Best Tent Camping near Hastings, NE

Recent Tent Reviews in Hastings

216 Reviews of 5 Hastings 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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  Ken G.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 23, 2024

  Pioneer Trails Recreation Area

  nice, quiet campground near the highway

  We stayed there in late August on a weeknight.  The sites look new, possibly recently refurbished.  There is a small lake near which is an easy walk.  Everything was clean and recently mowed grass.  In the middle of corn fields, but a nice quiet place to spend one night.

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  Fred S.

  Legend

  

  Sep. 9, 2024

  Streeter Park Campground

  Really good overnight stop

  Streeter Park is a nice park with ball fields, walking paths, waterpark and a small campground. The campground has about a dozen or so sites set up in a gravel parking lot next to the waterpark. It's a place where you can pull in your camper & spend the night. It's free, although a donation is requested. The sites are small parking spaces, close together. Each site has a picnic table, electricity & water. Waste disposal is also available in the campground as well as trash dumpsters. You can use the restrooms at the waterpark & ball field; they were open all night. No shower facilty. The one negative is the road noise; it was loud at times. This campground is not a destination; it's a really good place for an overnight stop.

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  Linda R.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 24, 2024

  Wood River West State Wildlife Management Area

  Tough to get a vehicle down to “site”

  This is NOT for rigs over 15’ long. Turn around potential is tight. Lots of beer cans around. Got down there and turned around and went back to 80. Just a little too creepy.

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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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  joyce S.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 6, 2024

  Lincoln Park

  Excellent spot

  Quite park with lots of space. There are about 20 free Rv spots with electric and water hookups and several site with electricity for tents. They have nice clean bathrooms, a large playground in the shade, and a fishing pond

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  Scott B.

  Ranger

  

  Jul. 21, 2024

  Prairie Oasis Campground & Cabins

  Great stop while driving through

  Stopped here for the night while traveling through the area. Great stop. Clean and safe campground with full hook ups. Would recommend.

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  Jenny G.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 18, 2024

  Firefly Meadows

  Fine for overnight

  No frills camping for one overnight is exactly what we needed, and what we got. Bathhouse itself was nice and clean, but needed a little maintenance, at least on the women’s side. No playground or amenities besides the bathhouse and laundry. Some kids fishing at the pond were catching small fish. Right off of I-80, next to a large Pilot truck stop with Subway.

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  Dana T.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 17, 2024

  Bruning Dam Recreation Area

  For The Outdoorsman

  Only two small sites and one appears to hamve sewage. There's a bathroom available. Best suited for an outdoorsman that's hunting or fishing.

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  Mary T.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 15, 2024

  Grand Island KOA

  On top of neighbors

  Great campground other that you are on top of your neighbors. Thought we might not be able to open our awning, only about 3 to 4 feet between sites. Loved a lot of restrooms. Pool was nice. If you are tent camping great sites.

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  Robert B.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 6, 2024

  Ravenna Lake State Recreation Area

  Robert brummund

  It was very nice except for people drinking in the park

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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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  Terry D.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 30, 2024

  Prairie Oasis Campground & Cabins

  Great place

  Nice n quiet with a good breeze lots around for kids to do well kept n everything works as should I get back this way I will spend more time here next time .owners are real friendly and informative.

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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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  Megan K.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 4, 2024

  Wood River West State Wildlife Management Area

  Perfect for what I needed

  Small area perfect for a quick night. There were a few people here when I got here but it’s easy to make room when you know most people are just trying to get a quick rest.

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  Jennifer T.

  Traveler

  

  May. 28, 2024

  Ravenna Lake State Recreation Area

  Pleasant Stay

  The only way to reserve a site is through camp spot and we have a little trouble with that because it did not let me pick my site number. We arrived Friday evening on Memorial weekend and it was crowded. The campsite is great on the pocketbook but you have to pay a $10 fee to lock in your site and I am so glad we did! There was only three other empty spots in the entire campground and they were all marked reserved when we got there. The campground was pretty busy We were a little disappointed in our site because it was very small and kind of sandwiched between two big campers so not a lot of privacy and not a lot of room. There were a lot of people fishing and kayaking and a lot of dogs. There are showers and bathrooms but they are up near the entrance to the campground although they did have porta potties near the campsites. Although the grounds were well maintained the grass was mowed there was volleyball net setup disc golf available a pet exercise area the fountain was beautiful and shady in most areas. We would probably return on a non-holiday weekend when it's not so busy.

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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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  Teresa T.

  Ranger

  

  Oct. 27, 2023

  Windmill State Rec Area

  Clean well maintained and easy stop

  Nice trail around the outside that wove in and out of the trees for dog walking. Otherwise, I'm in an RV so no road noise. One caution for Verizon users who want to work during the day, the wireless is slow. Great after traffic slows but completely unworkable otherwise.

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  Hillary J.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 6, 2023

  Wood River West State Wildlife Management Area

  Great overnight spot when traveling cross country!

  We stopped here just to sleep when traveling across the country. It was easy to find and a relatively quiet spot. You could hear some road noise but I didn’t find it to bad. Nice views in the full moon! There is a pretty strong farm smell so just be prepared for that!

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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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  Stewart C.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 31, 2023

  Recharge Lake Campground

  Nice quite campground

  Well maintained. $15/night with electric only hook up. Has restroom on site. Weather was pleasant..always windy in Nebraska.

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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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  Grayson T.

  Scout

  

  Aug. 22, 2023

  Wood River West State Wildlife Management Area

  Super Convenient

  Stopped here to sleep for the night on a cross-country road trip. It’s a gravel road right off I-80; farmland surrounded the camping spot and it was pretty private. No facilities so be prepared to pack out what you pack in.

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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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  Mary

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 17, 2023

  George H Clayton Campground (Hall County Park)

  Fantastic!

  It is as described by everyone else. I updated the RV price. Also to clarify; there is NO water at individual sites, only power. The water filling station is the first pull out on the left as entering the RV section. Look for the sign. If you miss it you'll need to have another drive around this beautiful city park. Abundant walking and cycling opportunities as well.

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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.