Best Camping near Alda, NE

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251 Reviews of 52 Alda Campgrounds


  • S
    Camper-submitted photo from Grand Island KOA
    Nov. 21, 2024

    Grand Island KOA

    Eek

    We ended up choosing this spot as I’m assuming we’re “off season” as many other surrounding places were closed to camping this time of year. This place looks like it has a lot of time time campers. The sites are tight, like right on top of each other. The office closed early but they had the information outside.

    The bathrooms were clean and warm. The playground was taped off with caution tape.

    This was an overnight stay, the traffic is loud but not overwhelming.

  • C
    Camper-submitted photo from Buckley Park Campground
    Nov. 14, 2024

    Buckley Park Campground

    Beautiful

    This Campground is beautiful and cozy! Picnic table and fire pit at site with 30 and 20 amp. Note that it is a 4 day Max and you have to leave for 10 days before you can come back. New spots at Lucy Holm were not open as it was middle of November when we stayed. They have an 18 hole disc golf, tennis, volleyball, basketball, pool, and 3 playgrounds. They have really put a lot of work in this park. Would love to stay during the summer!

  • WThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from John D. Sims Memorial Park
    Oct. 9, 2024

    John D. Sims Memorial Park

    Perfect place with necessary amenities

    We love that lots of small towns in this area offer camping at ball fields, etc. There are bathrooms and showers! The hot water in ladies does work, just adjust NOT to hottest setting. Only ones camping. Trains were close and often, but you somehow get used to it.

  • MThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Fort Kearny SRA
    Sep. 24, 2024

    Fort Kearny SRA

    Quiet nice Campground

    Very inexpensive, convenient, nice place to stay for a layover. It's a first come basis with I believe 22 RV sites. They have a dump, clean bathrooms with hot showers(which super clean), a playground for the kids and a couple of walking/hiking trails nearby. The very long Cerro Gordo County trail is close to 50 miles long. Believe the cost was only $15 on our summer early September rate and drops to $10 basically in October for a few months, which includes a small fire pi, tabke, and electric! I'll just say a gem of a simple place.

  • Ken G.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Pioneer Trails Recreation Area
    Sep. 23, 2024

    Pioneer Trails Recreation Area

    nice, quiet campground near the highway

    We stayed there in late August on a weeknight.  The sites look new, possibly recently refurbished.  There is a small lake near which is an easy walk.  Everything was clean and recently mowed grass.  In the middle of corn fields, but a nice quiet place to spend one night.

  • Melia S.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Blue Hole Wildlife Management Area
    Sep. 19, 2024

    Blue Hole Wildlife Management Area

    Sketchy

    My husband and I had a freaky experience here and I wouldn’t want it to happen to anyone else. Around 4:30 AM a car pulled in quietly and parked right next to our van (even though there were other camping spots available). The only reason we woke up was because our dog started barking and freaking out. A guy was outside smoking and putting some things in a bag. We started up the RV and dipped as fast as we could. It’s a shame because it was a nice, convenient, peaceful spot otherwise. Be careful!

  • Fred S.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Streeter Park Campground
    Sep. 9, 2024

    Streeter Park Campground

    Really good overnight stop

    Streeter Park is a nice park with ball fields, walking paths, waterpark and a small campground. The campground has about a dozen or so sites set up in a gravel parking lot next to the waterpark. It's a place where you can pull in your camper & spend the night. It's free, although a donation is requested. The sites are small parking spaces, close together. Each site has a picnic table, electricity & water. Waste disposal is also available in the campground as well as trash dumpsters. You can use the restrooms at the waterpark & ball field; they were open all night. No shower facilty. The one negative is the road noise; it was loud at times. This campground is not a destination; it's a really good place for an overnight stop.

