Ponca SP
Nebraska State Park (NGPC), Dixon County. The park's own page says: "Ponca State Park offers Electric Plus, Electric and Basic camping. Turkey Ridge campground has 35 Electric Plus campsites that are first-come, first-served. Oak Bluff campground has 37 Electric Plus sites that are reserveable. Riverfront Campground has 10 Electric sites and 10 Electric Plus sites, which are all reservable. Basic campsites are available for those who don't need electricity. Basic campsites are first-come, first-served. Ponca State Park provides three group campsites perfect for Scouting or other group functions. Campgrounds include modern restrooms, showers, picnic tables, fire pits, nearby water spigots (not hookups), a dump-and-fill station and playground. Camping is available year-round; however modern facilities operate from April-October, weather permitting. Camping reservations are available up to 180 days in advance of arrival in the electrical campsites of Oak Bluff campground. All other camping is first-come, first-served. Campers in first-come, first served sites can pay for their stay at one of the four black/metal Iron Rangers located in Turkey Ridge campground near the shower house, outside the Resource and Education Center, in the Riverfront campground near the restroom, or along the park roadway by the pop machines. Only cash or check is accepted when paying at an Iron Ranger. Debit/credit card payments can be made at the park office located inside the Resource and Education Center. Park maps and other detailed information are located on the bulletin boards in the campgrounds and outside the Resource and Education Center." The park's own page lists 'water' among campground amenities without saying whether it is potable. Confirm on site; treat all natural water as NOT potable.
Everything you need — measured from Ponca SP · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
- DDump0 mi
- @Mail3 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- HHardware6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- WWater10 mi
- AAir-up13 mi
- +Urgent care15 mi
- EVEV fast charger16 mi
- LLaundry16 mi
- RxPharmacy16 mi
- ShShower48 mi
- OOutfitter49 mi
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Ponca SP
Nearby & resupply — around Ponca SP · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureMissouri River · ~0.8 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelKum & Go · ~5.3 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~0.2 mi
- GroceriesKum & Go · ~5.3 mi
- PharmacyDavid's Pharmacy · ~16.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicUnityPoint Health · ~15.3 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~5.9 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.7 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~5.1 mi · Interstate 29
EV charging — from Ponca SP · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger15.6 mi straight-line SE — Fareway Store #022 (Sioux City, IA) · Electrify America · CCS · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach9 within 25 mi · 10 within 50 · 51 within 100 · 115 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)22.6 mi — Sioux City, IA - Southern Hills Drive - Tesla Supercharger, Sioux City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO16.7 mi — COV CITY HALL PRINCETON ST, Vermillion
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)14.8 mi — ALLEN SCHOOLS HWY9 · 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 279505 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Ponca SP · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomPonca State Park MNRR Resource Education Center (Exhibit) · ~1.3 mi SE · NPS
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 27 · ~5.7 mi NE
- Highway rest areaNHS Rest Stop or Truck Facility 1 · ~12.5 mi N
- RestroomMulberry Bend Overlook Vault Toilet · ~13.6 mi NW · NPS
Coming out here — Ponca SP · Nebraska Game & Parks · NE
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Missouri River as a perennial river, ~0.8 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 11.4% — noticeable. 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 ~5.7 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.
- Interstate 29 is mapped ~5.1 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- 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 Ponca SP elsewhere
Other camps near Ponca SP
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Elk Point Bend WMA~2.7 mi
- Powder Creek WMA~5.8 mi
- Buckskin Hills WMA~10.2 mi
- Mulberry Bend WMA~13.2 mi
Who holds the land at Ponca SP
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Ponca State Park, manager on record: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (state). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Ponca SP
What we don’t know about Ponca 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.
- 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