Lake Minatare State Recreation Area

Park Snapshot Scotts bluff County 6 E, 4 N, 4 E of Scottsbluff Lat: 41.9332 Lon: -103.49549 Aerial Map 2970 acres (2158 water) Click region for new search (AreaID: 121) Attractions Overnight Accommodations Facility Details Make Reservations Campground/Cabin Maps Driving Directions Contact Information: Lake Minatare SRA PO Box 188 Minatare,  NE  69356-0188 Phone: (308) 783-2911 ngpc.Lake.Minatare@nebraska.gov

Please note: Lake Minatare is closed each year from October 15 - January 15 for all camping and lake use as it is a Wildlife Refuge for migratory birds.

Summary

Home of Nebraska's only lighthouse and a federal waterfowl refuge, scenic Lake Minatare SRA covers 2,970 acres (2,158 acre lake), 12 miles NE of Scottsbluff.

Lake Minatare is just minutes from Scotts Bluff National Monument and Chimney Rock and offers camping pads with electrical hookups and more than 100 nonpad sites. Facilities include showers, laundry, modern restrooms, dump station, water, picnic tables, shelters, boat ramps, unsupervised swimming, fishing and fish cleaning stations.

Camping Facilities: 52 camping pads with electrical hookups* 49 camping pads without electricity 110 non-pad sites without electricity *20/30-amp.1-year advance reservable campsites

Lake Minatare recreation area claims choice camping and boating facilities. The modern campground has gravel pads with electrical hookups, modern restrooms and showers. In addition, the area can accommodate perhaps another 100 units on undesignated primitive sites around the lake. Other facilities include: picnic tables, shelters, drinking water, fire grates, a trailer dump station and vault toilets. Minatare has an excellent sand beach, east of the dam. The beach is unsupervised, so swimmers should always use caution.