  • Justin S.
    Camper-submitted photo from Union Pacific State Rec Area
    Aug. 12, 2024

    Union Pacific State Rec Area

    Primitive but quaint

    It is more of a fishing area for the locals than anything but it is open and you can camp. There are no marked sites. A local told me when they come here they just park in the grass anywhere and pay the fee. There is a vault toilet and "modern restrooms" (thr vault toilet is cleaner) but no showers as The Dyrt describes. There is a water sticker at the brick building on your left as you enter. You'll get a little interstate noise and distant train horns, but nothing that earplugs cannot fix. Nice place to pull off and sleep for the nights without utilities.

  • Randall K.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Fort Kearny State Recreation Area
    Aug. 7, 2024

    Fort Kearny State Recreation Area

    Easy spot to stay!

    Pulled in at night - was easy to get a spot. Very relaxing campground set against old growth trees. Beautiful pastures and some fishing ponds. Sites seemed pretty level. Right off highway but peaceful and quiet. Needs a little upkeep in terms of mowing the grass and cleaning trash up from the ponds.

  • J
    Camper-submitted photo from Firefly Meadows
    Jul. 18, 2024

    Firefly Meadows

    Fine for overnight

    No frills camping for one overnight is exactly what we needed, and what we got. Bathhouse itself was nice and clean, but needed a little maintenance, at least on the women’s side. No playground or amenities besides the bathhouse and laundry. Some kids fishing at the pond were catching small fish. Right off of I-80, next to a large Pilot truck stop with Subway.

  • Mary T.
    Camper-submitted photo from Grand Island KOA
    Jul. 15, 2024

    Grand Island KOA

    On top of neighbors

    Great campground other that you are on top of your neighbors. Thought we might not be able to open our awning, only about 3 to 4 feet between sites. Loved a lot of restrooms. Pool was nice. If you are tent camping great sites.

  • Kalab R.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Fort Kearny State Recreation Area
    Jun. 30, 2024

    Fort Kearny State Recreation Area

    An escape thats worth it

    First time at this park. 6/30/24. You roll in the staff are friendly to help. The park is quiet, plenty of room for your site. Its deffinetly a good stay if traveling through.

  • Terry D.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Prairie Oasis Campground & Cabins
    Jun. 30, 2024

    Prairie Oasis Campground & Cabins

    Great place

    Nice n quiet with a good breeze lots around for kids to do well kept n everything works as should I get back this way I will spend more time here next time .owners are real friendly and informative.

  • Lake George L.
    Camper-submitted photo from Pioneer Village Campground
    Jun. 13, 2024

    Pioneer Village Campground

    Campground at Wonderful museum

    Older campground at museum. Clean and reasonable. Did not use showers. There is a nice grassy no hookups field. Good for tenters, horsemen.

  • Jennifer T.
    Camper-submitted photo from Ravenna Lake State Recreation Area
    May. 28, 2024

    Ravenna Lake State Recreation Area

    Pleasant Stay

    The only way to reserve a site is through camp spot and we have a little trouble with that because it did not let me pick my site number. We arrived Friday evening on Memorial weekend and it was crowded. The campsite is great on the pocketbook but you have to pay a $10 fee to lock in your site and I am so glad we did! There was only three other empty spots in the entire campground and they were all marked reserved when we got there. The campground was pretty busy We were a little disappointed in our site because it was very small and kind of sandwiched between two big campers so not a lot of privacy and not a lot of room. There were a lot of people fishing and kayaking and a lot of dogs. There are showers and bathrooms but they are up near the entrance to the campground although they did have porta potties near the campsites. Although the grounds were well maintained the grass was mowed there was volleyball net setup disc golf available a pet exercise area the fountain was beautiful and shady in most areas. We would probably return on a non-holiday weekend when it's not so busy.

  • Caren G.
    Camper-submitted photo from Pioneer Village Campground
    May. 16, 2024

    Pioneer Village Campground

    Rough, and would be fine except host got nasty

    I wasn’t going to write a review about the roughness of the campground, the very small and dirty showers and bathrooms, nor the very dirty museum(the pictures must have been when it was newer) until Mary, who checked me in, called my daughter a liar and told me I was going to have a life of disappointment because I don’t discipline her(texts attached). 

