Chautauqua Park Campground

Located off highway 77, tucked into the back of the large city park, is a small and modest campground. We nabbed the site right at the front for a full month. In Nebraska, full hookups are not common, so it was a wonderful surprise to have city water and sewer hookups. It's quiet, most of the rigs being from workers in town to work on the pipeline, and no fire rings, though there were picnic tables. The sweat bees decided to keep us company, followed by the mosquitoes. The numerous parks were wonderful to have, and everything seemed to be in good condition, though the sand areas were not well maintained and washed away with lots of anthills. We have t-mobile and couldn't manage to get a connection above "poor", so I utilized the local library for work.

Overall, a nice, quiet stay!

Last day of February 2023 - arrived in daylight to find lots of “green space” and beautiful level pads with full hookups. 2 of the 20 spaces had signs that indicated “short term stays.” Only about 6 other rigs parked.

You can pay by phone if during business hours or there is a message board with Dropbox for cash/check payments.

Picnic table and grill at each site.

We are a truck with 19’ trailer and did not need to unhook for the night.

This is a first come first serve campground. We came in around 4:30ish pm and there were only two sites available. We were the only tent for the night. The site provides water, electricity, and sewage. The bathrooms need a bit of upkeep. The men's bathroom does not provide a stall door, so you'll need a lookout.
We walked around the campground/park. They have 2-3 fitness locations to work out and stretch. three-four playgrounds, a tennis court, frisbee golf, and a very smelly pond. It smells like sewage water. I did enjoy the many benches surrounding the pond. Nothing like seeing a sunset and taking in the smelly air. It's a quiet location. I give it a 3.5/5 the pond took my breath away.

We loved this campground, located in the town of Beatrice NE (approximately 12,000 people). It was quiet, clean, pretty, and relaxing. About 2/3 of the sites are back-ins and 1/3 are curved pull-throughs (very nice). Our site (#11) had full hook-ups (30 amp and 50 amp) and as we drove around the oval looking for a site, we noticed that most (if not all) had full hook-ups. The pay envelopes, next to the metal pay drop box, stated $18/night. The pull-through sites have signs posted “Short Term Camp Site. 14 day Maximum Stay. City of Beatrice Parks Dept. 402-228-5248”. The pay envelopes state “30 day maximum stay”; I’m guessing this pertains to the back-in sites. We hope to come back here again for an even longer stay.

A big park with a campground. When I got there on a Friday afternoon, only about 3 sites open. I think some sites have long term residents but it was still fairly clean. It's a big city park so there were places to run, play disc golf and other activities. Some of the sites are pull-offs (like #11) and some are back-ins. Lots of grass all around. Its patrolled on a regular basis so always felt safe.

Dump station is located on site. There are showers and restroom, very dated and not real clean when I was there.

The park entrance is fairly easy to find off the main street in Beatrice. However, there are only a few campground signs, but basically follow the park road towards the back of the park and look for other RVs.

I didn't hook up to city water but if you do WATCH OUT FOR WATER PRESSURE! It is very high.