Bessey Recreation Complex

Very nice area, just don’t be surprised by the trains passing throughout the entire night.

Very impressed with OHV trails. Beautiful. Well maintained campground. Absolutely a great place to camp and explore.

We've camped here before and loved it this time just as much as the other times.

We had so much fun riding 4 wheelers. It’s sad how many trees have been lost and the uncertainty of them being replaced.

Very clean and beautiful campground. Only stayed one night in a 50 amp site near the river. We loved the site even though we did not have water or sewer connections. Works very well for a short stay in our 37 ft. Jayco fifth wheel.

Loud trains all day & night. Very crowded with ATV's. Some sites had 7 tents with 5-6 trucks.
Lots of young kids driving the ATV's without supervision through the campground. No camp host.
No noise control, ATV's were up & down the roads until 2:30am. Would never go back here.

Loved camping there. We had paid for the whole weekend and ended up moving closer to family. It was a lot easier for the last day there.

The sandhills area of NE is interesting to see. Except for this planted forest, there are few trees. The complex has an informative visitor center, sports court, dump station, and large clean private showers. They raise millions of seedlings every year to replant parks and national monuments all over the US. There are some hiking trails. The area experienced a devastating fire last year which is evident near the Scott lookout tower. There is excellent 5G cell coverage from Verizon in the campground. The sites are located in full shade. There is electricity at the sites, but water is from hydrants. I recommend the area for its interesting history. One caution is that it isn't far from the railroad tracks and coal trains rubble by day and night. They aren't noticeable during the day but at night you may want earplugs.

Nice walking trails. We were car camping and the bathrooms were a little bit far. But I liked that the bathrooms were very clean.

Beautiful, quiet (except for our nephew and his wife, the place was nearly empty while we were there), floating the river in tubes was fun (dang, no feed tanks like in the Visit NE commercials!). Nephew took us all over the place in his UTV. A lot of the area had burned, but there's still a lot of forest.