Established Camping
Johnson Lake State Recreation Area
About
State Park
Summary Excellent camping, fishing, and water sports are hallmarks of this ever-popular area, 10 miles south of Lexington. Though relatively small at 68 acres, this SRA packs a lot of outdoor fun and provides three access points to the 2,068-acre lake. Attractions Johnson Lake offers great boating and skiing and excellent angling for a variety of fish, including walleye, white bass, and wipers. Campers will find electrical hookups, nonpad sites, showers, modern restrooms, dump stations, water, picnic tables, grills, shelters, vault toilets, a boat ramp, fish cleaning stations, a swimming beach, and accessible fishing piers. Johnson Lake campground offers 2 campgrounds. The main campground on the southeast side of the lake has 82 camper pads with electrical hook-ups and an additional 30 non-designated campsites. The campground is shady and located close to shower facilities. It has a sandy beach area and plenty of picnic areas. The Inlet campground on the lake's west side has 31 camper pads with electrical hook-ups and 10 non-designated campsites. It has a boat ramp, excellent bank fishing, and a handicap pier. For those golfers, there is an 18-hole golf course close by.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
- Boat-InSites accessible by watercraft.
Stay Connected
- WiFiUnknown
- VerizonUnknown
- AT&TUnknown
- T-MobileFair
Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Standard (Tent/RV)
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- Showers
- Drinking Water
- Electric Hookups
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Sanitary Dump
- Big Rig Friendly
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.
Eh
Area around SRA is great. Fireflies every night, nice bathrooms, and fishing wasn’t bad. However, the sites are WAY too close together. Don’t know if we just showed up at the wrong time, but seems like “quiet hours” aren’t enforced. If you’re in need of a stopover, stay here but if you want more of a camping experience, look elsewhere. Booked a reservation for the weekend (3 nights) and left a day early.
Stopover
Stopped on way to another destination. Sites need updating and are packed too closely. Neighbor offered parking assistance as we witnessed him urinating in bushes. If you're going to party with a group is fine but not friendly to big rigs. Bathrooms were clean and lake is nice.
Location
Johnson Lake State Recreation Area is located in Nebraska
Directions
Johnson Lake SRA: From 1-80 take exit 237 and go 7 miles south on Highway 283, then make a right hand turn at the Cenex Ampride station then first left in to the Park.
Address
1 East Park Dr 25a
Elwood, NE 68937
Coordinates
40.68456316 N
99.83178055 W