Main Area Campground

Huge cottonwood trees, that said certain times of the year may be a bit "snowy" with cotton. But beautiful for sure. The spaces are very far apart and give you ample space to do your own thing. Tons of shade everywhere. Shower houses are pay but very nice. Restrooms were very clean and well kept. Lots of people during the week doing maintenance on flowers and trees and the beach area etc etc. Good fishing areas along the lake and great bicycling path around the lake, albeit some of it on the road which takes away a certain aspect of being able to walk it. Water fill and dump station just outside entrance. Very nice area. The negative would be it is dusty! The roads and lots need a fresh bit of gravel put down, what is there has worked in and only left the dirt on the top which creates a lot of dust as people drive by and in your pad area. Wish they would blacktop like most the other state parks have done but outside of that, it is a very very nice place.

We arrived here for one night after a long hot day of driving. A little tricky to figure out the FF sites. Reservations can only be made three days in advance, even via phone call. Sites were nicely spread out with shade trees. No water or sewer hook ups. Lots of flies and poorly maintained sites. The only true redeeming factor for us was the 50 amp power to run both of our air conditioners. We saw the lake, but arrived too late to enjoy it. Showers were filthy and one needed to pay. Definitely not worth the $42 we paid to camp here! Wish we’d continued to the city park in the next town down the road. We won’t be back.

We camped in a premium reservation-only site on the lakeshore. The site was fantastic! Nebraska uses a reservation system, and the regulations state if a reservable site has been reserved, it cannot be released until noon the following day. Keep this in mind to understand the context of my story. The camp hosts were very sweet and hospitable, which we really appreciated! We did not appreciate that another couple in a class A motor coach, had misled the camp hosts into believing they had a reservation for the night at our prepaid site less than an hour before we arrived. Ultimately, the camp superintendent had to be called out late at night from home to remove them from our pre-paid and reserved site. The squatters were not happy about moving, but lucky for us, they only left a large amount of trash in the fire ring of our site. Petty, but not surprising given their previous dishonesty with the camp host. We did not allow their behavior to ruin our stay, however. We had a lovely morning on the lake, and would definitely consider a return trip!

We arrived here on a Tuesday in May at about 5:30PM. The place is virtually empty, We found a camp host who showed us which sites were available for a 3 night stay as we wanted a break after traveling every day for a week.We are in site 65, right across from the camp host as this site is nicely shaded and weather prediction was for highs in the 90s today (Wednesday May 11 2022). At this writing at about 4:00PM the temp is about 87F and the A/C is working fine to keep the interior of the RV cool. We took a bike ride this morning, very nice bike paths here. We plan to kayak tomorrow and will continue our journey East on Friday. The RV sites are electric and back in only so you need to arrive with full water and empty holding tanks if you plan to stay long. There is a nice dump station near the entrance that has a separate clean water fill. One thing we have observed is that the "stuff" that falls off the trees is abundant and very sticky so it's best to remove your shoes upon entry to your camper or your floor will be covered with detritus. I also would not advise opening the awning as it seems it would be very difficult to get the the "stuff" off the fabric if it is rolled up without a good cleaning beforehand. A very clean and quiet campground so far, if a bit pricey. One oddity is that reservations can only be made at least 48 hours in advance so if you are traveling, as we are, and not sure of your arrival date you cannot make a reservation for the next day or the same day. This time arriving without a reservation worked out fine as there are plenty of sites to choose from but it may be a different story on a busy weekend.

Very nice campground. Check in was simple, we had a reservation. You can fill your water tank at the dump station near the entrance, we found a spigot near our site to fill up. Our site is close to the lake and I think they are spaced nicely. Doesn’t feel like you are on top of each other. There is a nice trail around the lake, just over 10 miles. Beautiful trees and fall colors.