Top Tent Camping near Burwell, NE
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Best Tent Sites Near Burwell, NE (6)
1. Sherman Reservoir State Rec Area
Loup City, Nebraska2 Reviews•2 Photos•11 Saves- Tents
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3. Wooden Castle
Broken Bow, Nebraska1 Review•3 Photos- Electric Hookups
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Recent Tent Reviews In Burwell
36 Reviews of 6 Burwell Campgrounds
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Quiet rural stop in middle of nowhere - Nebraska
The sites are mostly level and well groomed grass with 2 new concrete handicap spots. The 30 amp and 50 amp power was proper voltage and dependable. Access to clear line of site to south for Dish or Directv is difficult due to heavy tree population. Non-Nebraska resident requires $14 pass in addition to the $30 fee with electric. Potable water is available and dump station is easily accessible with a rinse water source. Ingress and egress is good with gravel road surfaces in park. The restrooms and showers are very clean and accessible.
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Sandhills Stopping Point
Decided to cut our drive in half by staying here on our way to Smith Falls. It was a Monday night but it was very quiet other than the hum of the mosquitos!
-Side note: the vault bathrooms were a whole lot cleaner than some of our past experiences at other State Parks
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Great Spot with Lots of Trees
Great spot with lots of trees and good sized sites. I arrived on a Sunday afternoon and they were only half full & by night only a few more people came. Bugs were pretty bad. Unfortunately a bad storm moved in so we weren’t able to enjoy the evening. The trees kept us protected from the wind and hail. Would come back again!
John D. Sims Memorial Park
Very peaceful!
Flushing toilets, showers. 2 hookups if you need it. Water. Only ones camping on a Friday night. Did I mention the train? Otherwise great!
Homestead Knolls Campground
Nice hosts!
General: One of three campgrounds as part of the Calamas Reservoir State Recreation Area. Homestead Knolls has 83 sites, all with electricity; two of them are handicap accessible and about half are reservable.
Site Quality: All had paved driveways and appeared level. We were granted a handicap site as it was after 5 pm and this one was close to the restrooms (heavy rain was forecasted for the night). There had already been some rain and some of the sites had some flooding. It was pretty quiet on a Sunday night in early June (with crappy weather) but we were told that on weekends (especially holiday weekends), the campground fills up. Each site has a picnic table and fire pit/grill.
Restrooms: One bathhouse with flush toilets, and showers. Showers take quarters. When we were there, the quarter machine was broken but the host had quarters. We were told the reason they charge for showers is to discourage teenage girls from taking long showers after being at the beach! The bathrooms were clean but dated. We didn’t use the shower so cannot comment on it. There were also vault toilets located throughout the campground and day-use area; the one I used was very clean.
Activities: Primary activities are boating, fishing, and water skiing. We don’t do any of these and were just passing through with only one more night before returning home from a three-month road trip. There was also a sign for a nature trail, but the raindrops were beginning to fall so we were not able to explore it. There is a playground, but it was dated. If you have kids who would like to use the playground, I recommend Sites 26, 28, 30 and 40, 42, and 44 (conversely, stay away from these sites if you do not want to be close to kids on the playground)!
Overall, this is a decent campground but at $42 per night (including a $12 out-of-state pass), we would try and find other places to camp, especially since we do not have a boat or fish.
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Gave us free firewood! Beautifully kept. Friendly and helpful.
Camp hosts were amazing. Gave us firewood. Clean facilities. Well maintained. Gorgeous trees and trails.
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Very Nice and Quiet
This campground is a hidden gem. Nice big sites, your not packed it. Beautiful trees all around and we’ll kept. If you need electric you can reserve a site and get 30 or 50. Some sites have water and does have a sanitary dump site. Enjoying our overnight stay
Cottonwood Park
City park-
Cottonwood Park is in the town of Wolbach. There are 6 electric on grass and it’s not level. It has 30/20 Amps, 1 water spigot for all 6 sites, no dump station and costa $15/ night for electric. You could tent in the area too. The park is a cute little park. There are 2 picnic shelters, disc golf, horse arena, fishing pond, and bathrooms. The bathrooms have a shower and toilets but not the cleaniest. The pond is actually cute with a small bridge over the pond and benches scattered around it. There’s not much to bring you to the town unless seeing family.
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Nature
Great camping trip with friends
Tomahawk Municipal RV Park
Great City Park
Broken Bow is a great town. Been through there several times. The city park is great, not much to it but it is nice and clean and convenient. For $20, would recommend. Full hook-ups.
Bowman Lake State Recreation Area
quiet and private
nice river access, playground, fishing but it is primitive.
Trade Winds
Fun, lively campground but too close together
3 miles East of Loup City is Trade Winds campground. It is privately owned so you don’t need a state pass. It has 12 cabins and 20 Rv/tent sites with electricity and shared water. The sites are very close together but have shade trees. Each site is back in with picnic bench and fire rings. There is a nice marina for food,bait, supplies. And it has a grill open on weekends. There is a coin operated shower house and laundry mat area. The Marina also has kayak, boat slip, and storage for rent. Everyone there seems to be nice. They even had a huge firework display.
