Nebraska

Eastern Nebraska was acquired in 1803, as part of the Louisiana Purchase, and in 1843 the Western half was acquired as part of the treaty following the Mexican War.  On March 1^st 1867 it entered the Union as the 37^th state.  The state attracts a wide variety of sportsmen, campers, along with recreation enthusiasts due to its large amount of fresh and alkali lakes.  Actives include fishing, hunting, camping, stage and pony express rides, historical exhibits, in addition to historical venues from pioneers such as Lewis and Clark.

Nebraska boasts over 80 state and recreational parks that attract thousands of visitors on a yearly basis.  To learn more about the recreational opportunities that Nebraska has to offer you can visit the Game and Parks website.

For further information you can also visit the Division of Travel and Tourism.

• Alexandria State Recreation Area – Fairbury, NE
• Alexandria is a small recreational park that hosts traditional overnight camping spots surrounding 2 lakes.  It offers picnicking, boating, fishing, along with some sites providing 30-amp electrical hook-ups.  It is approximately 22 miles from Rock Creek State Historical Park where “Wild Bill” Hancock began his infamous career.
• Arbor Lodge State Historical Park – Nebraska City, NE
• Arbor Lodge was the home to J. Sterling Morton, who was the founder of Arbor Day.  The site is host to the Arbor Day Museum; which includes a visitor’s center of the historic mansion, hiking trails, and a picnicking area.
• Arnold State Recreation Area – Anselmo, NE
• Arnold State is a traditional camping area that offers a quiet getaway for people who wish to enjoy the Nebraska outdoors.  The site includes a camping area, 22-acre lake for boating, picnicking, and electrical amp hook-ups.
• Ash Hollow State Historical Park – Lewellen , NE
• Ashen Hollow is a 1000-acre park that offers a wide range of activities that include a visitor’s center, viewing bones of prehistoric rhinoceros, mammoths, mastodons, pioneer history displays, and a gift shop.
• Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park – Royal, NE
• Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park is a joint project of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the University Of Nebraska State Museum.  The site offers a family educational experience to view ongoing excavations, historical trip to view wildlife before modern man ventured into the Great Plains, along with picnicking areas.
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• Atkinson Lake State Recreation Area – Bassett, NE
• Atkinson Lake has 40 acres of land and a 14-acre lake on the Elkhorn River. The area is fairly flat and partially forested with tree lines. The area offers fishing, picnicking, wildlife viewing, electrical hookups and traditional camping.
• Blue River State Recreation Area – NE
• Blue River State Recreation Area only provides day-time "walk-in" pedestrian river access, fishing, and picnicking areas. 
• Bluestem State Recreation Area – NE
• Bluestem State Recreation Area campground is a 742-acre state recreation area that offers fishing, swimming, picnicking and traditional camping for outdoors enthusiasts.  Campers and picnickers have up-to-date facilities, along with a swimming beach, drinking water, toilets and dump station. There is also an archery range for those who want to sharpen their skills.
• Bowman Lake State Recreation Area – Loup City, NE
• Bowman Lake is a 23-acre area located near Loup City and Sherman Reservoir. This area offers picnicking, fishing and traditional camping.
• Bowring Ranch State Historical Park – Merriman, NE
• Bowring Ranch was donated by former U.S. Senator Eve Bowring in memory of her husband.  The ranch displays fine antique china, crystal and silver as well as memorabilia from their active public service careers.
• Box Butte Reservoir State Recreation Area – Crawford, NE
• Box Butte Reservoir is a 2,212-acre recreation area that offers electrical and traditional camping, water, boat ramp, fish cleaning station, unsupervised swimming, picnic tables, shelters, vault toilets, fishing and hiking.
• Branched Oak State Recreation Area – Raymond, NE
• Branch Oak is a 5,595-acre recreation area with 12 camping sites throughout the park.  The area has 4 boat ramps, fish cleaning stations, private marina and concession, several miles of hiking, biking and horse trails, including an area where camping is allowed with horses. A nationally recognized dog trial area is located there.
• Bridgeport State Recreation Area – Gering, NE
• Bridgeport State is a 197-acre area that lies adjacent to the North Platte River. The recreation area offers  picnicking, fishing, swimming and camping. Facilities include picnic tables, shelters, fire grates, drinking water, trailer dump station and vault toilets.
