by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Danish Alps State Recreation Area is near Hubbard, in Dakota County, Nebraska. 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...
by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Eugene T. Mahoney State Park is near Ashland, in Cass County, Nebraska, just off Interstate 80 between Omaha and Lincoln. Opened in 1991 on 673 acres, it is one of Nebraska’s most-visited state parks, featuring a lodge, an aquatic center, camping, fishing,...
by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area is near Kearney, in Kearney County, Nebraska, along the Platte River. The 186-acre site is dotted with seven sandpit lakes and offers camping, fishing, no-wake boating, and hiking and biking, and is known for spring sandhill crane...
by Norman Nielsen | Sep 15, 2026
Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area is near Fremont, in Dodge County, Nebraska, along the Platte River. The 430-acre area contains 20 sand-pit lakes and offers camping, fishing, swimming, and boating.
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,...