Cottonwood Park
Would get ve 5 stars if there were full hook ups!
Though located on the North side of the Missouri River, this campground is considered to be in Nebraska. Run by the US Corp of Engineers, there are no state permits required. We paid $16/night, but it’s possible that we could have gotten 50% off with our America the Beautiful pass. I just forgot to check and didn’t think to include the pass when registering.
The site was electric only and I don’t believe full hookups are a available at the campground. We snagged this site, in what is normally a fully booked campground, thanks to Campnab.
The site was paved and had an area covered with small rocks where the picnic table and fire pit were located. We had two trees at the north of our site that facilitated hanging the hammock with extended straps and also a tree on the west side of the site. The bath/shower house was a short walk (as was water access) and were very, very well kept and clean. Contractors live on site and clean several times a day. It was a great area for riding bikes and was very family and pet friendly.
Valley View Flat Campground
Great campground
Had a great experience tenting here. Bathrooms were very clean and overall had an amazing experience. I would recommend this spot to anyone especially for tenting.
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Secret Hideaway
Love Victoria Springs! It is a hidden gem in the Nebraska Sandhills. It fills up on the weekends but during the week you can have the entire campground to yourself. Beautiful trees, nice shade, and electrical hook-ups.
Sherman Reservoir State Rec Area
Beautiful, Clean Lake
This is primarily a reservoir and wildlife management area. Finding a camping spot with access to the lake is difficult. After driving around the lake, we found one, and it was an amazing spot! Clean outhouses.
Do not expect easy access to showers, ice or stores.
Calamus Reservoir
Beautiful Lake
This lake is amazing — clean and with a sand base.
Camping isn’t great, as it’s limited and close to others. If you’re looking for remote spots, this is not the place.
That said, this is a reservoir and a wildlife management area, so it’s understandable.
Valley View Flat Campground
Quiet and Easy
Making the trek back East, i needed a place to crash for the night. Quiet campground and a beautiful view off the lake. You have to pay for showers. 1.25 for 6 minutes got the job done. Chopped wood for sale at the nearest gas station.
Homestead Knolls Campground
Homestead Knolls
Beautiful campground! Nice boat ramp but can be tricky to load if windy. Book in advance as this site is very popular and always full!
Trade Winds Marina and Campground
Trade Winds
Awesome marina, great bait shop and restaurant! The campsites vary some in size and a few can feel cramped if campground is full.
Valley View Flat Campground
Clean, peaceful, pretty
Spent a night here by the water and experienced a beautiful sunset. Its a perfect place to camp for a night or kayak for an afternoon. Got lucky enough to have the entire place to myself. Really relaxed place. Perfect for tent camping and a water view.
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
A little upkeep would make this a nice spot
Victoria Springs has 2 different areas for camping. One area is for tent camping ($15 a day) and has a small lake with paddle boats to use. The lake has an algae issue right now. This area has a picnic shelter and playground that is dated. There are 2 cute cabins available for rent which have fire rings and picnic tables. The other area is for RVs and you can have electric $20)or electric and water($30). Each site has a fire ring and picnic shelter and is on grass. There is a basketball hoop that needs help and horseshoe area which is overgrown. A little bit of upkeep and elbow grease and this would be a great getaway.
Wooden Castle
This is now called Wooden Castle
Wooden Castle is right off the highway. The sites are Electric/water and are located behind the motel. The are run down RVs that look like they h just been left there and others look like they live there. To be perfectly honest it was unappealing, I saw signs from the management/owners that were inappropriate and would not stay there.
Tomahawk Municipal RV Park
Small in town RV park
Located in Broken Bow 2 blocks from the highway by the city park and is a small but nice RV Park. It is clean and well kept. All sites are full hook ups with a few on concrete but most on gravel. Most sites are pull thru. Not every site has a picnic bench, they are scattered around. This is a fairly new park, has 15 spaces and has no shade. Daily fee is $20.
Victoria Springs State Rec Area
Victoria springs
Nice secluded campground.
Riverside City Park
Small Scenic Campground
Very small campground inside the Burwell city park. Four electrical hookups, two back in & two pull-through. Very old wooden pit toilets, may have showers up at the pool & had one flush toilet restroom on the outside wall of the pool house that had a door (unlocked at all times we were there.) We stayed in one of the back-in sites that was right on the Loup River. Very quiet with no hi-way noise. We were there two nights and a Burwell sheriff drove through one night, and a Nebraska state patrol cruiser drove through the other night we were there. We had a very nice quiet stay there.
Davis Creek Dam Campground
Davis Creek Campground site 72 review plus ADA review.
Davis creek is a 67 camp site (25 primitive/2 ADA, 42 electric/3 ADA) nestled in rolling hills of Valley county Nebraska on the Davis Creek reservoir. Camping is permitted year round although water is only available April 1 to November 30th. There is also a camp host in the RV section from April-Nov. There are no established trails for hiking but the gravel roads throughout the camp are used for walking and bike riding.
