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Beaver Bend WMA
Drive-up · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE · 41.58533, -97.88389
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on Nebraska Game & Parks land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.
Nebraska Wildlife Management Area (NGPC) — 27 acres, Boone County. Free primitive camping is allowed — no park permit and no fee — for up to 14 days in any 30, unless the area posts otherwise. Facilities are minimal (parking, sometimes a boat ramp); bring water; fires only in provided rings/grills. Confirm on-site; the mapped point is an area centroid and may sit off the access point on long river-corridor WMAs.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,668 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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
Services & drive-time data covers the public-lands states we've mapped so far — not this camp's region yet. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
Nebraska Game & Parks
Elevation
1,668 ft
State
NE
Coordinates
41.58533, -97.88389
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBeaver Creek (river) · nearby
- Nearest townSaint Edward · ~1.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelLindsay Oil · ~12.6 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesWerts' GW · ~1.4 mi
- PharmacyWells Pharmacy · ~9.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicGenoa Community Hospital · ~12.5 mi
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- No mapped restroom within 30 miles — plan to pack it out.
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Council Creek WMA~10.5 mi
- Loup River Public Power District WMA~13.5 mi
- Don Dworak WMA~13.8 mi
- George D. Syas WMA~14.7 mi
How we know this
Source
Nebraska Game & Parks (wildlife management areas)
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
NGPC NPGCProperties FeatureServer (AreaType='WMA', Status='Active'), WGS84 centroid + acreage. Camping is category-wide (no per-site flag). Broad-scope ingest 2026-07-19 14:49:09.
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →