Bessey Recreation Complex in NE -- Campground & RV Camping in Nebraska

Bessey Recreation Complex sits within Nebraska National Forest adjacent to the shallow, steady-flowing Middle Loup River and the historic Charles E. Bessey Nursery. The grounds feature a seven-acre stocked fishing pond with an accessible pier, a group picnic shelter, seasonal flush toilets, drinking water, campfire rings, and picnic tables. Accommodating tents, trailers, and RVs, the campsites include tent-only options, a group loop, and select sites with electric hookups. Visitors flock here for river tubing, canoeing, pond fishing for bass and trout, and wildlife viewing.

Road difficulty 2 of 5 -- a moderate drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger cars, gravel, pitching to 6%. Overhead clearance here is posted at 15 ft -- the tightest site sets the limit.

Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 50-site campground. Middle Loup River runs 0.1 mi off. Open country -- nothing named rises within 30 miles of here. 6 sit on the water -- most of them shaded. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Broken Bow, is 48 mi off.