Pawnee State Recreation Area

State: Nebraska

Address 1: 3800 NW 105th

City: Lincoln

Zip: 68524

Phone: 402-796-2362

Open all Year: Yes

Number of Sites: 199

Electric: 68

Camp URL: http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/showpark.asp?Area_No=135

Full Hook: Yes

Featuring the second largest lake in the Salt Valley, Pawnee State Recreation Area is northwest of Emerald.This popular area offers a full range of facilities to go with its 740 water acres. Pawnee has modern restrooms and showers, plus electrical hookups for campers.

Visitors have plenty of room to pitch their tent or park their rig to enjoy a day or a week of outdoor fun. Boaters will find four docks provide easy access to the lake, and anglers can catch white bass, walleye, largemouth bass, bluegill and two kinds of catfish among others.

More than 1,800 acres of land are open to hiker, hunters, shutterbugs and anyone else who enjoys the out-of-doors. Hunters will find abundant upland and small game, waterfowl and deer. As on all state recreation areas, hunting is permitted in season beginning the first Tuesday after Labor Day.

Pawnee State Recreation Area’s Lakeview Campground provides campers with a shady modern electrical campground with shower facilities, fishing, boating, picnicking, hiking and wildlife viewing.