Attention: The Nebraska Game & Parks Commission maintains the right to establish "black-out" dates and reserve facilities or lodging for Special Events and maintenance related needs.
Description
Summary Situated at the confluence of the Niobrara and Missouri rivers on Nebraska's northeastern border, Niobrara State Park offers visitors an opportunity to sample a wide range of outdoor experiences. Cabins, camping from RVs to tents, picnicking, swimming pool, buffalo cookouts, boat ramps nearby, horseback trail rides, hiking, fishing, history or communing with Mother Nature are all available at this exceptional state park. Attractions 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 study, or just a chance to loll in the shade away from the hectic pace of day-to-day living. Saturday evenings, Memorial Day through Labor Day, Niobrara State Park hosts a Buffalo Cookout. Adjacent to the park is Bazile Creek Wildlife Management Area, which provides additional opportunity of wildlife viewing, fishing, boating and hunting in season. Visitors may want to check out the site of the mosasaurus palentological find, an important one, since it was the first complete fossil of its kind found in Nebraska. Other areas of interest are the Ponca Cemetery, Mormon Monument, and the Ponca Agency and Standing Bear monument, as well as other local historical attractions. Ask for directions at the Park Office. The City of Niobrara offers a modern 9-hole, grass-greens golf course. Campground Notes Niobrara State Park offers beautiful tent camping spots tucked in to the hills overlooking the confluence of the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers. For RVer's Niobrara offers a modern campground complete with 30-amp and 50-amp electrical hookups. Other facilities include drinking water, modern restrooms, coin-operated showers, coin-operated washer and dryer, dump station, picnic tables and grills. A handicap fishing bridge spans the Niobrara on the northern section of the park which offers excellent catfishing. Playground equipment for the youngsters is also available in the campground. The tent camping area extends along three miles of extremely hilly, winding, one-way road. Grills and ground-level fire rings are provided for tent campers. Many sites are situated on elevated hills adjacent to the Niobrara River. Cedar trees abound in the tent camping area, interspersed with groups of elm, hackberry and ash. Backpackers will also find Adirondack shelters here. Grills and picnic sites are located at various points along the one-way loop. One picnic shelter situated on the highest hill in the park, gives a spectacular view of the surrounding countryside.Facilities:Modern camping facilities are open (depending on weather conditions) beginning in May and normally through mid-October. Camping is available year-round, including campsites with electricity. When modern facilities are closed, a winter rate camping fee is charged. < Water fill for RV camping is available at the Fresh Water Fill and Dump Station on North End of RV Campground. Water Hydrants in the RV campground are available by contacting the office or Camp host. We also would like to ask everyone to please keep carpets on asphalt pads.
Services & Amenities:
- Admin Service, Copying/Faxing
- Archeological Sites
- BUFFALO COOKOUTS
- Bath House
- Bicycle Riding
- Bird Watching
- Cabins
- Campground Host
- Camping, Equestrian
- Camping, Improved Site
- Camping, Primitive
- Comfort Station
- Dump Station
- Dump Station, Camper
- Fire Rings
- First Aid Supplies
- Fishing
- Fishing, PARK LAKE
- Fishing, River/Stream
- Grills
- Group/Community Facility
- HORSEBACK RIDING
- Handicap Access
- Hiking
- Hiking Difficult
- Hiking Moderate
- Hiking Trail
- Historic Sites
- Horseshoe Pits
- Horseshoes
- Hunting
- Information/Contact Station
- Interpretive Center
- Interpretive Display
- Jogging/Running
- Kiosk
- LIFEGUARDS (SEASONAL)
- Laundry
- Lodging Cabins
- Lodging, Group Facilities
- MEETING SPACE
- Meeting Hall
- Mountain Biking
- Office/Ranger Station
- PROGRAMS, HISTORY
- PROGRAMS, INSTRUCTIONAL
- PROGRAMS, NATURE
- Parking
- Pay Telephone
- Photography
- Picnic Area
- Picnic Pavilion
- Picnic Shelter
- Picnic Tables
- Picnicing
- Playground
- Restrooms
- Retail, Drinks/Ice/Snack
- Retail, Firewood
- Retail, Store/Gift Shop
- Scenic Driving Routes
- Shelters
- Showers
- Sightseeing
- Stargazing
- Sunbathing
- Swimming - Pool
- TRAILS , BICYCLE
- TRAILS - MOUNTAIN BIKE
- Telephone
- Trails, Difficult Hiking
- Trails, Equestrian
- Trails, Hiking/Walking, Easy
- Trails, Horse
- Trails, Moderate Hiking
- VOLLEYBALL NET
- Viewing Platform/Overlk
- Volleyball
- Walking
- Water Access, Park Lake
- Water Access, River/Stream
- Water Drinking
- Wildflower Viewing
- Wildlife Viewing
- ATM/CASH MACHINE
- Art & Museum
- Catering
- Church
- Cultural Sites, Exhibits
- Dining
- Emergency Services
- Fuel, Boats
- Fuel, Vehicles
- Golf
- Golfing
- Grocery Store
- MAINTENANCE, BOAT
- Maintenance,Vehicle
- Medical Clinic
- Motel
- Retail , Bait & Tackle
Alerts and Important InformationThe Nebraska Game and Parks Commission maintains the right to establish black out dates and reserve facilities or lodging for special events and maintenance related needs. ATTENTION - Firewood Alert:
Voluntary Firewood Restriction
If you have brought firewood from another state, please burn it immediately and do not transport it to another location. Many invasive pests are being transported across our country in firewood. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is a serious pest that is near Nebraska's border. Your cooperation to help prevent EAB from invading Nebraska woodlands and landscapes is vital to protecting our valuable natural resources.
