Best Tent Camping near Brady, NE

Recent Tent Reviews near Brady, Nebraska

145 Reviews of 7 Brady Campgrounds

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  Christoph R.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 19, 2021

  Lafayette Park Campground

  Great overnight stop along I80

  Quaint little city park with RV and tent camping. To occupy a tent site you MUST pitch a tent ( so no Van camping at those). Place is quiet and clean and nice peeps

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  Kimberly B.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 18, 2021

  I-80 Lakeside Campground

  Convenient stop for one night.

  We stopped here for one night on our tent camping trip across the U.S. The tent sites were well spaced, and the bathroom was much closer than it appeared on the map on their website. Very friendly staff. The bathrooms and showers were clean, and the water pressure for the shower was outstanding. There’s a lot of road noise since it’s right by I-80, but for one night it was no big deal.

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  Danielle V.

  Legend

  

  Aug. 1, 2016

  Holiday RV Park

  Tent sites clearly not the priority

  Stayed at site “D". Not a big fan of the location of the tent sites - they seem like ‘last resort’ placement in this campground, definitely a lower priority. Tent site D was right on the exit strip and next to the maintenance facilities. Nice people, but not sure we would stay here again.

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  Wayne F.

  Guide

  

  May. 5, 2024

  Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area

  Buffalo Bill Campground

  Nice small campground next Buffalo Bill Ranch Historic Site. 50/30 amp available. Water is confusing. Water at site 6 and 20. Also water available at tent site at end of campground. Water spigot is located at the back of both sites and tent site so confused how everyone else can get water. Just plan ahead. Only one other camper was here so we parked in site 6. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️. Verizon was 5G.

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  Cari B.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 6, 2020

  Sutherland State Rec Area

  Nice stopover

  Tent camped on the shore of the reservoir, this was a nice enough spot although a little noisy from the road and power station across the reservoir.

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  Shannon G.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 25, 2018

  Jeffrey Canyon State Wildlife Area

  Remote with a few camping spots

  This campground was hard to find, even with GPS. Finally a local came by to show us where it was. When we drove in there was a boat ramp, 1 tent site with a picnic table and fire ring, and 1 spot for an RV to park with no hookups. I was told there were other spots for tents on the other side of the lake that you could get to by hiking. The area needed to be mowed but wow the views from the tent site were gourgous. There were other trails, hunting, and fishing. Up the road were beautiful views of the dam and area. If we would have had our generator, we would have stayed the night.

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  Joseph A.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 21, 2024

  West Maxwell WMA

  Cute camp with highway white noise

  Cute little park off the highway. 2 sites are available. I wouldn't haul a trailer into the park, but it's perfect for a small rv or tent camping. Allot of highway noise, but it's good white noise to fall asleep after you get used to it.

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  Vanessa M.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 13, 2021

  Main Area Campground

  Lovely spot

  We really enjoyed this campground but the RV sites are definitely popular on the weekends. We arrived at about 4 on a Saturday in June. All of the sites were first-come-first-served and the only thing available were the tent sites with no hook ups. We stayed by the kayak put-in and it was lovely—green, shaded and peaceful, near the water spigot, clean bathrooms and pay showers. There’s a decent amount of space between each site, though no bushes or anything to create privacy. There were also some tent sites available right near the water that we didn’t realize were open until we had already settled in. The lake is lovely and there are huge trees all over. There’s only one RV dump site which made for a huge line in the morning.

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  Leasa W.

  Guide

  

  Aug. 25, 2016

  Holiday RV Park

  Quick tent stop over night while traveling through

  Quick tent stop over night while traveling through. Please take note of the tent sites within the campground. yes, they are close to the facilities, however, also on the exit road out of the park. This wasn't an issue so much for our stay as we only stayed 1 night and were up early the next morning to get on the road. Reasonable rates, friendly staff, and fulfilled the purpose of our stay & travels.

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  Natalee M.

  Traveler

  

  May. 21, 2021

  Main Area Campground

  Quiet Campground!

  Nice quiet campground! We tent camped, it was a nice grassy spot! Our camp site had a picnic table and a fire ring! We chose one on the end with trees on one side so more privacy! There were very few other campers around! Kayak access down the road from our spot! Bathrooms were nice! You have to pay for showers! They had some free firewood available which was really nice to help our fire last longer!

