Bessey Recreation Complex

Great location, clean, very reasonable, lots of outdoor activities,

Downside is the noisy ATV traffic on weekends. Also need more 50 amp sites

Location was nice with plenty of trees separating the location from other sites. The actual park and trails were disappointing due to all of the trees being destroyed by a forest fire.

Reasonably pretty park and some nice sites. Construction going on and it’s kind of a big mess. One lane road with traffic light to get in and out. Giving 3 stars because of the filthy shower building/bathrooms. Everyone but us driving noisy ATVs around. Between that and constant train whistles this is not the place if you want peace and quiet.

We enjoy fishing in th pond, spending time splashing around in the river, exploring and hking to the fire tower. I am hoping that the tower is rebuilt soon.

Sites were very unlevel. Noise from construction, train and road were crazy loud

We were just looking for a place to pitch after a long day of driving. We liked that the sites all had trees and were tucked back to provide privacy. However there are double train tracks that run parallel to the campground and the trains run All. Night. Long.

Campground host was very helpful. Campground was clean and well maintained. Great stop on the Sand Hills scenic byway.

Bessey Recreation Complex is a gem in the middle of the Nebraska Sandhills. We rented the shelter house near the main office, that was close to the bathrooms with showers, the basketball hoops, and the trails throughout the camp ground and tree nursery. Our group brought bicycles and many biked up to the Lookout Tower. It's a great ride up and down and the view at the top is amazing, even though the top of the tower was destroyed in a fire. It's also close to the Middle Loup River that our group enjoyed fishing off the dock, and lounging in the river. Others rode their bikes into Halsey on a paved trail that connects Halsey to the Bessey Recreation Complex. You won't want to miss seeing the stages of seedling trees that the nursery grows that are shipped all over the United States. And the staff we encountered were excellent. You won't want to miss this experience.

Not a quite campground at all. Atvs and dirt bikes running by well till after midnight. Coupled with that, the coal trains run by the front access gate bout every 2 hours. And they do blow the horns throughout the night. The first site we chose had a brand new 30 Amp receptacle installed that was installed wrong and blew our ac fuses twice as soon as we hooked up. Luckily we were given another site that was empty and had good power. Ac worked fine then but noise kept us from sleeping much. Won't be staying here again.

Lovely campground and friendly host. But off road vehicles driving too fast and racing motors
In the campground was very annoying. Spoiled our relaxing evening.