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Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park)

Drive-up · public land · NE · 41.76269, -103.32294
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The land manager 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.

Bayard sits in the North Platte valley in western Nebraska, and Chimney Rock -- the landmark that told Oregon Trail emigrants they were a third of the way to Oregon -- is a few miles southwest and visible from town. The city maintains three gravel RV sites at the Swimming Pool Park with both 30- and 50-amp electric and water hookups (no sewer), first-come first-serve with no reservations. The city's own page is refreshingly blunt about the deal: the first two nights of any stay cost nothing, the next eight are $25 a night, and there is a 10-day maximum -- and no, moving to a different site does not reset the clock. So this is a genuinely free two-night stop and a fairly expensive one after that. Pay at the city office, 445 Main Street. Across the narrow street is the main city park with mature shade, a covered pavilion and picnic tables, a playground, and a seasonal pool and tennis courts. Scotts Bluff National Monument is a short drive west. Honest caveats: watch the fee cliff -- several camping websites still say $10 a night after the free nights, but the city's current page says $25, so budget for the city's number. Our map pin is the park next to the municipal pool, which is where the city says the sites are, but the RV pads themselves are not mapped, so expect to look around a block or so when you arrive. The deal these towns offer is simple: camp free, and they hope you buy fuel, groceries or dinner in town. Be a good guest and it stays free for the next traveler. Town rules change often and we have not visited -- confirm current rules with the town before you go.

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USGS topographic map of Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park)
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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 Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park) · public land · NE

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 18 miWSanidump · Dump · 40 miDFuel · 1 miFBayard Grocery · Grocery · 1 miGU-Save Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 18 miRxMenards · Hardware · 17 miHNAPA AutoCare Center · Mechanic · 17 miMGering Laundromat · Laundry · 18 miLSweet Dreams Sleep Services · Urgent care · 18 mi+Cabela's · Outfitter · 49 miOBayard Post Office · Mail · 0 mi@NPPD EV STATION SB SINCLAIR DCS · EV fast charger · 19 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • @Mail0 mi
  • GGrocery1 mi
  • FFuel1 mi
  • MMechanic17 mi
  • HHardware17 mi
  • LLaundry18 mi
  • RxPharmacy18 mi
  • +Urgent care18 mi
  • WWater18 mi
  • EVEV fast charger19 mi
  • DDump40 mi
  • OOutfitter49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 1 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 — Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park)

Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
3,836 ft
State
NE
Coordinates
41.76269, -103.32294
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park) · public land · NE (OpenStreetMap)

  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~0.7 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesBayard Grocery · ~0.6 mi
  • PharmacyU-Save Pharmacy · ~17.9 mi
  • Hospital / clinicSweet Dreams Sleep Services · ~18.2 mi
  • HardwareMenards · ~17.4 mi

EV charging — from Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park) · public land · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park) · public land · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park)

Stay limit
10 nights (10-day maximum)
Source
municipal park records
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Camping rules are OFFICIALLY confirmed: City of Bayard official site, https://www.cityofbayard.net/vnews/display.v/SEC/Departments|Parks%20and%20Recreation%3E%3ECamping , fetched 2026-07-20: three RV sites at the Swimming Pool Park, 'No cost for first two (2) nights of any stay', 'Next eight (8) nights are $25.00 per night', 10-day maximum, first-come first-serve, payment at the city office at 445 Main Street, and moving between sites does not reset the fee. NOTE: several aggregators state '$10 per night after two free nights' -- that figure is STALE; the city's own page says $25. THE COORDINATE IS THE WEAK LINK -> confidence='med'. OSM has no park or campsite object anywhere in Bayard and Nominatim would not geocode 'Bayard City Park'; a targeted Overpass around:2500 query found the mapped municipal swimming pool (OSM ways 1291861735/1291861736, leisure=swimming_pool) with an adjacent unnamed leisure=park polygon, OSM way 1291861734, which matches the city's stated 'Swimming Pool Park' location. The pin is that park polygon (verified inside by point-in-polygon against api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/1291861734/full.json), NOT a mapped RV pad -- treat it as accurate to about a block. Not visited. Verified 2026-07-20.
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 Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park)

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.

Before you go — Bayard City RV Sites (Swimming Pool Park)

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