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Enders Reservoir SRA

Drive-up · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE · 40.42887, -101.53892
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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), Chase County. The park's own page says: "Enders Reservoir SRA has Electric Plus, Primitive and Basic campsites. Two electrical RV sites also offer accessible features . Other amenities include showers, modern restrooms, drinking water, grills, picnic tables and shelters, fish cleaning station and a dump and fill station. During peak season, camping reservations at Enders can be made for half of the campsites; the other half are first-come, first-served. Campers at first come, first serve sites 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. Areas with reservable campsites become first-come, first-served sites during nonpeak season." The park's own page lists drinking water in the campground. That is the agency's claim about a developed tap, not a field check, and not a claim about any lake or river here -- treat all natural water as NOT potable. NOTE FOR REVIEW: our map already carries 'Enders Reservoir WMA' about 1.02 mi away (published) -- check these are genuinely different places to camp.

USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Enders Reservoir SRA
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Enders Reservoir SRA
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Weather outlook — at Enders Reservoir SRA
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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 Enders Reservoir SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Fuel · 7 miFFrenchman Valley Farmers Co-Op · Grocery · 8 miGPharmacy · 47 miRxOwen's True Value · Hardware · 47 miHRoss's Autoparts & Repais · Mechanic · 29 miMOgallala Coin-O-Matic Laundry · Laundry · 49 miLWash House · Shower · 54 miShTrenton Medical Clinic · Urgent care · 33 mi+Enders · Mail · 2 mi@Cobblestone Inn - Tesla Supercharger · EV fast charger · 43 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • @Mail2 mi
  • FFuel7 mi
  • GGrocery8 mi
  • MMechanic29 mi
  • +Urgent care33 mi
  • EVEV fast charger43 mi
  • RxPharmacy47 mi
  • HHardware47 mi
  • LLaundry49 mi
  • ShShower54 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: fuel & food sit about 7 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 43-mi run (and back).

Not within 60 mi: Water, Dump, 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 — Enders Reservoir SRA

Access
Drive-up
Land
Nebraska Game & Parks
Elevation
3,185 ft
State
NE
Coordinates
40.42887, -101.53892
Cost
Fee

Nearby & resupply — around Enders Reservoir SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE (OpenStreetMap)

  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~7.3 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesFrenchman Valley Farmers Co-Op · ~8.0 mi

EV charging — from Enders Reservoir SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Enders Reservoir SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Enders Reservoir 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/enders-reservoir/, 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/enders-reservoir/ today (HTTP 200) and it STILL states camping. Camping detail read off that page today: Electric Plus, Primitive and Basic campsites; two electrical RV sites offer accessible features; in peak season half the campsites are reservable and half first-come; Iron Ranger self-pay. Separate campground maps for Area A, Area B and Center Dam. 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 Enders Reservoir 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.

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