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Niobrara SP

Drive-up · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE · 42.76230, -98.06646
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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 Park (NGPC), Knox County. The park's own page says: "Niobrara State Park has a large campground with Electric Plus and Basic campsites. Several electrical RV sites feature accessible amenities . Campground amenities include drinking water, modern restrooms, coin-operated showers, dump and fill station, picnic tables and grills. For campers that don't need electricity, Niobrara State Park offers 30 Basic campsites tucked into the hills overlooking the Niobrara and Missouri Rivers. Grills , picnic tables and fire rings are provided. Restrooms and drinking water are located nearby. During peak season, reservations are accepted for 75% of the electrical campsites at Niobrara State Park. All other camping is first-come, first-served. Campers with reservations 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. After-hour arrivals or during the off season, campers must register their nightly camping fees in a raised, locked box called an Iron Ranger, which is generally located near the park entrance or campground area. Self-service envelopes are provided at each iron ranger station (check or cash only)." 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 'Niobrara Confluence WMA' about 1.26 mi away (published) -- check these are genuinely different places to camp.

USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Niobrara SP
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Niobrara SP
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Weather outlook — at Niobrara SP
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,424 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Niobrara SPNIFC · 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 Niobrara SP · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 36 miWDump · 1 miDFuel · 2 miFGrocery · 2 miGYankton Rexall Drug · Pharmacy · 35 miRxAce Hardware · Hardware · 24 miHMechanic · 2 miMEast Gate Laundromat · Laundry · 58 miLShower · 1 miShAir-up · 35 miASantee Health and Wellness Center · Urgent care · 12 mi+Niobrara Post Office · Mail · 2 mi@NPPD EV STATION ONEILL CUB DCSW · EV fast charger · 36 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • DDump1 mi
  • ShShower1 mi
  • FFuel2 mi
  • GGrocery2 mi
  • MMechanic2 mi
  • @Mail2 mi
  • +Urgent care12 mi
  • HHardware24 mi
  • RxPharmacy35 mi
  • AAir-up35 mi
  • EVEV fast charger36 mi
  • WWater36 mi
  • LLaundry58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 36-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 2 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 36-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 — Niobrara SP

Access
Drive-up
Land
Nebraska Game & Parks
Elevation
1,424 ft
State
NE
Coordinates
42.76230, -98.06646
Cost
Fee

Nearby & resupply — around Niobrara SP · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE (OpenStreetMap)

  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~1.8 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump station~0.7 mi
  • GroceriesGrocery · ~1.8 mi
  • Hospital / clinicSantee Health and Wellness Center · ~11.8 mi
  • HardwareAce Hardware · ~24.3 mi

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

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

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How we know this — Niobrara SP

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/niobrara/, 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 Niobrara SP

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.

Before you go — Niobrara SP

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