Smith Creek Recreation Area

We pulled off to sleep here for a quick night. Vault toilets, enough space for a couple tents and a fire ring along the water. Also a playground if you have little ones.

There was a bright light in the middle of the lot, a lot of little black bugs and garbage everywhere.

Ultimately, it was a decent nights sleep.

We had a quick one night stay as a van camper. Parked in the stone parking area adjacent to the toilets. A single bright light lit the entire parking lot. We arrived at 9:00 and quickly set up for sleeping. It was dark, our interior car lights immediately attracted numerous bugs. Late in the evening, a vehicle can't in and did a couple of "doughnuts" in the parking lot. It was a nice place overall for a single night.

I camped out on the downward side of the dam. I was the only one in the big area. It is a nice, relatively quiet park. The interstate is a few miles away so you can hear it but it’s not overly loud. The bathrooms are nice and have an actual light and hand sanitizer dispenser. I would definitely recommend checking it out if you’re passing through the area.

It’s a little free picnic area with free tent sites in between cornfields. There’s little grills to cook and big fire pit that even had free wood by it. Easy to get to. Not big enough for big rvs and you have to walk to the tent sites just a bit. Not a far walk but enough to make me lugging all the stuff out of my car annoying. Very pretty little area and they have an outhouse and a water spigot I just don’t know if it’s potable water. 10/10 great for 1 night to sleep free. Only 4 star cause having to walk back and forth wasn’t ideal.

Camped here previous year, and it was nice to come back to. Bathroom and lots of spots to set up. Also looks like it might be getting an update with the pavilion

Great little spot right off the expressway.  Seems to be used mostly for RV's but has space for tents.  Tent spaces are not marked but there are fire pits to give you a general idea of where to camp.  Also, looks like they are constructing a picnic/gazebo area.

Great place clean facilities..heard a dog barking but.. kids ..dogs no issues here.. Nothing to stop wind so be prepared if your thinking of hanging out for a while Gravel road from highway to camp so keep dust in mind..

But for me it was all wonderful!!!!

Just a short drive down dirt roads off highway. Easy to find following diirections on Maps app. We were the second campers til another rv showed up during the night. RVs camp in gravel parking lot where toilets are. Unable to review toilets as we didn't use them. Large grassy area with trees and a couple teeter-totters, covered picnic area with electrical outlets, bbq grill and campfire grill. There's a floating dock with picnic table, perfect for enjoying a morning cup of coffee. A great quick overnight spot overall.

Two other car campers there already when we rolled in close to midnight. Gravel road leading to the campground was in good condition. Convenient to I-80, but far enough removed that we had no freeway noise (my goal). Parking lot had a nice bright light. Clean vault toilets. Small playground.

Off a back road campsite that is pretty decent. Newer made ground toilets which were nice to have. They have pretty lax rules. Had no troubles setting up my tent in the area, does seem a lot of locals swing by during the day to visit but that was no issue. Not super buggy aside from moths.

Nice quiet spot on a creek fed lake. Boat/fishing dock. Newly constructed restrooms on a concrete pad. Only one drive up spot 4 or five spots for tents on grass a short carry from the parking. Day I was there only one other tent camper. The road in is typical gravel country road that can get a bit muddy with rain. My drive in spot was on the lake shore, no gravel so got quite muddy after the rain storm that blew through. Nebraska clay very slippery sticky and heavy. But really liked the place for an overnight stay.

I saw this site via a browser search. I also followed up with this app. The description was that it was a nice campground "south of I-80", with old vault toliets upgraded to portajohns.

First, to get here, I drove 20+ miles on dirt road. Luckily, I had a Jeep Gladiator, so it handled the roads.

Upon arrival, I found a mess! It appears that the state was building new bathrooms and concrete sidewalks...but the parking lot area was a MUDPIT! Good thing I had 4×4! A large 24ft tow behind RV had taken up a large portion of the area, and appered stuck in the mud.

This site was a mess, and I left. Maybe I will revisit in future,but as of Memorial Day 2022, no way!

To get back to civilization, another 10 miles of dirt road to York, NE.

Quiet secluded dispersed camping with clean bathroom

What a great stay. Stayed for 3 nights and only had 1 other camper. State trooper checked in one afternoon. There are 4 vault toilets, 2 male/2 female. Stalls aren’t separate though but overall very clean and stocked. This place was very peaceful and had both beautiful sunrises and sunsets. There’s a couple spots you could park in the lot and camp from a van or camper. There’s several spots available to pitch a tent near the shelter or down the hill. Multiple ring fires, picnic tables and grills available for use. There’s also trash bins which is nice.

Little bit of traffic for those looking to fish. Nice little walking paths along the lake. You can stay up to 14 days, free. Be sure to pack everything needed but there is a Walmart 15 minutes away. I had 2-3 bars of LTE via AT&T and was able to work efficiently. Definitely would stay here again.