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Merrick County park on the Platte 2.5 miles south of Chapman: five fishing lakes, a beach, trails and 50 campsites.
898 Bader Park Rd
Chapman, NE
68827
Box Butte Reservoir SRA encompasses 2,212 acres on the west edge of the Sandhills, 9 miles north of Hemingford. It includes a 1,600-acre lake.
PO Box 392
Hemingford, NE
69339
Chadron State Park was founded in 192, and is nestled among the distinctive buttes and canyons of Nebraska’s Pine Ridge.
15951 Hwy 385
Chadron, NE
69337
Peaceful and secluded, Cottonwood Lake State Recreation Area includes a 60-acre Sandhills lake surrounded by 180 acres of rolling hills. The area is partially forested and offers power boating, fishing, bird watching and picnicking. Its remote location makes it an excellent place to see the stars and get away from it all.
33850 US Highway 20
Merriman, NE
69218
Danish Alps State Recreation Area opened in 2015 around the 219-acre Kramper Lake. The roughly 739-acre area is named for the area's early Danish settlers and offers camping, kayaking, fishing, horseback riding, and hiking and biking trails.
Danish Alps State Recreation Area comprises a 219-acre lake surrounded by 520 acres of parkland.
Kramper Reservoir was planned with shoreline and boat fishing in mind. The breakwater on the west shore includes a handicap-accessible fishing pier.
A wide spectrum of aquatic habitat features was incorporated to encourage fish to reproduce and grow rapidly. These include three water quality basins, a wetlands complex, a number of rock breakwaters, unwater shoals, tree and brush piles and diverse water depths. Game and Parks has stocked the lake with largemouth bass, bluegill, black crappie, channel catfish and walleye.
1260 200th St.
Hubbard, NE
68741
Fort Robinson State Park comprises more than 22,000 acres of exquisite Pine Ridge scenery, compelling Old West history, exceptional lodging, scenic camping and the park’s own buffalo and longhorn herds.
3200 Hwy. 20
Crawford, NE
69339
From Ainsworth, Keller Park SRA is 5 miles east and 9 miles north of US Hwy 20 on US Hwy 183.
88637 NE Hwy 7
Long Pine, NE
69217
Long Pine State Recreation Area
87770 Willow Ridge Ave.
Long Pine, NE
69217
Merritt Reservoir State Recreation Area at 88292 State Highway 97 southwest of Valentine was designated an International Dark Sky Park in 2022 and hosts the Nebraska Star Party.
88292 State Highway 97
Valentine, NE
69201
Ford Park
West Benton Street area
O'Neill, NE
68763
Ponca State Park covers roughly 2,100 acres on a bluff overlooking the Missouri National Recreational River, with camping, cabins, over 20 miles of hiking and biking trails, a fishing pond, and an interpretive center on Missouri River and Lewis and Clark Expedition history.
Ponca State Park is situated in the picturesque Missouri River bluffs in northeastern Nebraska, Ponca State Park is the eastern gateway to the 59-mile section of the Missouri National Recreational River, one of two picturesque, unchannelized stretches of the river bordering Nebraska.
88090 Spur 26E
Ponca, NE
68770
Walgren Lake is perhaps best known as the home of the Walgren Lake Monster, this northwestern Nebraska attraction on the edge of the Sandhills offers a wide variety of activities in a serene setting
4175 540th Rd.
Hay Springs, NE
69347