Campground Details - Rock Creek Station SHP, NE - ReserveAmerica

Description

Summary
Rock Creek Station Recreation Area is a 40-acre campground adjacent to the Rock Creek Station State Historical Park.

Attractions
Nearby Rock Creek State Historical Park's Visitor Center overlooks some 350 acres of prairie hilltops, timber-studded creek bottoms, and rugged ravines and draws. Deep ruts, carved by the many wagons that traveled the Oregon Trail, are plainly visible there. They bear mute testimony to the rich history of the area. The Pony Express Station and Wild Bill Hickok are also part of this Historical Parks History and are displayed at the Visitor Center.

Campground Notes
The campground at Rock Creek Station SRA has electrical camper pads with a modern shower/latrine building.

Services & Amenities:

Within Facility
Artifact/Petroglyph View Bird Watching Campground Host Camping, Equestrian Camping, Equestrian Group Camping, Improved Site Camping, Primitive Comfort Station Corrals, Horse Dump Station Dump Station, Camper Fire Rings Grills Handicap Access Hiking Hiking Trail Historical Areas/Struct. Horse Corrals Information Center Interpretive Display	Museum Office/Ranger Station PROGRAMS, HISTORY Parking Picnic Area Picnic Shelter Picnic Tables Picnicing Playground Restrooms Shelters Showers Stargazing Telephone Trails, Horse Visitor Center Walking Water Drinking Wildlife Viewing
Less Than 1 Mile
CAMPING, BACKCOUNTRY
Greater Than 1 Mile
Shopping
Within 10 Miles
Church Retail, Seasonal Concessions	Town
Greater Than 10 Miles
Antiquing Dining Emergency Services Fuel, Vehicles Hospital Maintenance,Vehicle	Medical Clinic Motel Newspapers Propane Retail, Drinks/Ice/Snack

Alerts and Important Information

Horses
Rock Creek SRA offers a horse camping area with marked trails. The Park offers approximately 4 miles of multi use trails. Water is available for both campers and horses.

Office Details
Hours are April 15 - April 23 Weekends Only 1:00 - 5:00 p.m., April 24 - September 22 Daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., September 23 - October 29 Weekends Only 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Getting There:

From Fairbury take the PWF Rd east 4 1/2 miles to 573 Ave., 1 mile south on 573 Ave., then 1 1/4 miles east on 710 Rd.

From Beatrice take Hwy 136 west to Jansen, go south on 573 Ave. 4 1/2 miles, then 1 1/4 east on 710 Rd.

Contact Information:

Mailing Address:

Rock Creek Station SHP
57426 710th Rd
Fairbury NE 68352-5550

Phone Number:

Project Office:(402) 729-5777

Special Events:

The events listed here are not intended to be an all inclusive list. Please contact the park for further details.

Rock Creek Trail Days
Historical interpretation on the East and West Ranches such as: Flint knapping, frontier games, basket weaving, and more. Black powder gun demonstrations will be held twice each day. Stagecoach and wagon rides will be available for visitors as well as performances of cowboy mounted action shooting. A Buffalo Stew Cookout will be held for visitors on Saturday evening along with the program, "Annie Oakley" from Jun 02 2012 to Jun 03 2012

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