Best RV Parks & Resorts near Alma, NE

Recent RV Reviews in Alma

131 Reviews of 56 Alma Campgrounds

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  Michael B.

  Guide

  

  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.

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  Steven O.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 6, 2024

  Holdrege City Park

  LOUD

  A very loud "campground." Very close to many train tracks with multiple trains going through all night. Also, many semis accelerating as they leave the city. Not tent friendly as there's very little grass. On the plus side. The shower was great!

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  Justin S.

  Scout

  

  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.

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  Randall K.

  Ranger

  

  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.

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  Jody D.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 29, 2024

  Phillipsburg City Park

  Nice little city park

  Great little campground in the corner of a city park. Flat, surrounded by trees. On a disc golf course with a full children’s playground nearby. Amenities were near full service for RVs. Bathrooms needed cleaning, but were well stocked. I didn’t try the showers. I had some minor obstruction issues with Starlink, but I’d rather have the trees than the perfect connection. No reservations, so it is first come first serve. Also didn’t appear to have any time limits. I loved the envelope/dropbox check in/payment system.

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  Katie L.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 15, 2024

  Cedar Ridge Campground — Prairie Dog State Park

  Great birds, busy park

  Stayed one night in a tent. Was able to find a site tucked in the trees that felt separate from the other campsites and it was perfect! Had a range of sites from primitive (picnic table and fire ring) to full hook up. Huge, busy campground but not overwhelming—there’s enough space to accommodate. Verizon works great.

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  Kalab R.

  Guide

  

  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.

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  Katie L.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 30, 2024

  Lakeview Campground — Webster State Park

  Lakeview Tent sites

  Nice native buffalograss for tent camping and you may be the only tent camper in the park haha. If using the “non-specific primitive” sites, you’ll need to drive to access the dumpster, bathrooms/shower, and water. The Lakeview primitive sites had morning sun and were shaded in the afternoon/evening.

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  Lake George L.

  Scout

  

  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.

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  Caren G.

  Traveler

  

  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.

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  Gabriel H.

  Traveler

  

  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.

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  Tarrah C.

  Legend

  

  Apr. 28, 2024

  Johnson Lake State Recreation Area

  Lovely Area to Camp

  I stayed at the Main camp ground with a great lake view on site 76. Sites 77-86 are pull through and the rest are back in for RV. There are also tent sites near the water. There are bathrooms, showers and electric (50/30amp), there are no water hook-ups. The dump station is currently closed (April 2024) due to construction. The camp grounds are close together but they have planted bushes between them to create privacy. I cant speak on the bathroom or showers as the are closed since it is off season.

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  Teresa T.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 27, 2023

  Shady Rest Campground — Prairie Dog State Park

  Unlike the other reviews, I think this place is great

  I've been here twice now. Once in July and now at the very end of Oct. Better in Oct. No ticks or bugs and frankly of all the camping locations, there is a number of different choices, I had my section to myself. This place has swimming, a small hike, your choice of camping location, a frisbee golf course and miles one could hike or bike. I think it is kind of a jewel in the Kansas system.

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  Mary L.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 23, 2023

  Cambridge City RV Park

  Great place

  There’s about 11 or 12 campsites here there’s a dump station, water available and electric it’s free they suggest a donation It is real sheltered with all the big trees 

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  Mary L.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 22, 2023

  Holdrege City Park

  Great $10 for elect

  I had a hard time finding this place you need to turn south on Burlington Street and cross the railroad tracks and then you will see it on the left. There are seven concrete pads and nice picnic tables 10 bucks for electric. There’s also I dump station and water available although when I was there, the water faucet was not operational because of a broken waterline

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  Roger J.

  Scout

  

  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.

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  Landon C.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 22, 2023

  Fort Kearny State Recreation Area

  Peaceful camp just off the interstate

  This is a great campground with lots of shade and amenities. The showers require coins to operate, so make sure you bring $1 bills for the coin machine if you don’t have quarters. Half of the campsites are first come first serve, but we had no problem getting a site late at night.

