With some great day trip options available in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to enjoy all that Kearney, 25 miles away, has to offer. Big Apple Fun Center, Great Platte River Road Archway and Hilltop Mall alone make the drive out worthwhile. The locals are also likely to point you in the direction of Lexington, 60 miles away. If you can only see one thing here, let it be Dawson County Raceway. (But we’d also highly recommend Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles and Arbor Park.)