• Brownville State Recreation Area – Brownville, NE
• Browville recreation area is managed by the city of Brownville.  It offers fishing and picnicking.
• Buffalo Bill Ranch State Recreation Area – North Platte, NE
• Buffalo Bill Ranch is part of Buffalo Bill State Historical Park, this state recreation area offers camping along the Platte River, pads with electricity, primitive sites and a group picnic shelter.
• Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park – North Platte, NE
• Buffalo Bill State Historical Park is located next door to the Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area. This recreation area offers beautiful camping along the Platte River.  Buffalo Bill Ranch recaptures the life and career of the famed Pony Express rider, Army scout, and buffalo hunter turned showman.
• Calamus State Recreation Area – Burwell, NE
• Calamus Reservoir is home to some of the state's best recreational opportunities. This includes opportunities such as camping, fishing, boating, hiking, sightseeing and hunting. The 5,124-acre lake is surrounded by 4,958 acres of gently rolling land, covered with native grasses and forbs.
• Chadron State Park – Chadron, NE
• Chadron State Park is a 972-acre park that lies in the Nebraska National Forest.  The park offers a swimming pool, horseback trail rides, tennis and sand volleyball courts, craft center, snack bar, souvenirs, paddle boats on the picturesque lagoon, fishing, hiking, evening programs, picnic tables, shelters (which can be reserved), water, dump station, showers and modern restrooms.
• Champion Lake State Recreation Area – Enders, NE
• Champion Lake is a 2-acre tract of land located on an 11-acre lake. The area offers picnicking, fishing and 8 primitive campsites.
• Champion Mill State Historical Park –Enders, NE
• Champion Mill is the last functional water-powered mill in Nebraska, which offers day time tours of the building and its grounds. Camping is available at the Champion Lake State Recreation Area.
• Cheyenne State Recreation Area –Grand Island, NE
• Cheyenne is a former wayside area with a 15-acre pond. The area offers fishing, camping and picnicking.
• Conestoga State Recreation Area – Lincoln, NE
• Conestoga is a 230-acre Corps of Engineers flood control reservoir with 486 acres of land. The area offers power boating, picnicking and fishing.
• Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area – Merriman, NE
• Cottonwood has a lake encompassing 60 acres and 180 acres of land adjacent. The area is partially forested and offers power boating, picnicking and swimming.
• Cowboy Trail – Lincoln, NE
• Cowboy Trail is a projected 321 mile long trail that is currently being developed.  The trail encompasses 221 bridges that require more than 3.5 miles of decking.  The trail follows the gentle slopes of the old Chicago Northwestern rail line which allows easy peddling for biking.
• Crystal Lake State Recreation Area – Doniphan, NE
• Crystal Lake is a 33-acre park adjacent to the Little Blue River and features a 30-acre lake. The area offers picnicking, swimming, a playground along with a tennis court.
• Dead Timber State Recreation Area - Scribner, NE
• Dead Timber is a 200-acre area near Scribner on the Elkhorn River, which has 50 acres of water and offers traditional camping, picnicking, fishing and non powered boating. The area has 17 pads with 30-amp electrical hookups.
• DLD State Recreation Area - Doniphan, NE
• DLD is a former wayside area encompassing 7 acres of land. The area offers picnicking and 4 non-designated campsites.
• Enders Reservoir State Recreation Area - Enders, NE
• Enders Reservoir has 3,278 acres of land on a 1,707-acre lake, part of which is a waterfowl refuge. There are modern restrooms, coin-operated showers, dump station, fish cleaning station, and 32 (30-amp) hook-ups.
• Eugene T. Mahoney State Park - Ashland, NE
• Eugene T. Mahoney State Park offers year-round accommodations and recreational use.  The dominant feature of the park, the Peter Kiewit Lodge, offers 40 guest rooms, each with private bath. There are sleeping lofts and fireplaces in 16 rooms.
• Fort Atkinson State Historical Park - Fort Calhoun, NE
• Fort Atkinson was established in 1820 on recommendation of the Lewis and Clark expedition. The grounds are open year-round, and the Harold W. Andersen visitor center is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the summer. There is a small picnic area near the fortification parking area. While no food or lodging is available at the park, camping, restaurants and overnight accommodations are available nearby.
• Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park - Burwell, NE
• Fort Hartsuff's Visitor Center is located in a historical building built in 1874, which originally housed the commanding officer's office. The area's Visitor Center features interpretive displays and brochures. The gift shop includes books for the serious historian along with a wide range of gifts for people of all ages.
• Fort Kearny State Historical Park - Kearney, NE
• Fort Kearny near Kearney was a stage station, home station for the Pony Express, outfitting depot for Indian campaigns and home of the Pawnee Scouts.  Camping is available at nearby Fort Keany State Recreation Area.
• Fort Kearny State Recreation Area - Kearney, NE
• Fort Kearny consists of an area that is 186-acres which is dotted with sandpit lakes. In the spring, the world's largest concentration of sand hill cranes and waterfowl gathers in the central Platte River valley. Facilities include electrical and traditional camp pads, showers, dump station, modern restrooms, water, picnic tables, grills, shelters, wheelchair-accessible fishing pier, nature trail, non power boating and hike-bike trail.
• Fort Robinson State Park - Crawford, NE
• Fort Robinson is western Nebraska's premier state park, with more than 22,000 acres of exquisite Pine Ridge scenery, compelling old west history, exceptional lodging, loads of fun-time activities, scenic camping and the park's own buffalo and longhorn herds.
• Fremont Lake State Recreation Area - Fremont, NE
• Fremont has around 40 land acres and nearly 300 water acres in 20 sandpit lakes.  Facilities include modern campgrounds with dump stations, picnic tables, shelter houses, fireplaces, playground equipment, water, lights, modern restrooms and boat launch sites.
• Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area - Elwood, NE
• Gallagher Canyon offers access to the 400-acre Johnson Lake. Traditional camping is offered on the 24-acre area.  Gallagher Canyon offers good spring crappie fishing in the coves, as well as channel and flathead catfish. Drum and carp are common catches also. The area has a gravel boat ramp.
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• Indian Cave State Park - Shubert, NE
• Indian Cave State Park has 3,052-acres bordering the mighty Missouri River. Indian Cave is a pristine area, devoted to camping, hiking and backpacking, picnicking, nature and wilderness activities.  Campers can make reservations 1 year to three days in advance of arrival for campsite numbers 1-70 by calling the reservation call center at (402)471-1414 9 am - 6 pm, Monday-Friday
• Johnson Lake State Recreation Area - Elwood, NE
• Johnson Lake Recreation Area is 68-acres, and provides three access points to the 2,068-acre lake.  Campers will find electrical hookups, non-pad sites, showers, modern restrooms, dump station, water, picnic tables, grills, shelters, vault toilets, boat ramp, fish cleaning stations, swimming beach and accessible fishing piers.
• Keller Park State Recreation Area - Bassett, NE
• The Keller Park 196-acre area has 10 acres of water which includes access to five fishing ponds.  Nature lovers will find the area a gathering zone for all types of wildlife, from songbirds to whitetails and an occasional mule deer.  The campground has electrical hookups and traditional tent camping.
• Lake Maloney State Recreation Area - North Platte, NE
• Lake Maloney offer campsites with electrical hookups, a dump station, water, boat ramps, swimming, vault toilets, picnic tables, fish cleaning stations and grills.  The campground area has 132-acres on a 1,000-acre lake.
• Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area - Ogallala, NE
• Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's largest reservoir at 35,700 acres, and has a spectacular Visitor-Water Interpretive Center. The center houses parks offices, aquariums, a theater with interactive displays that interpret the benefits of the Platte River and the High Plains Aquifer.
• Lake Minatare State Recreation Area - Minatare, NE
• Lake Minatare recreation area claims choice camping and boating facilities. The modern campground has gravel pads with electrical hookups, modern restrooms and showers. It is home of Nebraska's only lighthouse and a federal waterfowl refuge. Lake Minatare is closed each year from October 15 - January 15 for all camping and lake use as it is a Wildlife Refuge for migratory birds.
• Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area - Ogallala, NE
• Lake Ogallala has 320 acres of water and 339 acres of land and is located below the Kingsley Dam Hydroelectric Plant. This area offers a shady modern campground with 82 pads, 62 have electrical hook-ups. There is an additional 180 non-designated campsites. All campers must register and reservations are accepted up to one year in advance.
• Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area - Crofton, NE
• Lewis and Clark State Recreation Area offers housekeeping cabins situated on the shore of Lewis and Clark Lake, offering a beautiful scenic view of the lake and the bluffs. The cabins can be rented one year in advance.  Camping facilities are excellent at Lewis & Clark SRA, and this has been an extremely popular area with campers and boaters for a long time. RVers will find some choice new facilities, complete with 30/50-amp electrical hookups.
• Long Lake State Recreation Area - Bassett, NE
• Long Lake State Recreation Area is a natural sand hill lake consisting of 155 acres at normal water level that offers local fishing.  A camping and picnic area is on the southwest shore of the lake and is equipped with tables, fireplaces and toilets.
• Long Pine State Recreation Area - Bassett, NE
• Long Pine is a 153-acre tract of Pine Ridge land straddling Long Pine Creek. The area offers traditional camping, hiking, picnicking, wildlife viewing, and an archery range.
• Louisville State Recreation Area - Louisville, NE
• Louisville hosts 192-acres and has five sandpit lakes with some 50 surface acres of water. Surrounded by towering cottonwood trees, this inviting area offers picnicking, swimming, fishing, non-power boating, and canoe access to the Platte River in addition to camping.
• Medicine Creek State Recreation Area - Cambridge, NE
• Medicine Creek State Recreation Area and wildlife land encompasses some 8,500 acres of public land and water in southeastern Frontier County. Medicine Creek State Recreation Area has 4 lakefront cabins on the East Side of the lake in the Shady Bay Campground, Trail 4. Each two-bedroom cabin is approximately 532 square feet has air conditioning, full bathroom, furnished kitchen and a covered deck overlooking the lake.
• Memphis State Recreation Area – NE
• Memphis State Recreation Area is a 163-acre state recreation area with a 48-acre lake. The area offers Traditional camping, fishing, hiking, picnicking and wildlife viewing.  Nearby attractions include the Strategic Air and Space Museum, and Eugene T. Mahoney State Park.
• Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area - Valentine, NE
• Merritt Reservoir offers some of Nebraska's premiere fishing.  It is a deep lake with excellent inflow from the Snake River and Boardman Creek.  Cedar Bay Campground offers 28 electrical campsites. Traditional overnight facilities are available at all the areas on this scenic reservoir, along with drinking water and vault toilets. Merritt Dam Trading Post, the area concession, is located at the east end of the dam and offers fee camping with water and electrical hookups.
• Mormon Island State Recreation Area - Doniphan, NE
• Mormon Island hosts a spectacular gathering each spring, as hundreds of thousands of sand hill cranes stop to rest and pursue their courtship rituals. The world's largest concentration of these magnificent birds draws thousands of visitors to the region every year.  Mormon Island offers modern camping facilities, restrooms, electrical hookups, a shower building and a laundromat.
• Niobrara State Park - Niobrara, NE
• Niobrara State Park offers a modern swimming pool, horseback trail rides led by wranglers, fishing in the nearby rivers, hiking the 14 miles of trail, bird watching, and other nature studies.  Niobrara State Park also offers beautiful tent camping spots tucked in to the hills overlooking the confluence of the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers.
• North Loup State Recreation Area - Doniphan, NE
• North Loup is a 13-acre area adjacent to the Loup River with 2 ponds totaling 7 acres. This area offers fishing, picnicking, a playground and primitive campsites.
• Olive Creek State Recreation Area – NE
• Olive Creek State Recreation Area has 612 (437 For Hunters) acres of land and water available to outdoor recreation enthusiasts. Although small, the 175-acre lake supports a variety of fish from largemouth bass to bluegill to two kinds of catfish, making for a diversity of fishing excitement.
• Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area - Gering, NE
• Oliver Reservoir has over 917-acres of land and a 270-acre lake, Oliver Reservoir State Recreation Area is the only water based recreational facility in the southwest Panhandle.  This area offers camping; power boating, fishing, picnicking and a swimming beach.
• Pawnee State Recreation Area - Lincoln, NE
• Pawnee State has more than 1,800 acres of land are open to hiker, hunters, shutterbugs and anyone else who enjoys the out-of-doors.  Hunters will find abundant upland and small game, waterfowl and deer.