    I’m a PA member and found this place on their app. I was excited as that’s what my 11 year-old and I have been doing this school year. In fact, we had just stayed two days at Laura Ingalls Wilder’s house! Mary took my reservation on the phone and let me know sewer hookups were reserved for non-PA guests first. This was fine, though three of those nine spots were vacant both nights we were there. 

    We have two dogs with us. I let Mary know and she indicated that was fine as long as they were well-behaved. I told her they are. She told me they needed to be leashed, and I said, “Of course!” She continued to tell me a dog had been running loose that day for more than five minutes while she called it and while she understands sometimes they get out, this was just not ok. I agreed whole-heartedly. 

    I was surprised when we got there because the pictures on PA and on their website look tree-lined, grassy, and well-kept. It is rough. The grass is patchy and it’s more gravel than not. There are buildings around the RV sites that look like they’ve been abandoned for decades and they are the motel! It’s certainly not $35/night nice. It did come with a free ticket to the museum, so that was cool. 

    The museum has neat stuff. It’s very run-down and dirty; I was sneezy and some of the cooler buildings were very smelly. We’ve been in a lot of museums lately and this was both the most expensive and the least well-kept, which is too bad, because the stuff is cool. There are people restoring things and I hope that’s where the money’s going and it gets better. 

    After we had been gone for more than 24 hours I received a message from Mary implying that I’m a bad parent and my child is a liar. Remember, there was a dog loose Mary was calling for the day we arrived. No one said anything while we were there, because I believe it didn’t happen the way she says. We have been traveling most of this school year. We’ve been in campgrounds ranging from National Parks to Disney; basic to fancy. Through 22 states no one has accused us of not cleaning up after ourselves. We are diligent about it because I highly dislike it in others.

  • Gabriel H.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Coot Shallows WMA
    May. 11, 2024

    Coot Shallows WMA

    Good for a day

    It's a small park with a pond that you can fish at. We were the only campers in for the day and honestly probably wouldn't be great for tents. There are 3 pull outs that you can put in an RV or camper but not much else to this place.

  • John D.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Bassway Strip State Wildlife Area
    Feb. 22, 2024

    Bassway Strip State Wildlife Area

    Does the job but not nice.

    Like others have said, it’s right next to the interstate so you hear traffic and truckers all night. I spent 2 nights here in February in a tent. It wasn’t nice but it was a place to sleep while in town for a class.

  • Teresa T.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Windmill State Rec Area
    Oct. 27, 2023

    Windmill State Rec Area

    Clean well maintained and easy stop

    Nice trail around the outside that wove in and out of the trees for dog walking. Otherwise, I'm in an RV so no road noise. One caution for Verizon users who want to work during the day, the wireless is slow. Great after traffic slows but completely unworkable otherwise.

  • BThe Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Blue Hole Wildlife Management Area
    Oct. 10, 2023

    Blue Hole Wildlife Management Area

    Ok for a free overnight

    This is a small area with a pond just off the interstate. A little sketchy but not quite as sketchy as some of the other wildlife management areas on this stretch of I-80 (and I stopped at 3 before this one and decided to keep moving until I got here). A bit trashed, but not horrible. Constant sound of the interstate. Some light local use of the road and of the pond for fishing. I wouldn't make this a destination, but for a one night needed rest stop it's ok.

  • Hillary J.The Dyrt PRO User
    Camper-submitted photo from Wood River West State Wildlife Management Area
    Oct. 6, 2023

    Wood River West State Wildlife Management Area

    Great overnight spot when traveling cross country!

    We stopped here just to sleep when traveling across the country. It was easy to find and a relatively quiet spot. You could hear some road noise but I didn’t find it to bad. Nice views in the full moon! There is a pretty strong farm smell so just be prepared for that!

