Nebraska's Junk Jaunt

Each year on the last full weekend in September, tens of thousands of visitors hit the backroads any by-ways in Central Nebraska looking for a "Lost Treasure." A Hearty "Welcome To Nebraska’s Junk Jaunt" is being extended to you by Motels, Bed & Breakfasts, Guest Houses and Campgrounds in the area.

Come see Nebraska’s Beautiful Scenery
Nebraska’s Junk Jaunt takes place in central Nebraska. Two of Nebraska’s most beautiful Scenic Byways, The Sandhills Journey Byway and the Loup Rivers Scenic Byway, form the basic "looping route" of the Junk Jaunt. Also included, and a very important part of this fun event, are the numerous small towns and villages on the east, the west and on the inside of the "looping Byway/Junk Jaunt® route."

Garage Sale regulars call themselves "Junkers" and a "Jaunt" is a sprint or short run. Thus, you could say it is ‘running for the junk’.
Nebraska’s Junk Jaunt is nearly 500 miles of garage sales, collectibles, antiques, vintage, gastric delights and just plain fun.

It began in 2004 with about 75 vendors and 1,000 shoppers. Annual license plate surveys and guest book sign-ins tell us that upwards of 25,000 people attend from nearly every state, several Canadians provinces and even a few foreign visitors. Some veteran "junkers"  have been to every Junk Jaunt®, while others it is their inaugural trip.