by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Fort Robinson State Park is near Crawford, spanning Dawes and Sioux counties, Nebraska. At 22,333 acres it is Nebraska’s largest state park, occupying the site of a former U.S. Army fort, and offers camping, lodging, horseback riding, a museum, and a summer...
by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Indian Cave State Park is near Shubert, spanning Nemaha and Richardson counties, Nebraska, along the Missouri River. The nearly 3,400-acre park preserves a sandstone cave with prehistoric rock carvings and the reconstructed 1850s village of St. Deroin, and offers...
by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Johnson Lake State Recreation Area is a 68-acre park on a 2,068-acre irrigation reservoir near Elwood, in Gosper County, Nebraska. Part of the Tri-County Canal system, the lake is popular for walleye, white bass, and wiper fishing and offers campgrounds, boat ramps,...
by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area surrounds Nebraska’s largest reservoir, about nine miles north of Ogallala in Keith County, Nebraska. Formed by Kingsley Dam on the North Platte River, the 35,700-acre lake has roughly 76 miles of shoreline and is used for...
by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area is a small, 320-acre reservoir immediately below Kingsley Dam near Ogallala, in Keith County, Nebraska. It is a no-wake, spring-fed lake known for trout fishing, kayaking, and winter bald eagle viewing, distinct from the much larger...