  • R
    Camper-submitted photo from Pioneer Village Campground
    Sep. 13, 2023

    Pioneer Village Campground

    Can’t miss

    The camp hostess was friendly and helpful. The campgrounds were quiet and well shaded. The bathrooms were old, but clean. No regrets at all staying there for the night. Don’t miss the Harold Warp Pioneer Village Museum while you’re there.



Guide to Alda

Camping near Alda, Nebraska, offers a mix of outdoor fun and relaxation. With several campgrounds in the area, you can find the perfect spot to unwind and enjoy nature.

What to do:

  • Swimming: Many campgrounds have pools. For instance, at Grand Island KOA, visitors enjoyed the refreshing pool, saying, "The pool was nice and refreshing."
  • Fishing: If you love fishing, check out Mormon Island State Recreation Area. One camper mentioned, "Mormon island is just right if the interstate at the Grand Island exit. The sites are a little too close to each other but people are friendly and park is well kept and clean."
  • Playgrounds and Activities: Kids will love the playgrounds and activities at Double Nickel Campground. A reviewer noted, "There are all sorts of games: Basketball, volleyball, miniature golf, Large Jenga, etc..."

What campers like:

  • Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate cleanliness. At Streeter Park Campground, one visitor said, "Very clean bathrooms. Surrounded by cornfields."
  • Friendly Staff: Many campgrounds have helpful staff. A guest at Prairie Oasis Campground & Cabins mentioned, "Owners are real friendly and informative."
  • Quiet Atmosphere: Campers enjoy the peacefulness. A review for Fort Kearny State Recreation Area stated, "This is a great campground with lots of shade and amenities."

What you should know:

  • Road Noise: Some campgrounds are near highways, which can be noisy. A camper at Recharge Lake Campground noted, "The heavy trucks come out at night."
  • Limited Amenities: Not all campgrounds have full amenities. For example, Smith Creek Recreation Area lacks drinking water and electric hookups, but it’s free to camp.
  • Reservations: Some campgrounds, like Nebraska Streeter Park, do not allow reservations, so it’s best to arrive early.

Tips for camping with families:

  • Activities for Kids: Look for campgrounds with playgrounds and games. At Kearney RV Park & Campground, one parent said, "Plenty of room to walk the dog. And the dog park is big enough for the dog to run & play in."
  • Family-Friendly Amenities: Choose campgrounds with pools and organized activities. A visitor at Double Nickel Campground mentioned, "You will not find better service anywhere."
  • Safety: Always keep an eye on kids, especially near water. A reviewer at Mormon Island State Recreation Area highlighted the importance of supervision, saying, "The park is well kept and clean."

Tips from RVers:

  • Level Sites: Look for campgrounds with level sites for easy parking. A camper at Fort Kearny State Recreation Area noted, "Sites seemed pretty level."
  • Electric Hookups: Ensure your campground has electric hookups. At Recharge Lake Campground, one reviewer appreciated the $15/night electric-only option.
  • Quiet Hours: Respect quiet hours, especially in family-friendly areas. A visitor at Grand Island KOA mentioned, "Great campground other than you are on top of your neighbors."

Camping near Alda, Nebraska, has something for everyone, whether you're looking for a family getaway or a peaceful retreat.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • What camping is available near Alda, NE?

    According to TheDyrt.com, Alda, NE offers a wide range of camping options, with 52 campgrounds and RV parks near Alda, NE and 6 free dispersed camping spots.

  • Which is the most popular campground near Alda, NE?

    According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular campground near Alda, NE is Grand Island KOA with a 4.2-star rating from 28 reviews.

  • Where can I find free dispersed camping near Alda, NE?

    According to TheDyrt.com, there are 6 free dispersed camping spots near Alda, NE.

  • What parks are near Alda, NE?

    According to TheDyrt.com, there are 5 parks near Alda, NE that allow camping, notably Harlan County Lake and Conestoga Lake.