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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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  Tarrah C.

  Legend

  

  Apr. 30, 2024

  Sutherland State Rec Area

  Nice stop over spot

  I entered the south side camping which is much like other sites with close camping, there is electric and a vault toilet. If a person follows the small road at the end of the south side camping it takes you to the west side camping which is random spots along the road to camp next to the water. Some have tables and fire rings other do not. There is a vault toilet at the end of the loop.

  $30 for electric sites $7 daily vehicle fee for NE license $14 daily vehicle fee for non- NE $15 tent sites

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  Shannon G.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 22, 2019

  I-80 Lakeside Campground

  Lakeside campground off I-80

  Nestled off I-80 in Nebraska off the 179 exit to North Platte you will find a decent campground. This campground has 89 Rv sites along with multiple tent sites which have little yellow fish signs to mark them. The Rv sites are gravel, level, have picnic benches and a fire ring. There is a small fishing/swimming lake that is catch and release only. Some fish you might catch are Crappie, Bass, Catfish, Walleye and others. They have a neat incentive where if you catch a tagged fish you win a boat rental. The boat rentals available are kayaks,paddle oats, and rowboats for rent at reasonable prices at the office. There is also a small 2 unenclosed dog walk, a playground, and a walking trail. Also available are horse shoes and volleyball. The restrooms are fairly clean. The showers in the women’s are being redone and are looking nice. There is a laundry facility on site. The office/store has camping essentials and firewood for purchase. The owners took possession and reopened in May of 2016. This campground is in short walking distance from the platte River-across the street. All and all it is a convenient and decent place to stop along I-80 as you are traveling.

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  Melissa K.

  Legend

  

  Apr. 15, 2019

  Lake Maloney State Recreation Area

  We revisit every time we drive through

  Lake Maloney is on a big lake in North Platte, NE. We have stayed two or three times. Our first time staying put us in a bit of a pickle. We stayed the night at the campground and packed up to head out on our last leg of our trip only to find our truck was broken. We found a great shop only about 6 miles from the park and they let us use a car of theirs for the three days it took them to fix our truck.

  The campground was very inexpensive, even for out of staters. It was $5 for the day and $8 for the overnight. This worked well for us. We were traveling cross country and being the last leg, we were nearing broke. The campground wasn't overly tidy. We also didn't see a camp host, at least one never checked on us to ensure we had paid and did what we were supposed to.

  When you come in you can take the loop to the right, which is what we did to tent sites. It's all pretty much open and you pitch your tent where you please. If you want a picnic table and firepit, you have to be a bit more selective. If you were to go straight at entry, it loops around to the left where mostly RVers camp. Straight ahead is also the lake, it's a big lake and people get on it early when it's hot out. Everything to the left is a bit more modernized, flush toilets, pay showers, more developed. To the right there are old playground equipment (really old) and pit toilets, big grassy field and open space. There are a few shade trees to the right, more to the left.

  Not all firepits have a cooking grate so you may want an alternative if this is how you cook. We use a camp tripod for cooking most frequently and did on this trip. Adding three days on to the end of our trip meant our food needed to be eaten as it was reaching the end of it's life. So we cooked it all up the last night we were there.

  Our second trip over we utilized freeze dried food for travel to aid in keeping our food from spoiling. It worked well for us and we just made sure to find a picnic table to camp near. The weather did get really nasty this trip and with the lake, open fields and few trees, the lightening was pretty scary and we retreated to our truck to ride it out in the middle of the night. The sunsets are really nice over the lake.

  This is a good spot to stop and we enjoyed our stay even though the length was not planned. It is for sure our go to when traveling east from Denver.

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  Michael G.

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 5, 2022

  Box Elder Canyon WMA

  Excellent access for over night stay

  Traveling in Nebraska around North Platte this is an easy access for quite night rest. Only one vehicle in the night drove by. Super quiet.

