Fonner Park

Fonner Park is a thoroughbred horse racing facility located in Grand Island, Nebraska. Co-located with the Hall County Fair and Nebraska State Fair, it is named after its original landowner August L. Fonner and first held races in 1954.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and C.W. Burdick Power Plant.

Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Church

Photo: Ammodramus, Public domain.

The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also known as St. Mary's Cathedral, is the cathedral church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island located in Grand Island, Nebraska, United States.

C.W. Burdick Power Plant

Power station

C.W. Burdick Power Plant is a six-unit 187.5 MW natural gas/fuel oil power plant located in Grand Island, Nebraska. The facility is owned and operated by the City of Grand Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grand Island and Phillips.

Grand Island

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Grand Island is a city of 51,000 people in South Central Nebraska. Grand Island has been given the All-America City Award three times by the National Civic League.

Phillips

Village

Photo: Ammodramus, CC0.

Phillips is a village in Hamilton County, Nebraska, United States. As of the 2020 census, Phillips had a population of 320. Phillips is situated 6 miles east of Fonner Park.

Fonner Park

Type: Park
Description: thoroughbred horse racing facility in Grand Island, Nebraska, US
Categories: horse racing venue and recreation area
Location: Hall, Nebraska, Great Plains, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.90561° or 40° 54′ 20″ north

Longitude

-98.33025° or 98° 19′ 49″ west

Elevation

1,844 feet (562 metres)

Open location code

86G3WM49+6W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 494311997

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5068528

Wikidata ID

Q49490135

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In Other Languages

“Fonner Park” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fonner Park”

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