U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wetland of about 850 acres south of Clay Center.

The Old Trusty Show is an antique farm machinery show held each September at the Clay County Fairgrounds in Clay Center, sponsored by the Clay County Historical Society.

The Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center is a federal livestock research station at 844 Road 313 near Clay Center, in Clay County, run by the USDA Agricultural Research Service. It covers just under 35,000 acres and has worked on beef, sheep and swine problems since 1964, splitting its effort roughly half to beef cattle, a third to swine and the rest to sheep.

Whitefront Wildlife Management Area is a 280-acre Nebraska Game and Parks Commission area about 2 miles west and 2 miles north of Clay Center, with about 212 acres of wetland and 68 acres of upland.

Zion Lutheran Church is at 204 West Johnson Street in Clay Center, with Sunday worship at 11 a.m.