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Encompassing 192 acres, Louisville State Recreation Area boasts five sandpit lakes with approximately 50 surface acres of water. Surrounded by towering cottonwood trees, this inviting area offers picnicking, swimming, fishing, non-power boating, canoe access to the Platte River and a brand new floating playground. Paddle board, water bike and kayak rentals are also available. These amenities, along with the area’s close proximity to Platte River, Mahoney state parks and Schramm Park State Recreation Area and Education Center, have made Louisville SRA a favorite spot among outdoor enthusiasts in the eastern part of the state.
Camping reservations are available on half of Louisville SRA campsites.
Louisville State Recreation Area offers campers Electric Plus, Electric and Basic campsites and is very popular with campers with 223 camping pads with 20-, 30- and 50-amp electrical hookups, as well as Basic campsites without electricity. Other amenities include shower facility and modern restrooms. Campers also have access to drinking water and a dump and fill station and a playground for children.
Lousiville State Recreation Area offers canoe access to the Platte River, as well as a special canoe campsite on the river.
From Omaha: Take Exit 440 from I-80 south on Hwy 50 to 1 block south of Main Street Louisville and turn right into the park.
From Lincoln: Take Exit 426 from I-80. Go east on Hwy 66 to Hwy 50, Left on on Hwy 50 or North 2 miles. Turn left into the Park.
Camping reservations are available up to one year in advance of arrival for half of the electrical campsites. All other camping is first-come, first-served. All campers should check in at the park office upon arrival. For those camping without reservations, please go to park office upon arrival to check availability and register to camp.
Excellent campsite. The bathrooms and showers aren't bad at all and really reasonably priced. The day pass is only $6 and most of the site's have a firepit and benches, plus shade.
This is a great place to get away for a bit. While we were here we swam, fished, kayaked, etc. Camping is good but limited to just electrical at most of the sites. There are only six sites with full hookups. Lakes are beautiful and the staff is nice. Two reasons why I reduced the rating to four stars 1) You have to pay for showers. Not a huge deal but when I don’t have water at my site I found it annoying. 2) the TRAIN! All day and night. It goes along the camp site a high rate of speed and blasts its horn all the way through. Definitely a turn off. Overall though I enjoyed the experience.
Went camping here for the first time a few weekends ago. Our campsite was at the end of lake 3 next to the playgrounds and bathroom.
Showers are pay to shower. $1 for 3 minutes and 25c per minute after that. You couldn’t adjust the temperature of those showers which I thought was odd. Water is nice and hot, I know not everyone prefers it that way! Bathrooms were surprisingly air conditioned so that was nice.
Lake 3 had a lot of green algae, but kids caught a few fish out of it. We visited the swimming area on a Saturday afternoon and it was completely packed. They might consider expanding that swim beach area.
There is a store within the Rec area for ice and other camping essentials you may have forgotten or need.
Trains come through very frequently, so would definitely scope out sites farthest away from the trains. We live right by tracks at home so they don’t typically bother us, but feels and sounds a little different while camping. A bit louder.
We enjoyed our weekend, campsites were clean and ready when we arrived. There were a few open camp spots over the weekend, but not many!