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  Erin

  Scout

  

  May. 28, 2023

  Cody City Park Campground

  A bit wet

  Woke up this morning to our tents basically turning into makeshift floatation devices. Overnight, due to the rain, our spot essentially turned into a small pond. After gathering the courage to leave the tent and wade through ankle deep waters, there was a big elk (I believe) hanging out right across from us munching on the hay bales. Campground itself seemed well cared for and was nice. Lots of traffic through at night. Overall, not a terrible experience!

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  Chris C.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 30, 2018

  Johnson Lake State Recreation Area

  Well wooded with nice amenities.

  Nice to have a site that has plenty of shade. Nebraska SRAs are great and this is in my top 10.

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  robert M.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 3, 2021

  Lake Maloney State Recreation Area

  Not bad

  The sites are packed in there if it had been full it probably would not have been as pleasant but out of 250 sites 10 were occupied. It was a great night stop on the way thru Nebraska

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  John Rushton A.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 12, 2024

  West Maxwell WMA

  Convenient, free spot! With Verizon reception .

  Arrived pretty late into the night, but it was easy to find and no one else was there. Camped by the pond in my tent. One could bring a small to medium length trailer in here with ease.

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  Paul B.

  Ranger

  

  Sep. 17, 2022

  Lafayette Park Campground

  I 80 stopover

  Convenient stopover driving through Nebraska. It's on the other side of town in a Park, away from the interstate. Traveling with a Labrador Retriever, the huge park was wonderful. Electric, water and a dump station met all my needs. Bathhouse needs some TLC, and was not clean. WiFi worked well! Cute little town with fastfood or other options to eat.

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  Chuck B.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 31, 2018

  Stapleton City Park

  Very Nice and Quiet

  I just happened upon this park as I was really tired and needed a place to stop and it's just beautiful. It's a donation Park like many in Nebraska. Almost every little small town seems to have one.This park has lots of nice Shady trees and water and a bathhouse no showers.

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  Sara S.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 26, 2016

  Buffalo Bill State Recreation Area

  pleasant surprise

  Dare I say this park was scenic?! Nebraska is not the most exciting state to pass through on a road trip to CO, but this campsite exceeded our low expectations. The sites were nicely secluded and the campground was quiet. We didn’t plan on doing much exploring in the area, but ended up spending the better part of our day here.

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  Jesse S.

  Ranger

  

  Oct. 23, 2020

  Indian Point Campground

  Shaded

  We found ourselves the best little shaded spot. We had a very nice afternoon and night here. We had a fire ring and a great tent area.

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  Ben

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 11, 2021

  Holiday RV Park

  Good overnight stop on I-80

  Your average RV campground. Close to I-80, but far enough to not hear the traffic. Pull-thru sites make it easy to get going in the AM. Pool is in the shape of the state of Nebraska. Near restaurants and gas stations, as well as a Go-kart place for some entertainment. Bathrooms and showers were clean. Camp store was pretty sparse, and the cable had issues with getting clear channels.

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  Erica C.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 27, 2024

  Box Elder Canyon WMA

  Free but so many bugs!

  There were a ton of mosquitoes when we visited, so much so that we couldn’t sleep in our truck and had to set up a tent. Several cars drove by on the road, some as late as 2:30 in the morning. Also, the cows nearby were super loud. Not the best sleep but hey, it’s a free site. No amenities at all.

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  Akiva G.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 5, 2018

  Sutherland State Rec Area

  Nice campground on the Sutherland reservoir

  Lots of RV sites but we were able to pitch our tent by the beach and there was plenty of space. Got super windy by the reservoir. The woman at the golf course clubhouse, which is also the front desk of the campground, let us cook dinner at the tables behind the clubhouse and use the outdoor bathrooms there.

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  Thomas B.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 7, 2020

  Lake Maloney State Recreation Area

  Hot and Dusty

  This is one of many state recreation areas along I-80. I wouldn’t make a special trip here, but it’s fine for stopping over while driving cross country. There appears to be one central rest room with flush toilets and pay showers. Pretty rundown. Also vault toilets, which weren’t the dirtiest I’ve ever seen. Hot and dusty. You pay a fee for entry of $8 for out of state and then $15 per night. Fire rings in most sites. We pitched our tent right next to the lake. Looking forward to getting up into the Rockies from here.