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Directions: North from Scottsbluff, Nebraska off State Hwy. 71.
Guidebooks: Campground description: Lake Minatare is a feature of the North Platte Project. Managed as a State recreation area by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Lake Minatare, with a surface area of 2,158 acres and about 12 miles of shoreline is a part of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge. Available species include channel catfish, crappie, small mouth bass, white bass, walleye (15 inch minimum), wipers, and yellow perch. Walleye, channel catfish, and gizzard shad are stocked in the reservoir annually. Motorized boats are permitted. The area is open to the public from Jan. 15 to Sept. 30. A number of Civilian Conservation Corps structures dating to the 1930s exist at Lake Minatare. Included among them is a stone picnic shelter designed to look like a lighthouse. Minatare Dam, constructed between 1912-1915, is a historic structure determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
CAMPGROUND CONTACT INFO
Ownership: Bureau of Reclamation
Official Website: http://www.recreation.gov/detail.cfm?ID=78
For the most accurate and up to date information on this campground,
please check the park's official website.
Posted 12/15/2005 by
Bureau of Reclamation
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