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Alexandria SRA
Drive-up · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE · 40.23238, -97.33188
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Ask about this camp →Nebraska Game & Parks lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nebraska State Recreation Area (NGPC), Jefferson County. The park's own page says: "Alexandria State Recreation Area's campground has plenty of shade trees around its campsites. It offers 40 grass pad sites with 30-amp electrical hookup, 5 sites with 50-amp electrical hookup, and 9 sites without electricity. The campground also offers water, pit toilets and modern restroom, playground, and dump and fill station. All campsites at Alexandria SRA are first-come, first-served. Campers must register their nightly camping fees in a raised, locked box called an Iron Ranger. Self-service envelopes are provided at each station and accept cash or checks only." The park's own page lists 'water' among campground amenities without saying whether it is potable. Confirm on site; treat all natural water as NOT potable. NOTE FOR REVIEW: our map already carries 'Alexandria WMA' about 0.96 mi away (published) -- check these are genuinely different places to camp.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Alexandria SRA
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,383 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Alexandria SRANIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Alexandria SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail3 mi
- GGrocery10 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- EVEV fast charger13 mi
- WWater31 mi
- HHardware31 mi
- LLaundry31 mi
- ShShower32 mi
- +Urgent care32 mi
- OOutfitter35 mi
- DDump44 mi
- AAir-up51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Alexandria SRA
Access
Drive-up
Land
Nebraska Game & Parks
Elevation
1,383 ft
Nearest rail line
~0.1 mi · main line
State
NE
Coordinates
40.23238, -97.33188
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Alexandria SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureAlexandria Reservoir · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelMaatsch's Express · ~9.9 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~9.6 mi
- PharmacyGlobe Rexall Pharmacy · ~10.4 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
EV charging — from Alexandria SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger13.4 mi straight-line W — 81 EXPRESS MIDDLE STATION, Hebron, NE · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 12 within 50 · 78 within 100 · 129 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)31.9 mi — LOVE'S 647 - KS #647 DC2, Belleville
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.4 mi — 81 EXPRESS WEST ONE(SMALL), Hebron, NE · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 223472 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Alexandria SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Restroom#1 Education Center/Admin Offices · ~26.5 mi E · NPS
- RestroomHeritage Center Building #11 · ~26.9 mi E · NPS
Coming out here — Alexandria SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Alexandria Reservoir as a perennial lake or pond, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Rail line mapped ~0.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). That file holds the divided, limited-access highways only — a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not be in it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Alexandria SRA elsewhere
Other camps near Alexandria SRA
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Alexandria WMA~1.0 mi
- Meridian WMA~4.3 mi
- Little Blue East WMA~9.7 mi
- Flathead WMA~10.9 mi
Who holds the land at Alexandria SRA
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Alexandria State Recreation Area, manager on record: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (state). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Alexandria SRA
Permit
A valid park entry permit is required for all vehicles entering a state park area. Nebraska licensed vehicle: daily permit $7, annual permit $35. Non-Nebraska licensed vehicle: daily permit $14, annual permit $70.
Source
Nebraska Game & Parks (state parks and recreation areas)
Confidence
Agency-confirmed — The managing agency's own record names this as a campsite and puts it at these coordinates. About as good as it gets short of standing here.
How it was placed
Camping confirmed on the park's own NGPC page, https://outdoornebraska.gov/location/alexandria/, read 2026-08-17. Point from the NGPC Parks_Locations FeatureServer (https://services5.arcgis.com/IOshH1zLrIieqrNk/arcgis/rest/services/Parks_Locations/FeatureServer/0), the layer behind the agency's Public Access Atlas; it is a park-level point and may not sit on the campground loop. NGPC statewide rates, https://outdoornebraska.gov/parks/park-pricing/ (read 2026-08-17): camping Primitive $10/night year-round, Basic $15, Electric $25, Electric Plus $30, Full Hookup $35; off-season (roughly mid-Oct to Apr) all tiers $5 less except primitive, which stays $10. A park entry permit is required on top of the camping fee: $7/day or $35/year on a Nebraska-plated vehicle, $14/day or $70/year otherwise. Lake McConaughy and Smith Falls are the two parks priced off this card. Stay limits are posted per park -- several NGPC pages state 14 consecutive days in any 30-day period; confirm on site. Modern facilities (showers, dump/fill, full hookups) are generally closed mid-Oct through April. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go. | nightshift-verified 2026-08-18: RE-FETCHED the park page https://outdoornebraska.gov/location/alexandria/ today (HTTP 200) and it STILL states camping. Camping detail read off that page today: 40 grass pad sites with 30-amp, 5 with 50-amp, 9 without electricity; water, pit toilets, modern restroom, playground, dump and fill station; Iron Ranger self-pay. NGPC statewide rates were NOT re-read this fire; the rate text already in this note dates from 2026-08-17 and should be re-checked before it is quoted on a page.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Alexandria SRA
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Alexandria SRA
Water on public land →Dumping grey & black →Fire rules & restrictions →Off-grid communication →All field notes →