Best Glamping near Du Bois, NE

Glamping Reviews near Du Bois, NE

33 Reviews of 5 Du Bois Campgrounds

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  Jolie C.

  Guide

  Sep. 25, 2018

  Big Lake State Park Campground

  Small quiet park

  Small park.sites are right next to each other. Picnic tables and fire pits are on site gravel. All roads are narrow one way with the dumpstation at the back end of park with trash dumpsters there. So on a sunday you will get stuck in the dumpstation line to drop off your trash even if you don't need to dump. Bathrooms are clean and well maintained. Sites are pretty level. Great playground area for the kids.

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  Sarah H.

  Guide

  Sep. 19, 2016

  Big Lake State Park Campground

  Clean and Friendly off I-29

  My husband and I tent camped one night at this park. We arrived around 8 pm and even though the office was getting ready to close, the woman behind the counter was very kind and helpful. She helped us with finding our spot and with getting firewood. Our basic tent site was lakeside and had a fire pit and picnic table. The site was so well maintained it was hard to find small sticks for kindling.

  The grounds have private bathrooms with toilets and showers. There are two nice playgrounds and a swimming pool. Most campers were enjoying fishing in the small lake. Kayaks were available to rent for a small fee. Kids enjoyed riding bikes around the flat roads.

  This is a great spot off I-29 to set up camp and have a rest. It's also a good spot to take young kids fishing.

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  Charles C.

  Legend

  Oct. 1, 2018

  Duck Creek Recreation Area

  New Campground by Secluded Lake

  This park is a beautiful lake. We saw white pelicans and blue herons on this visit but it is not uncommon to see hawks, owls, and eagles in the area. This is a new park dedicated this year by the Nemaha NRD: sort of a multi-county natural resource agency found exclusively in Nebraska.

  The picnic tables, vault toilets, paved walking trails, playground equipment are all new and well laid out. Gravel slabs with electrical hookup are only $12 a night but that is deceiving because you need to purchase a $5 day pass or $15 annual pass to come to the park. Yet even the some of the primitive sites have slabs for a pop-up and did not appear to cost anything beyond your vehicle pass.

  The lake is too small for any boat with more than a trolling motor (there is a boat ramp) and should be outstanding for a kayak or canoe. Fishing should be great here. Paved trail and wide gravel slabs with raised fire pits should make this a great rustic getaway for handicapped campers. There is even a paved path to the end of a jetty of fishing in the lake.

  This park is close to the Steamboat Trace Hiking/Biking Trail which is a 26-mile trail following the bluffs and coming within spitting distance of the Missouri River. Peru Nebraska is close, home of one of the oldest colleges this side of the Mississippi. Peru is also close for limited supplies such as Ice and band-aids. Auburn and Nebraska City are both about 10 miles away, Neb City has a Walmart.

  I think this park is best for a quiet weekend getaway. I recommend you contact the NRD for an annual pass and take advantage of the other parks they operate. You could hike or Bike the Trace and tent camp for free!

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  Danni A.

  Traveler

  Oct. 7, 2024

  Brownville Riverside Park

  Needs quite a bit of improvement

  We stayed here so that we would be within walking distance of Brownville. It took a while to figure out how to make a reservation (you call the River Inn Resort). When I made the reservation, I was told there is no electricity, which is fine since we have solar. However, we were not told there are no tables, or fire rings... there pretty much isn't anything other than land. The land that is there is pretty rough as well. There were very large burs of some sort throughout the grassy areas, which made it difficult for our dog to go anywhere during our trip. There were also an unbelievable amount of gnats, but that is probably due to the proximity to the river. The people at the River Inn Resort, where you check in, were friendly and helpful. However, we would not stay here again.

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  Emily M.

  Guide

  Apr. 20, 2021

  Waubonsie State Park Campground

  Fun in the Bluffs

  Grew up camping and hiking here. Not many amenities but the bathrooms are clean and the trails are fantastic. The view is great from the side bluff train. Close to Nebraska city. Tent sites are not too close together. Can get pretty busy on weekends in the summer.

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  Shelly S.

  Legend

  Oct. 24, 2018

  Waubonsie State Park Campground

  Sorry for the intrusion

  Waubonsie State Park near Hamburg, Iowa is under construction. That is the road was when we visited. The workers were not the most helpful either. That being said the park employees were very informative, if you could find one.

  We visited enroute through the area and enjoyed the trails most of all. Though my map skills are questionable I had a more then usual difficult time navigating by the map supplied. The signage was close to non-existent. I fell back on the tried and true , always go left. Which worked well enough for the ridge line we hiked. Some awesome views.

  I often have the problem of comparing places I’ve been. You can’t do this state to state I’ve learned because they all run, staff and take care of their natural resources in different ways. I do my best to base my opinion on face value and impressions of my visit to that park. Waubonsie SP is my first Iowa Park , I was not impressed. BUT it was in the style I like, sparsely used, I saw few campers or employees. Of course school was in and harvest going on and I know that makes a huge difference in certain states. Mostly just blue-hairs camping right now, soon to snowbird to the south :) I aspire to that life someday.

  Other then the roadwork the park looked to be somewhat maintained. The cabins I saw need some updating but were functional. The campground was basic, grill, fire ring , picnic table, electric on designated sites. Needed some clean up and graveling on the pads. The facilities were not ancient and were maintained okay. The visitors center looked brand new but was closed so no souvenirs goodies.

  I would not consider this a destination campground, but the view is worth an overnight enroute somewhere else.

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  William S.

  Scout

  Jul. 25, 2021

  Brownville Riverside Park

  It's a dump

  Not ready for business since flood 2 years ago. We turned around and left. THE PHONE NUMBER HERE IS INCORRECT. It is the phone number for Indian Cave State Park some 15 miles south. That site is nice.

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  Claudette W.

  Scout

  Apr. 29, 2020

  Duck Creek Recreation Area

  Nice new campground.

  Many people come here daily during the pandemic to get exercise, to fish and enjoy the outdoors. There is room to keep up social distancing.

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  John A.

  Guide

  Jul. 7, 2021

  Brownville Riverside Park

  Cleanup appears to be nearly complete

  This is a park that was previously a State Recreation Area that was given over to the Village of Brownville prior to the flooding in 2011. A majority of the silt and debris has been cleared, and the boat ramp for the Missouri River at the north end is accessible. To the best of my knowledge the Steamboat Trace path bike path is still closed from flooding.
  Primitive camping only. River Inn resort just to the south has Electric sites, but they too are in the process of cleaning up, but appear to have sites open.