Branched Oak SRA
Nebraska State Recreation Area (NGPC), Lancaster County. The park's own page says: "Branched Oak offers an array of camping amenities. South Shore campgrounds offer Full Hookups, Electric Plus and Electric camping along with Basic campsites. Middle Oak campground offers Electric Plus, Electric and Basic campsites. Along with the electrical modern camping, Branched Oak offers numerous Basic and Primitive campsites at several of its campground locations. The lake has five shower houses, modern restrooms, primitive restrooms, dump and fill stations and playground equipment. Camping reservations are available for half of the campsites in Middle Oak Creek, Homestead and South Shore campgrounds during peak season (mid-April to mid-October). All other camping is all 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. Campsites must have a camping unit (tent, etc.) on site at the time of registration." The park's own page does not mention water. Assume none and carry your own; treat all natural water here as NOT potable. NOTE FOR REVIEW: our map already carries 'Branched Oak WMA' about 0.58 mi away (published) -- check these are genuinely different places to camp.
Everything you need — measured from Branched Oak SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
- DDump1 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail4 mi
- WWater8 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- +Urgent care10 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- RxPharmacy12 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- ShShower35 mi
- PPropane56 mi
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
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 — Branched Oak SRA
Nearby & resupply — around Branched Oak SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBranched Oak Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Drinking waterWater · ~8.5 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.2 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~1.1 mi
- GroceriesToni's Corner General Store · ~4.2 mi
- PharmacyWalgreens · ~12.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicFallbrook Medical Plaza · ~10.0 mi
- HardwareLoma Hardware · ~11.2 mi
- Nearest rail line~4.1 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
EV charging — from Branched Oak SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger9.8 mi straight-line SE — RUSS'S MARKET SUPER SAVER L3, Lincoln, 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 reach15 within 25 mi · 40 within 50 · 81 within 100 · 120 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)12.8 mi — Lincoln, NE - Tesla Supercharger, Lincoln
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)9.8 mi — RUSS'S MARKET SUPER SAVER L2, Lincoln, 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 183529 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Branched Oak SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaBlue River Rest Area Eastbound · ~14.4 mi SW
- Highway rest areaGoehner Rest Area Westbound · ~18.7 mi SW
- Highway rest areaPlatte River Rest Area Eastbound · ~29.0 mi E
Coming out here — Branched Oak SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Branched Oak Lake 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 ~4.1 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 Branched Oak SRA elsewhere
Other camps near Branched Oak SRA
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Branched Oak WMA~0.6 mi
- Wildwood WMA~4.8 mi
- Oak Glen WMA~5.9 mi
- Little Salt Creek West WMA~7.5 mi
Who holds the land at Branched Oak SRA
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Branched Oak Recreation Area, manager on record: Army Corps of Engineers (federal). Our own record names NGPC as the manager. The two sources disagree, and we have not checked which is right. That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Branched Oak SRA
What we don’t know about Branched Oak 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