual Omaha Marathon, the Corporate Cup Run and other competitive and charitable challenges.
There are amateur leagues for softball, baseball, soccer, hockey and T-ball for the kids, many of them coordinated by the YMCA and other sports associations.
Horse trails wind through Cunningham, Standing Bear, Walnut Creek and Zorinsky lake areas and N.P. Dodge Park. Several barns rent horses, including the John Wayne Riding Stables at Mahoney State Park.
During the winter, sledding and cross-country skiing are popular. Public ice skating is available year-round at Benson Ice Arena, Motto McLean Ice Arena at Hitchcock Park and Moylan Tranquility Ice Plex. The ice skating pavilion at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park west of Omaha is open November through March.
With so many ways to get out and get healthy, why are you still sitting there?
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