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Kinter's Ford WMA

Drive-up · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE · 40.05639, -95.99648
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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 Wildlife Management Area (NGPC) — 199 acres, Richardson 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
USGS topographic map of Kinter's Ford WMA
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Kinter's Ford WMA
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Weather outlook — at Kinter's Ford WMA
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,055 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Kinter's Ford WMANIFC · 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 Kinter's Ford WMA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 4 miWDump · 38 miDSapp Bros · Fuel · 9 miFKimmel Lodge Trading Post · Grocery · 4 miGKex Rx · Pharmacy · 28 miRxBinder Bros Ready Mix & Lumber · Hardware · 10 miHBenskin Motors · Mechanic · 15 miMMaytag Self Service Laundry · Laundry · 42 miLShower House · Shower · 4 miShAir-up · 59 miAFirst Aid Station/Dakota Room · Urgent care · 4 mi+Randy's Bait Shop · Outfitter · 28 miODu Bois Post Office · Mail · 3 mi@METRO CAFE BWP DC CHARGER · EV fast charger · 25 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • @Mail3 mi
  • WWater4 mi
  • GGrocery4 mi
  • ShShower4 mi
  • +Urgent care4 mi
  • FFuel9 mi
  • HHardware10 mi
  • MMechanic15 mi
  • EVEV fast charger25 mi
  • RxPharmacy28 mi
  • OOutfitter28 mi
  • DDump38 mi
  • LLaundry42 mi
  • AAir-up59 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 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 — Kinter's Ford WMA

Access
Drive-up
Land
Nebraska Game & Parks
Elevation
1,055 ft
State
NE
Coordinates
40.05639, -95.99648
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Kinter's Ford WMA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureSouth Fork Big Nemaha River (river) · nearby
  • Nearest townDu Bois · ~3.1 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~3.7 mi
  • FuelSapp Bros · ~8.6 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesHy-Vee · ~20.8 mi
  • PharmacyKex Rx · ~28.2 mi
  • Hospital / clinicFirst Aid Station/Dakota Room · ~4.0 mi
  • HardwareBinder Bros Ready Mix & Lumber · ~10.0 mi

EV charging — from Kinter's Ford WMA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Kinter's Ford WMA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Kinter's Ford WMA

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.
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 Kinter's Ford WMA

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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