Description
Summary Excellent camping, fishing and water sports are hallmarks of this ever popular area, 10 miles south of Lexington. Though relatively small at 68 acres, this SRA packs a lot of outdoor fun and provides three access points to the 2,068-acre lake. Attractions Johnson Lake offers great boating and skiing and excellent angling for a variety of fish, including walleye, white bass and wipers. Campers will find electrical hookups, non pad sites, showers, modern restrooms, dump station, water, picnic tables, grills, shelters, vault toilets, boat ramp, fish cleaning stations, swimming beach and accessible fishing piers. Johnson Lake campground offers 2 campgrounds. The main campground on the south east side of the lake has 82 camper pads with electrical hook-ups and an additional 30 non-designated campsites. Campground is shady and located close to shower facilities. It has a sandy beach area and plenty of picnic areas. The Inlet campground located on the west side of the lake has 31 camper pads with electrical hook-ups and 10 non-designated campsites. It has a boat ramp and excellent bank fishing as well as a handicap pier. For those golfers there is an 18-hole golf course close by.
Services & Amenities:
- Bicycling
- Bird Watching
- Boat Launch
- Boating
- Campground Host
- Camping, Improved Site
- Camping, Primitive
- Comfort Station
- Dock, Boat
- Dump Station
- Dump Station, Camper
- Fire Rings
- Fish Cleaning Station
- Fishing
- Fishing, PARK LAKE
- Grills
- Handicap Access
- Hiking
- Hiking Trail
- Information/Contact Station
- Jogging/Running
- Kiosk
- Office/Ranger Station
- PARK LAKE
- Parking
- Photography
- Picnic Area
- Picnic Shelter
- Picnic Tables
- Picnicing
- Pier, Fishing
- Playground
- Restrooms
- Sail Boarding
- Sail Boating
- Shelters
- Showers
- Sightseeing
- Stargazing
- Sunbathing
- Swimming - Park Lake
- Trails - Hiking/Walking, Easy
- Walking
- Water Access, Park Lake
- Water Drinking
- Water Skiing
- Cash Machine/Atm
- Church
- Dining
- Fuel, Vehicles
- Golf
- Golfing
- Jet Skiing
- Pay Telephone
- Propane
- Retail , Bait & Tackle
- Retail, Drinks/Ice/Snack
- Retail, Firewood
- Retail, Seasonal Concessions
- Grocery Store
- Hospital
- Laundry
- Maintenance,Vehicle
- Motel
- Newspapers
- Restaurant
- Retail, Store/Gift Shop
- Retail,Supplies
- Town
Alerts and Important Information
ATTENTION - Firewood Alert:
Voluntary Firewood Restriction
If you have brought firewood from another state, please burn it immediately and do not transport it to another location. Many invasive pests are being transported across our country in firewood. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is a serious pest that is near Nebraska's border. Your cooperation to help prevent EAB from invading Nebraska woodlands and landscapes is vital to protecting our valuable natural resources.
If you need additional firewood, your options are:
1) Purchase firewood at parks that sell it.
2) Purchase firewood at vendors near many parks.
3) Gather dead firewood laying on the ground within park boundaries.
Learn more about invasive pests and the risk of transporting firewood at:
www.emeraldashborer.info
www.dontmovefirewood.org
Camping reservations may be made a minimum of three days in advance of arrival and a maximum of 180 days in advance of arrival.
CHECK IN AND OUT SCHEDULE- If you check out early, the unused portion of your payment will be forfeited.
Memorial Day-Labor Day Office is open Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Kiosk is open Thursday-Sunday 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
A Nebraska State Park Permit is required to enter this park area. A
Nebraska Licensed Vehicle Park Entry Permit is $35 for an Annual Permit, $17.50 for a Duplicate Annual Permit (used for that second vehicle in your family) or a Daily Permit which is $7 per day you are staying. A
Non-Nebraska Licensed Vehicle Park Entry Permit is $70, $35 for a Duplicate Annual Permit or a Daily Permit which is $14 per day. You may purchase your Park Permit prior to your stay by shopping online at
OutdoorNebraska.org.All vehicles entering a Nebraska Park Area are required to have a valid park entry permit.
See Reservation Policies details
Notes
Modern camping facilities are open (depending on weather conditions) beginning in May and normally through mid October. Camping is available year-round, including campsites with electricity. When modern facilities are closed, a winter rate camping fee is charged.
Non Licensed motorized vehicles are not allowed in the area.
Only one camping unit is allowed per campsite in the modern campgrounds. An extra tent may be used for dependant children only. Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Generators may not be operated during these hours. Pets are allowed, but they must be kept on a leash that is no longer than 6 feet. Campers staying over must re-register by 2 p.m. Check in time is 4 p.m. and check out time is 2 p.m. Campers must vacate their campsite no later than 2:00 p.m. on the date the camping reservation or registration expires.
When a reservation is made one year to the date in advance, the arrival date must remain the same within that reservation. No cancellation of that arrival date is allowed.
Getting There:
GPS Info. (Latitude, Longitude):
40.68472,
-99.82972
40°41'5"N,
99°49'47"W
Johnson Lake SRA: From 1-80 take exit 237 and go 7 miles south on Highway 283, then make a right hand turn at the Cenex Ampride station then first left in to the Park.
Contact Information:
Mailing Address:
Johnson Lake SRA
1 East Park Dr. 25A
Elwood
NE
68937-9804
Phone Number:
Project Office:
(308) 785-2685
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