This is a lake and campground that went from very primitive just over 20 years ago to a top notch natural resource district campground and recreation area. The NRD is investing heavily in this campground with large shelters, shower house (bring quarters), 2 boat ramp areas, large fish cleaning station, ADA ramps, fishing docks, and a small swimming beach. The rumor from the locals is that the entire campground will be electric in the near future. I was really impressed to find free WiFi added in 2019! The WiFi was strong and reliable everywhere in the campground.
I camped on site 72 which is an electrical site capable of facilitating smaller RV’s, campers or tents. Site 72 was near water, a brick restroom building and the shower building. You’ll be hard pressed to find any adequate shade at any of the sites here although the row of 60’s will offer some late day/evening shade. All of the sites have very nice concrete pads with large fire rings with grilling grates in addition to large concrete pads with picnic tables. There is plenty of green space at most sites and at 72 we set up horseshoe stakes and had all the room we needed.
The lake: we took our kayaks out and did some fishing on this campout. Access to the lake is easy with nice wide boat ramps at two different let in’s. This is a popular fishing and water sport lake that does allow skiing and high speed water sports. If you like to fish I recommend going to the inlet a couple of miles North of the campground, it seems to be the most popular spot for on water and shore-line fishing. We trolled lines behind our kayaks and caught white bass on this Memorial Day weekend in 2019.
ADA site: There was a really nicely designed ADA site next to site 72 that I think is worth mentioning here. The site was flat with a concrete path that connected the site to the walking path to the restrooms. The fire ring and picnic table were also designed for those wheelchair bound. I’ve attached some pictures below. If you have disabilities you’ll have access to everything you need at this campground.
Guide to Burwell
Camping near Burwell, Nebraska, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and outdoor activities. Whether you're pitching a tent or parking an RV, there are plenty of campgrounds to explore.
What to do:
- Fishing: Many campgrounds have access to lakes and rivers. For instance, at Ravenna Lake State Recreation Area, one reviewer mentioned, "The lake was nice and probably had good fishing." This makes it a great spot for anglers looking to catch some fish.
- Hiking: Trails abound in the area. At Long Pine State Rec Area, a camper noted, "There are some fantastic trails to hike here, some great scenery, and good trout fishing from the stream." This is perfect for those who enjoy nature walks.
- ATV Riding: If you're into off-roading, check out the Bessey Recreation Complex Campground. One visitor shared, "Have walking, Jeep, ATV trails all over," making it a fun spot for adventure seekers.
What campers like:
- Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate well-maintained restrooms and showers. A reviewer at Victoria Springs State Rec Area said, "The restrooms and showers are very clean and accessible."
- Spacious Sites: Many campgrounds offer roomy sites. At Valley View Flat Campground, one camper mentioned, "Spent a night here by the water and experienced a beautiful sunset. It's a perfect place to camp for a night or kayak for an afternoon."
- Quiet Atmosphere: Campers enjoy the peacefulness of the area. A visitor at Carney Park noted, "Quiet at night," which is ideal for a good night's sleep.
What you should know:
- Noise Levels: Some campgrounds can be noisy. A camper at Bessey Recreation Complex Campground mentioned, "A little noisy during the day with all the ATV traffic, but nice and quiet at night!" So, if you're sensitive to noise, plan accordingly.
- Limited Amenities: Not all campgrounds have extensive facilities. For example, at Ravenna Lake State Recreation Area, a reviewer said, "The campground was pretty busy... not a lot of privacy and not a lot of room."
- Bring Supplies: Some areas are remote, so it's wise to bring everything you need. A camper at Victoria Springs State Rec Area advised, "Make sure to bring whatever you need with you because there isn’t much in Thedford or Halsey."
Tips for camping with families:
- Kid-Friendly Activities: Look for campgrounds with recreational options. At Long Pine State Rec Area, one camper mentioned, "I had the place to myself," which can be great for families wanting some space.
- Safety First: Always keep an eye on kids near water. A reviewer at Calamus Reservoir noted, "The creek was fun to play in during the day," but safety is key.
- Plan for Bugs: Be prepared for mosquitoes, especially in the evenings. A camper at Victoria Springs State Rec Area mentioned, "Bugs were pretty bad," so bring repellent.
Tips from RVers:
- Check Hookups: Make sure your site has the necessary hookups. A reviewer at George H Clayton Campground said, "There is NO water at individual sites, only power."
- Level Sites: Look for campgrounds with level sites for easier parking. A camper at Riverside Park mentioned, "The sites are grass and some of them are on some slopes."
- Quiet Hours: Respect quiet hours to ensure everyone has a good experience. A visitor at Bessey Recreation Complex Campground noted, "Nice and quiet at night!"
Camping near Burwell, Nebraska, has something for everyone, from families to solo adventurers. Just remember to plan ahead and enjoy the great outdoors!
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