  Note that you have to pay for both the campsite itself and for a motor vehicle permit. It seemed a little steep to me because we had to stay for two nights, and the total came out to $74. Maybe I’m just cheap.

  There are lots of playgrounds for kids. Also the campground host is situated next to a free bike rental stand. You can take a bike for free and ride around the whole campsite at any time. Pretty cool!

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  Mitchell M.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 18, 2023

  Fort Kearny SRA

  Overpriced and subpar campground

  I've stayed 3 times at the Fort Kearney SRA for convenience only.  Nebraska Game & Parks has a punitive price model that charges out-of-state visitors $12/day to enter a park with a campground (no Senior discounts either) and then $15/day for a primitive campsite (no water or electric) that is a looong ways for the dirty and rundown restrooms.

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  Daniel W.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 16, 2023

  Kearney RV Park & Campground

  Great for a quick one night stay!

  Easy in and out, plenty of pull thru spaces. We could have made it a very long day and arrived at home, but this was a great place to shut down and rest with the air on so we are out of the wind and heat.

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  Richard R.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 14, 2023

  Sandy Channel State Rec Area

  Very nice, no water,

  Pretty shaded sites, very slight highway noise. The state map of the campground shows hand pump well,BUT THE WELL HAS BEEN REMOVED. $15 to camp, $12 to enter if you’re out of state. Wonderful, bullfrog chorus very peaceful .

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  Mary

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 11, 2023

  Phillipsburg City Park

  Small City Park Campground

  It is small! There are about 10 sites, 9 of which where taken buy local workers. We took a chance and grabbed the 1 spot left. The sites are very small but had level cement pads, great water pressure and what looked to be new electrical source. Even during a thunderstorm the lights flickered but did not go out. There is also a dump station by the frisbee golf. It's not glamorous but at $15 dollars on a hot summer evening it fit the bill.

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  Toshi

  Guide

  

  Jun. 25, 2023

  Fort Kearny State Recreation Area

  Great camping !

  Enjoyed our short stay here. Found by accident trying to find a different location, but a pleasant place to stay for a couple nights. The one downside is the pit toilets. They hadn’t been emptied in who knows when. The tp was piled high and there were flies. Yuck! Thankfully, we didn’t have to use them. Hosts were very nice and even have bikes for the kids. Posting a video about this park on YouTube soon. Skyways to Highways

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  Toshi

  Guide

  

  Jun. 22, 2023

  Sandy Channel State Rec Area

  Wrong directions!

  We followed the directions on this site and ended up at a private gate that said property was for hunting. Called the number listed for Sandy rec area and ended up getting directions, but not to Sandy rec area. We ended up at Fort Kearney State Park, which is the telephone number that is liated for Sandy rec area. So confused... We wanted primitiva and ended up parking w/ the big rigs. All in all Fort Kearney is nice.

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  Melanie T.

  Ranger

  

  May. 27, 2023

  Kearney RV Park & Campground

  Why not 5

  Very nice campground. Plenty of room between sites. Nice little beach areas. Plenty of room to walk the dog. And the dog park is big enough for the dog to run & play in. Wi-Fi is excellent. Cell service too. Now you wonder why not a 5. Being right next to the  highway very bad road noise. Had to turn the fan on high to drown it out. Other than that, this is a great campground.

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  Steve H.

  Guide

  

  May. 22, 2023

  Kearney RV Park & Campground

  Nice spot

  If you don’t mind hwy noise (we slept in a roof top tent) after a long day of driving no issue sleeping. Nice level pads. Easy check in (after hours) called ahead and paid and they left us a camp map and our site info. Bathrooms were nice with laundry and “storm shelter”

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  Anthony B.

  Guide

  

  May. 19, 2023

  Kearney RV Park & Campground

  Great park, but noisy

  Road noisy kept this from being a 5. Good facilities all around. Concrete pads, all drive through.

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  Tarrah C.

  Legend

  

  Apr. 5, 2023

  Fort Kearny State Recreation Area

  Lots of camping option

  This is a nice site with electric and tent sites. Each site has fire ring and there are vault toilets around the site. There are tent site that are free. You can camp there off season. Some of the site are on the river. There are also several hiking trails.