Best Tent Camping near Ericson, NE

Recent Tent Reviews near Ericson, Nebraska

43 Reviews of 5 Ericson Campgrounds

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  Joe R.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 13, 2018

  Davis Creek Dam Campground

  North Loup River valley getaway

  I grew up in the towns next to the Davis Creek Dam which is managed by the NRD. This is a great , once upon a time small campground right on Davis Creek Dam. You’ll enjoy this campground that is far away from road noise. Supplies can be purchased in North Loup, Scotia or Ord Nebraska, roughly 6 and 16 miles way respectively. This campground gets busy over summer holidays but other than that I’ve found that you can reserve same day spots without worry, especially if you are tent camping.

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  Abigail C.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 25, 2019

  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.

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  Julayne B.

  Scout

  

  Feb. 25, 2019

  North Loup State Rec Area

  Small park

  Smaller park with about 15 tent sites with fire pits and picnic tables. Outhouse facilities with no access to fresh water. There is no playground equipment. Access to 2 fishing ponds and a short hike to access river.

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  Shannon G.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 31, 2021

  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.

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  Emma N.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 22, 2017

  Nunda Shoal Campground

  Wonderful Experience

  We had such a great stay at the Nunda Shoal Campground. It's situated directly next to the Calamus Reservoir, and there is at least one path that leads right to the sandy beach. It's technically for RVs, but we ended up staying there because the nearby tent campground was completely vacant, and we'd rather stay in a more populated area. There are several coin-operated showers that work pretty well. The camp hosts that were present when we were there were incedibly kind, and we really enjoyed chatting with them.

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  Joe R.

  Legend

  

  Aug. 11, 2019

  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.

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  Chelsey

  Scout

  

  Jun. 20, 2021

  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.

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  Danika S.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 3, 2018

  Valley View Flat Campground

  Valley View 👍🏻

  FCFS, no reservations needed. About 10 electric sites, plenty of tent and/or primitive sites. Boat dock, shower house, clean restrooms. Usually pretty peaceful. Quite a bit of shade also. Fire rings at each spot. We have a 38’ 5th wheel and have no problem parking that and a boat and tow vehicle in our area.

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  Charles C.

  Legend

  

  Jan. 1, 2025

  Grove Lake State Wildlife Area

  Free Camping, Lovely views

  Grove lake is a lovely free camping area with flat dirt areas that would accommodate a camper or tent. No hookups but hydrants, Vault toilets, fire pits, and picnic tables exist.

  Nice camping trails exist, mostly for access to the trout stream that feeds the lake.

  This is a lovely place to hike, fish, kayak, paint, or just get in touch with your maker.

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  Shauna G.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 12, 2019

  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.

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  Shannon G.

  Legend

  

  Jul. 17, 2022

  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.

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  Tom and Chris W.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 9, 2021

  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.

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  Nick P.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 15, 2016

  Riverside City Park

  Picnic and Fishing

  My girlfriend and I love to find new spots to fish and we really enjoyed Riverside City Park. There was great fishing and really clean picnic areas to eat lunch when the fishing slowed down.

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  Alex R.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 13, 2019

  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!

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  Jennifer M.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 2, 2018

  Homestead Knolls Campground

  Camp by a white sand beach in Nebraska

  Homestead Knolls is a small campground near a small, beautiful white sand beach with gradual increase in depth, perfect for swimming with family. Boat ramp is nearby. You can find all essentials at a nearby gas station.

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  Lee D.

  Legend

  

  Oct. 28, 2022

  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.

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  D Marie S.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 30, 2020

  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.

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  Darrick H.

  Traveler

  

  Apr. 27, 2019

  Calamus Reservoir

  Nuda sholls

  Nuda sholls campground at calamus state recreation area is a nice little spot to setup for a few days and enjoy the 4,500 acre calamus reservoir. There are roughly 30 sites in this particular area. Half are first come first serve and the other half are by reservation. All sites are electrical only. There is a nice modern shower and bath facility to utilize if you want to conserve your fresh water tank. Toilets are free and it only costs $1.25 for a 7 minute hot shower. My family and I have created many memories here and hope to make many more

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  Kathryn H.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 19, 2018

  Calamus Reservoir

  Very nice to go camping. Gone there many a time

  A lot of campsite. Can rent boats and jet skies. Multiple convenient stores. About five miles from nearest town. Nice swimming and fishing spots. Love going there.

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  Chris C.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 30, 2018

  Calamus Reservoir

  Newly added fpadsor rving with gravel

  Being new not much for trees. It was nice to have clean showers close to the camp site.

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  Shawn A.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 29, 2020

  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.

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  Alex R.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 13, 2019

  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.

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  Connie S.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 28, 2021

  Albion Campground

  Weekend stay

  We were attending a tractor show in a near by town and this was a close place to camp. It has full hook ups for the trailer. Very reasonably priced at $15.00 a night. There is a beautiful city park to use. One negative there are Texas Sandburs where you park the trailers.

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  Paul B.

  Scout

  

  Nov. 17, 2019

  City of Albion - RV Campground

  Will stay again

  Clean, all hookups, next to city park. Reasonable $15 nite

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  D Marie S.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 30, 2020

  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.

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  Mitch H.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 20, 2018

  Sherman Reservoir State Rec Area

  Paradise!

  Loving this place

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  Paula

  Scout

  

  Mar. 20, 2021

  North Loup State Rec Area

  If you need a spot this will do

  This is just a rock parking area with electric hook up spaced out, next to lake,so no designated spots. Because it is popular for fishing you may have people walking through your campsite and in front of you site fishing on the lake. It is does have large trees so you may be able to park with shade.