• Pelican Point State Recreation Area - Fort Calhoun, NE
• Pelican Point is a 36-acre tract of land adjacent to the Missouri River. This area has a picnic shelter and traditional camping.
• Pibel Lake State Recreation Area – NE
• Pibel Lake is a 72-acre state recreation area set in a small valley hidden from the highway. The lake was recently renovated and stocked with bluegills, largemouth bass and channel catfish. A boat dock for smaller boats also has been added.
• Pioneer State Recreation Area – NE
• Pioneer State Recreation Area is for day use only. No facilities.
• Platte River State Park - Louisville, NE
• Platte River State Park is an innovative area, where the Commission has implemented some intriguing concepts in park lodging, management and design.  Activities range from swimming at the supervised pool to guided horseback trail rides through the timbered hills. Sights to see include the quaint Red Barn (converted to a group camp) and a charming little waterfall.  Recreational equipment is available at Owen Landing, where you can rent a paddleboat to churn around Jenny Newman Lake. At sunset, free campfire programs that change regularly are on tap at the amphitheater.
• Ponca State Park - Ponca, NE
• Ponca State Park features one of the state's most comprehensive outdoor/environmental education programs. Onsite staff and volunteers are available to provide visitors with hands-on educational opportunities in cultural and natural history, conservation and stewardship, along with outdoor skills. Outdoor skill programs include outdoor cooking, shooting sports, fishing, orienteering, hunting, and much more. Programs are given daily Memorial Day through Labor Day and on weekends only during the spring and fall.
• Red Will Reservoir State Recreation Area – McCook, NE
• Red Willow Reservoir covers 1,628 acres of the nearly 6,000 acres managed for public recreation and wildlife.  Some of the finest fishing and hunting in the state are found at Red Willow, and they are excellent facilities for camping and water-oriented recreation.  Willow View Campground offers electrical camp sites with a panoramic view of the lake.
• Riverview Marina State Recreation Area - Nebraska City, NE
• Riverview Marina has access to the Missouri River, which makes it very popular. It is a 47-acre site adjacent to the Missouri River that offers electrical and primitive campsites with a shower house. The area offers camping, fishing and picnicking.
• Rock Creek Lake State Recreation Area - Enders, NE
• Rock Creek State Recreation Area is a 50-acre lake on Rock Creek with 54 acres of land. This area offers camping, hiking, boating, fishing and picnicking. There are non-designated campsites available.
• Rock Creek Station State Recreation Area - Fairbury, NE
• Rock Creek has an area designated where visitors can camp with their horses. Some corrals are available or visitors may use their own portable pens or tie to trailer. The horse camp is traditional camping with a vault toilet, water, campfire rings, and picnic tables.
• Rock Creek Station State Historical Park - Fairbury, NE
• Rock Creek Station Visitor Center overlooks some 350 acres of prairie hilltops, timber-studded creek bottoms, rugged ravines and deep trail ruts. A visit to the Visitor Center can help start a mental journey back to the 1800's. Interpretation of the road ranches, "Wild Bill" Hickok and tales of trail traffic bear mute testimony to the rich history of the area.
• Rockford State Recreation Area – NE
• Rockford  offers shady primitive campsites and campsites with electricity around a 150-acre lake. The area offers boating, fishing, and picnicking.
• Sandy Channel State Recreation Area - Kearney, NE
• Sandy Channel is a 134-acre area adjacent to the Platte River with 47 acres of ponds. The area offers traditional camping.  Travelers can visit the Chevy land U.S.A. Auto Museum. While you're at Sandy Channel, you may see some of the local scuba divers enjoying the local underwater scenery.
• Schramm Park State Recreation Area - Louisville, NE
• Schramm Park is another picturesque Platte River area and home of the exceptional Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium. Also the site of the state's first fish hatchery (1882), the old hatch house is now a fish management museum, and there is an interesting geologic display nearby. The picnic areas offer spectacular views of the countryside, and there is a 3-mile nature-hiking trail divided into two mile segments.
• Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area - Loup City, NE
• Sherman Reservoir has a 2,845-acre lake and 4,721 land acres, 5 miles northeast of Loup City. The traditional camping includes 360 non-pad sites. Other facilities include picnic tables and shelters, water, dump station, modern restrooms, vault toilets, 3 boat ramps, fish cleaning stations, coin-operated showers and concession.