If you need additional firewood, your options are:
1) Purchase firewood at parks that sell it.
2) Purchase firewood at vendors near many parks.
3) Gather dead firewood laying on the ground within park boundaries.
Learn more about invasive pests and the risk of transporting firewood at:
www.emeraldashborer.info
www.dontmovefirewood.org Attention guests to Niobrara State Park. The park is no longer able to offer the Zodiac River Raft trip on the Missouri River. We apologize for any inconvenience. The park does offer horseback trail rides, swimming pool (Swimming pool is open mid June through mid August). many beautiful hiking trails, fishing on the Missouri River, wildlife viewing, Saturday evening buffalo cookouts Memorial Weekend - Labor day. For more information regarding activities at Niobrara State Park, please go online to www.outdoornebraska.org , call the Reservation Call Center at (402)471-1414 or Niobrara State Park at (402)857-3373.
Camping reservations may be made a minimum of three days in advance of arrival and a maximum of 180 days in advance of arrival.
CHECK IN AND OUT SCHEDULE- If you check out early, the unused portion of your payment will be forfeited.Office Hours: park office phone (402) 857-3373 email: ngpc.niobrara@nebraska.gov Memorial Day Weekend - Labor Day: 8:00 am - 6:30 pm Daily
Labor Day - Late November: 8:00 am-12:00 pm, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm Daily Late November - Mid April: 8:00-12:00, 12:30-4:30 pm Monday-Friday, Closed Saturday and Sunday
Mid-April - Memorial Day: 8:00-12:00, 1:00-5:00 pm Monday-Saturday; 8:00-12:00 pm Sunday Niobrara State Park is along the Missouri River and Cabins are available year round. Cabin Check-in is 4 p.m. and check-out is at 11 a.m. Check-in prior to 4 o'clock is not allowed. If arriving after office hours, please make arrangements with park office for cabin check-in procedures.
-When a reservation is made one year to the date in advance, the arrival date must remain the same within that reservation. No cancellation of that arrival date is allowed.Nights may be added to the beginning and end of an existing reservation. Swimming pool is open daily mid June - mid August, weekends only mid August to Labor Day subject to lifeguard availability. Horse Trail Rides are available Memorial Day Weekend through mid August, weekends only mid August to Labor Day subject to wrangler availability. Please call park office for details regarding pool and horse trail ride operating hours.
Camping (Tents and Campers) is prohibited in the cabin area of the park. Guests wishing to camp must use the designated camping areas.
Portable fire pits are prohibited. A Nebraska State Park Permit is required to enter this park area. A Nebraska Licensed Vehicle Park Entry Permit is $30 for an Annual Permit, $15 for a Duplicate Annual Permit (used for that second vehicle in your family) or a Daily Permit which is $6 per day you are staying. A Non-Nebraska Licensed Vehicle Park Entry Permit is $60, $30 for a Duplicate Annual Permit or a Daily Permit which is $12 per day. You may purchase your Park Permit prior to your stay by shopping online at OutdoorNebraska.org.All vehicles entering a Nebraska Park Area are required to have a valid park entry permit.
See Reservation Policies details
NotesNiobrara State Park sits high on bluffs overlooking the Niobrara and Missouri rivers. Although many guests enjoy the activities associated with the river, many guests confuse Niobrara State Park with the popular canoe/tubing access along the Niobrara River, which is approximately 200 miles west of Niobrara near Valentine, Nebraska. Smith Falls State Park located approximately 200 miles west of Niobrara State Park offers camping, canoeing, kayaking and tubing access to the popular portion of Niobrara River.
REFERRALS
Lewis & Clark State Recreation Area
Ponca State Park
Willow Creek State Recreation Area
Getting There:GPS Info. (Latitude, Longitude):
42.74972,
-98.06722
42°44'59"N,
98°4'2"W
If you are driving from Omaha on I-29 to Sioux city, take Hwy 20 to Hwy 12, then 2 miles west of Niobrara, if traveling from the west on Hwy 12, Niobrara State Park is about 10 miles from the town of Verdel on Hwy 12.
Contact Information:Mailing Address:Niobrara State Park
89261 522 Ave
Niobrara
NE
68760-6087
Phone Number: Project Office:
(402) 857-3373
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