Lewis and Clark Lake SRA
Nebraska State Recreation Area (NGPC), Knox County. The park's own page says: "Lewis and Clark SRA offers campers Full Hookup, Electric Plus, Electric, Basic and Equestrian Lewis and Clark has over 150 campsites with electricity and more than 100 Basic campsites. Campgrounds include showers, picnic tables, fire ring/grills, nearby drinking water spigots (not hookups), dump and fill stations and playground. Camping is available year-round with electricity however dump and fill stations, modern shower and bathroom facilities operate from April-October, weather permitting. Camping reservations are available for 75% of the campsites in Weigand and Burbach campgrounds and can be made up to 180 days in advance. 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. An equestrian camping area with corrals is also located in the south shore area. Water is available but no electricity." 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.
Everything you need — measured from Lewis and Clark Lake SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
- DDump4 mi
- FFuel7 mi
- +Urgent care8 mi
- @Mail8 mi
- GGrocery9 mi
- MMechanic10 mi
- RxPharmacy10 mi
- HHardware10 mi
- AAir-up10 mi
- WWater11 mi
- ShShower25 mi
- EVEV fast charger32 mi
- LLaundry34 mi
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 7 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 32-mi run (and back).
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 — Lewis and Clark Lake SRA
Nearby & resupply — around Lewis and Clark Lake SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWeigand Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~6.8 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~3.7 mi
- GroceriesChuck Stop · ~9.1 mi
- PharmacyYankton Rexall Drug · ~9.7 mi
- Hospital / clinicAvera Crofton Clinic · ~8.2 mi
- HardwareHarbor Freight Tools · ~9.8 mi
- Nearest rail line~9.6 mi · main line
- Nearest highwayno interstate or US route within 10 mi
EV charging — from Lewis and Clark Lake SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger32.5 mi straight-line E — COV CITY HALL PRINCETON ST, Vermillion, SD · 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 reachnone within 25 mi · 1 within 50 · 31 within 100 · 106 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)56.3 mi — Norfolk, NE - Tesla Supercharger, Norfolk
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)33.0 mi — COV CITY HALL CITY HALL, Vermillion, SD · 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 237698 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Lewis and Clark Lake SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomFederal restroom · ~5.8 mi NE · FWS
Coming out here — Lewis and Clark Lake SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Weigand Creek as a perennial stream, ~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.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 1.2% — flat. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~9.6 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 Lewis and Clark Lake SRA elsewhere
Other camps near Lewis and Clark Lake SRA
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Nebraska Tailwaters Campground (Gavins Point)~5.5 mi · fee
- Chalkrock WMA~10.5 mi
- Bazile Creek WMA~20.7 mi
Who holds the land at Lewis and Clark Lake SRA
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Lewis And Clark 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 — Lewis and Clark Lake SRA
What we don’t know about Lewis and Clark Lake 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