• Smith Falls State Park - Valentine, NE
• The Smith Falls Park protects the biological and scenic significance of the location, while allowing the public to view the state's highest waterfall. The area primarily serves day-use visitors, canoers on the Niobrara River and canoe campers.
• Stagecoach State Recreation Area – NE
• Stagecoach is a 195-acre Corps of Engineers flood control impoundment with 607 acres of land. This area offers boating, fishing and picnicking. There are 50 non-designated campsites and a handicapped-accessible fishing pier.
• Summit Lake State Recreation Area - Fort Calhoun, NE
• Summit is a 190-acre Natural Resources District lake with 345 acres of land. This area offers fishing, hiking, hunting, picnicking, trailer dump station and a swimming beach. There are 26 camper pads and an additional 32 non-designated campsites.
• Sutherland Reservoir State Recreation Area - North Platte, NE
• Sutherland is a 3,017-acre lake with 37 acres of land on three accesses. The area offers traditional camping, power boating, fishing and a swimming beach. The Oregon Trail 9 hole golf course is located just a few minutes north of the lake.
• Swanson Reservoir State Recreation Area - Stratton, NE
• Swanson is the largest of four state recreation areas in Southwest Nebraska. It is located near Trenton and has a 4,974-acre lake alongside 3,957 land acres. Campers will find 62 pads with 30/50 amp electrical hookups, plus 150 non-pad sites. Other facilities: Showers, 2 dump stations, concession.
• Two Rivers State Recreation Area – Waterloo, NE
• Two Rivers is located southwest of Venice. The 622-acre area boasts 320 acres of water in several sandpit lakes. Besides a variety of fishing opportunities and non-powered boating, there is an unsupervised swimming beach, has bicycles for rent, and an accessible fishing pier.
• Union Pacific State Recreation Area - Kearney, NE
• Union Pacific is a former wayside area comprising 26 acres of land and 12 acres in a sandpit. This area offers boating, picnicking and fishing.  Located near Kearney, Union Pacific allows easy access to numerous restaurants, shopping, and the Museum of Nebraska Art.
• Verdon State Recreation Area - Shubert, NE
• Verdon has a 45-acre lake and 30 acres of land adjacent. This area offers traditional camping and picnicking.
• Victoria Springs State Recreation Area - Anselmo, NE
• Victoria Springs is a 55 acre park with a 5 acre pond. This area offers a modern campground with a shower/latrine building.  Both fishing and non-power boating are permitted in the small lake.
• Wagon Train State Recreation Area – Hickman, NE
• Wagon Train is a 315-acre Corps of Engineers watershed impoundment with 746 acres of land. This area offers electrical camp pads, traditional camping, boating, fishing, picnicking and a swimming beach.
• Walgren Lake State Recreation Area - Chadron, NE
• Walgren is an 80 acre area with a 50 acre lake. This area offers traditional camping, boating, fishing and picnicking.  A rock shelter house is available at Walgren Lake SRA on a first-come, first-served basis, and the area's 50-acre lake, which has a 5-mph speed limit, features a handicapped-accessible fishing pier and two boat ramps and boat docks.
• War Axe State Recreation Area - Gibbon, NE
• War Axe is a former wayside area with 9 acres of land and a 16-acre lake.  This area offers boating, fishing and picnicking.
• Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area - Gering, NE
• Wildcat Hills and Big Game Reserve encompass 761 acres of rugged rock buttes and pine-covered canyons, 10 miles S of Gering. It is also home to an extraordinary Nature-Visitor Center.   The area features picnic tables, shelters, water, vault toilets, hiking trails and 30 non-pad campsites.
• Willow Creek State Recreation Area - Pierce, NE
• Willow Creek has 1,633 acres with a 700-acre lake. The features include access to 100 camping pads, picnic tables, shelters, fire grates, water, showers, modern restrooms, accessible fishing pier, archery field course, unsupervised swimming, two playgrounds, and an 8-mile hiking/horseback trail around the lake.
• Windmill State Recreation Area – Gibbon, NE
• Windmill State serves travelers today with modem camping facilities, a 14-acre man-made lake, and a fascinating assortment of antique windmills.  Traditional tent camping, swimming beach, picnicking is also available