Lake North Campground

Originally gave this 5 stars for being free. Should have waited until morning to write the review. Would not stay here again. And the creepy rude guy was the real spoiler. W would gladly have registered or even paid rather than have a guy lurking around my camper in the early morning and then being rude when I came out to see why he’s there. Way not cool.

nebraska natural resource districts often have areas approaching parks that are generally cheap or free this is one of them. lake north is a flood control scheme for the loup river and the area is nice and consists of gravel lots and park benches fire rings and power stalks for both 30&50 amps. for nebraska columbus is one of our bigger cities and has everything one might need in a larger town. the lake is lovely and i know that at the very least you can bring a kayak and it’s clean but 75% full on a tuesday in july. if you’re in the area its worth a look

Very quite, nice breeze off the lake, free electric, plenty of trash bins. Nice park with walking/biking trail. Water faucet was available, and pit toilets (very clean). Only draw back was a camper pulled in around midnight and tried to set up. We had windows open, so the noise woke us up along with headlights shinning in. They gave up and left, all was peaceful again. Allowed to stay 7 nights. Most of the campers there, did not have anyone staying in them. Sites included a picnic table and all had either a grill or fire ring, with grate. The price was right!

The sites are all back-in . The sites can be real close if they get busy. They were real busy when we were there, but it was a weekend. During the week not to bad. There is 30amp electricity. No water available. It is free and allowed to stay 7 days. Theres also a playground. There is tent camping available with restrooms ,we didnt use them. Fishing and boating and swimming is allowed also. Nice walking path.
We would stay again. 38 ft MH with towed.

According to the sign posted at the park, you can stay here for 7 nights out of a month. There are free electrical hook-ups at every spot and all the RV sites are right along the water's edge. If you are in a travel trailer or fifth-wheel, none of the sites are big enough for you to be in without unhooking your tow vehicle, though -- which is why this park is definitely not ideal for simply over-nighting on your route to somewhere else. In my opinion, the sites are pretty narrow, as well, so you don't get much room here. The sites are also far from level. But, it's free lakeside views, so maybe it balances out for some people.

Rather than unhook, we ended up parking in a little dead-end area of the loop where we could be out of everyone's way. Therefore, we couldn't use the free electric. But if I had to choose between this and a Walmart parking lot, I'd choose this place every time.

Also, be warned that you want to find the westernmost entrance to this park -- the entrance at 83rd and Monastery will take you to the main park and boat launch area, but it's blocked off from the RV area (same with the little side road). Stay on 83rd until you get to the second entrance.

If we had known better, we would have kept driving a little further down the road to Loup Park and over-nighted there instead. We drove past it the next morning, and it looked to be more level and have bigger spots (and away from the wind off the lake), but we didn't examine closely enough to say for sure.