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Louisville SRA

Drive-up · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE · 41.00520, -96.17081

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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), Cass County. The park's own page says: "Louisville State Recreation Area offers campers Full Hookup, Electric Plus, Electric and Basic campsites and is very popular with campers with over 200 camping pads with 20-, 30- and 50-amp electrical hookups, as well as Basic campsites without electricity. Other amenities include shower facility and modern restrooms. Campers also have access to drinking water and a dump and fill station and a playground for children. Camping reservations are available for half of the electrical campsites. All other camping is first-come, first-served. All campers should check in at the park office upon arrival. For those camping without reservations, please go to park office upon arrival to check availability and register to camp." 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 'Louisville Boat Access WMA' about 0.98 mi away (published) -- check these are genuinely different places to camp.

USGS topo — contours & terrain

Aerial — USGS / NAIP

Weather outlook — at Louisville SRA

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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,023 ft.

Fire & smoke — around Louisville SRANIFC · 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 Louisville SRA · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE

Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer

Nearest of each

ShShower0 mi
DDump0 mi
FFuel0 mi
@Mail0 mi
WWater3 mi
GGrocery6 mi
HHardware6 mi
LLaundry7 mi
OOutfitter8 mi
EVEV fast charger8 mi
+Urgent care10 mi
AAir-up10 mi
MMechanic10 mi
RxPharmacy10 mi
PPropane22 mi

≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Louisville SRA

Access

Drive-up

Land

Nebraska Game & Parks

Elevation

1,023 ft

State

Coordinates

41.00520, -96.17081

Cost

Fee

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

Drinking waterWater · ~2.9 mi
FuelShell · ~0.5 mi
Propane / LPGLakeside Country Store · ~22.3 mi
Dump station~0.4 mi
GroceriesCasey's General Store · ~5.5 mi
PharmacyU Save Pharmacy · ~10.2 mi
Hospital / clinicMethodist Physicians Clinic - Gretna · ~9.6 mi
HardwareAce Hardware · ~5.9 mi

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

Nearest public DC fast charger7.6 mi straight-line NW — CITY OF GRETNA3 GRETNA DC FAST · 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 reach30 within 25 mi · 52 within 50 · 78 within 100 · 176 within 150
Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)14.8 mi — Walmart EV Charging, Omaha
Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)7.1 mi — META_SNB METASNB5_1, Springfield, 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 76731 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center

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

Highway rest areaPlatte River Rest Area Eastbound · ~7.7 mi W

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How we know this — Louisville 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

Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.

How it was placed

Camping confirmed on the park's own NGPC page, https://outdoornebraska.gov/location/louisville/, 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.

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 Louisville 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

Before you go — Louisville SRA

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