Sowbelly Canyon, Canyon in northwestern Nebraska, United States.

Sowbelly Canyon is a canyon in the Pine Ridge region of Sioux County, in northwestern Nebraska, 2.7 miles northeast of Harrison. It is a little-known portion of the Pine Ridge, and an approximately 11-mile scenic driving route north of Harrison allows visitors to view it. A bed and breakfast stood in the lower bluffs and pines of the canyon until a wildfire destroyed it in July 2006.

The canyon got its name from a frontier-era incident when soldiers fleeing Native American forces were given bacon, called sowbelly, by a rescue party. This dramatic moment became part of the area's early settlement story.

The canyon and Sowbelly Creek both take their names from the same incident: hungry soldiers fleeing Indians were given sowbelly, or bacon, by the rescue party that reached them. The name preserves that episode rather than any local tradition. Visitors today see the canyon along the scenic drive north of Harrison.

Sowbelly Canyon lies 2.7 miles northeast of Harrison, Nebraska, and is best seen from the scenic driving route north of Harrison, a loop of about 11 miles. The route passes through the Pine Ridge's bluffs and pines; no facilities are documented along it, so plan fuel and supplies in Harrison before setting out.

The canyon lies 2.7 miles northeast of Harrison, and the scenic drive north of Harrison runs about 11 miles. A bed and breakfast stood in the lower bluffs and pines until a wildfire destroyed it in July 2006. The name comes from sowbelly, the bacon a rescue party gave hungry soldiers fleeing Indians; Sowbelly Creek takes its name from the same incident.