Campground Details - Fort Kearny SRA, NE - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Description

Summary
Fort Kearny SRA offers 186 acres dotted with sandpit lakes. In the spring, the world's largest concentration of sandhill cranes and waterfowl gathers in the central Platte River valley. Facilities include electrical and primitive camp pads, showers, dump station, modern restrooms, water at the dump station, picnic tables, grills, shelters, wheelchair-accessible fishing pier, nature trail, non power boating and hike-bike trail.

Attractions
Fort Kearny SRA boasts excellent camping facilities, eight sandpit lakes for fishing, a swimming beach, nature trails and historical exhibits at nearby Fort Kearny State Historical Park.

Campground Notes
Fort Kearny provides modern and primitive tent camping. There are showers and modern restrooms, plus a trailer dump station. Stately cottonwood trees, some over 100 years old, shade much of the camping area.

Services & Amenities:

Within Facility
Archeological Sites Bicycling Bird Watching Campground Host Canoeing Comfort Station Driftwood Collecting Dump Station Dump Station, Campers Fire Rings Fishing Grills Group/Community Facility Hiking Trail Jogging/Running Parking Photography Picnic Area	Picnic Pavilion Picnic Shelter Picnic Tables Picnicing Pier, Fishing Playground Restrooms Scenic Driving Routes Shelters Showers Sightseeing Sunbathing Swimming - Park Lake Swimming - River Walking Water Access, River/Stream Water Fillup Station Wildlife Viewing
Greater Than 1 Mile
Historic Sites Historical Areas/Struct. Interpretive Center	Interpretive Display Office/Ranger Station PROGRAMS, HISTORY
Within 10 Miles
Airport Area Attraction Art & Museum Baseball/Softball Fld Car Rentals Cash Machine/Atm Catering Church Culture Dining Emergency Services Grocery Store Hospital Hunting Lodging, Group Facilities	MEETING SPACE Maintenance, RV/Camper Maintenance,Vehicle Mall Medical Clinic Motel Museum Pay Telephone Put-Put Restaurant Retail , Bait & Tackle Retail, Drinks/Ice/Snack Retail,Supplies Shopping Town

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Getting There:

Fort Kearny SRA
1020 V Road
Kearney NE 68847-8043

GPS Info. (Latitude, Longitude):
40.64278, -99.00583

To get to Fort Kearny State Recreation Area, you would take I-80 to the Minden exit, 279 south on Hwy 10 for 3 miles. Next, turn west onto Hwy 50A for 3 miles.

Or from the Kearney exit, 272 south on Hwy 44 for 2 miles. Then east on Hwy 50A for 4 miles. Fort Kearny State Recreation Area, is 1 mile east and 1 mile north of the Historical Park.

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Project Office: (308)865-5305

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