Destination Elwood/Johnson Lake 2025 | 19 The Great Outdoors
Johnson Lake State Recreation Area, located off of U.S. Highway 283 south of Lexington, offers guests excellent camping, fishing, water sports, and more. The area has 112 pad camping sites with 20, 30 and 50-amp electrical hookups, modern restrooms, shower houses, and a two lane dump station. All campers must register and reservations are accepted up to 180 days in advance. There are 55 non- pad sites without electricity for basic camping. Anglers will find a variety of fish, including walleye, white bass, catfish and wipers. Two handicap-accessible fishing piers are available, one on the north side of the inlet and another one on the south side. There are also two fishing cleaning stations, one located at each campground. A public swim beach provides a place for families to enjoy the water close to grills, shelter and modern restrooms for outdoor gatherings. Accommodations at the lake include a playground at the Main Campground and a public archery range with 7 targets, which is located at the North Inlet. The archery range is open during daylight hours only and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Family friendly annual events held within the park at the Main Campground are the Johnson Lake Halloween Haunt
setting. Gallagher Canyon offers good crappie fishing in the coves, as well as channel and flathead catfish, walleye, sauger, and white bass. Gallagher Canyon has water access to more than 10 miles of the canal and is open to all boats but is in a no-wake zone. There is one concrete boat ramp and floating dock available along with a heavily wooded campground offering 25+ mowed, non-pad primitive campsites. A vault toilet and trash service are the only amenities offered. Electricity, potable water, showers, or dump stations are not available. Elwood Reservoir Wildlife Management Area south of Johnson Lake on U.S. Highway 283 is a hot spot for catching walleye, sauger, wiper, white bass, catfish, and northern pike. It is open year round for fishing and many hunters have great success with waterfowl and deer. There is no camping at Elwood Reservoir. Accommodations include a vault toilet and one concrete boat ramp with a floating dock. The reservoir has a 5 mph, no-wake restriction for boats. Habitat consists of a 1,330-acre reservoir and 724 adjacent acres of grassland with some wooded areas. Visitors and residents are strongly encouraged to read and follow Nebraska boater and fishing regulations guides, available at outdoornebraska.gov.
that takes place on the second Saturday of October and 1st Day Hikes on January 1st. Johnson Lake is joined with nearby Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area, Elwood Reservoir Wildlife Management Area, Plum Creek and Phillips Canyon, which are part of the Central Irrigation District Supply Canal and all link together for greater recreational opportunities. Gallagher Canyon State Recreation Area is located south of Cozad off of Nebraska Highway 21, is a 400-acre irrigation impoundment with 24 acres of recreation land in a secluded and beautiful
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