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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NE

Hunter Cove

ReservableOut of season, no booking; November 1 opens May 1.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
A night: $20From, per site
Sites: 133109 on recreation.gov

Photos · Harlan County Lake

85 ftLongest rig

1,970 ftElevation

372 ftWater · Harlan County Lake

6.7 miE of Alma, NE

0%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices

In the agency’s own words

Hunter Cove Park is located on the eastern end of Harlan County Lake near Republican City, Nebraska. The 13,000-acre Harlan County Lake is the second largest lake in Nebraska. The lake and surrounding land hold great appeal for sportsmen, birders, naturalists or anyone wanting to just get away. Keep reading

Recreation

Harlan County Lake is popular for fishing, hiking, hunting and boating. Walleye, wipers, white bass, northern pike and channel catfish are the most sought-after fish species. Game animals include pheasant, quail, prairie chicken, white-tailed and mule deer, turkey, waterfowl, rabbit and squirrel. The lake offers a variety of hiking trails of varying length and style, as well as one equestrian trail a short drive away. An off-road vehicle trail is located in nearby Republican City.

Facilities

Hunter Cove Park offers 150 campsites, both with and without electric hookups. The facility provides a playground, a volleyball court and a boat ramp and two full service marinas are located on the east end of the lake. The main road is hard surfaced, while others are gravel. A fish cleaning station with grinder and running water is located near the entrance.

Natural Features

Located in south central Nebraska, lands surrounding Harlan County Lake are primarily mixed grass prairie land. The campground is mostly forested, offering ample shade during the warmth of summer. The Republican River Valley was once occupied by one of the greatest concentrations of buffalo on the Great Plains and was a favored hunting ground for the Pawnee, Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indian tribes.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Only one camping unit allowed per site

Rule

All campers must check in when arriving at park

Rule

An attendant is on duty during the peak season of May through September

Everything else this campground posts · 2

Rule

Off-road vehicles not permitted in the campground

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 133 · 20 tent-only
Hookups: 81 electric, 7 water
Longest rig: 85 ft
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River; Boating; Fishing; Hiking
Night sky · 10th darkest of 17 in NE: Bortle 3

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Nothing on the booking system for the next 30 nightsread 16:16 UTC

recreation.gov lists 109 of the 133 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.

Booking windowOut of seasonOut of season, no booking. On November 1, 2026 at 10 AM ET, availability opens through May 1, 2027.recreation.gov Add to calendar (.ics)

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$20plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$48DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

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One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 12

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night$20

Hcov-Standard Electric$20

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Oct 1, 2026 to Nov 30, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$28

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$48

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Oct 1, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:16 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

133 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 129 mapped sites

46 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomHCOV N 072 277 ftHCOV N 058 106 ftHCOV N 101 96 ftLoop HCOV 027 88 ftHCOV N 083 86 ft

Least roomHCOV N 123 24 ftHCOV N 125 24 ftLoop HCOV 009 25 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 133 sites

129 of 133 sites located

Standard28Tent only20RV / electric81

001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 012 013 014 015 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 T01 T02 T03 T04 T05 T06 T07 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T18 T19 T20 054 055 056 058 072 075 076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 089 090 091 096 098 099 101 102 103 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 81 of the 133 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


HCOV	001	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		56 ft	513 ft	$20
HCOV	002	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		55 ft	524 ft	$20
HCOV	003	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		51 ft	516 ft	$20
HCOV	004	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		51 ft	519 ft	$20
HCOV	005	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		49 ft	530 ft	$20
HCOV	006	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		34 ft	541 ft	$20
HCOV	007	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		34 ft	554 ft	$20
HCOV	008	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		42 ft	561 ft	$20
HCOV	009	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		25 ft	580 ft	$20
HCOV	010	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		25 ft	597 ft	$20
HCOV	011	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		49 ft	620 ft	$20
HCOV	012	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		54 ft	660 ft	$20
HCOV	013	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		51 ft	703 ft	$20
HCOV	014	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		40 ft	750 ft	$20
HCOV	015	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		40 ft	765 ft	$20
HCOV	016	type not stated	50 ft	50 amp	yes
HCOV	017	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		38 ft	707 ft	$20
HCOV	018	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		38 ft	682 ft	$20
HCOV	019	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		36 ft	684 ft	$20
HCOV	020	standard electric	65 ft	50 amp		29 ft	679 ft	$20
HCOV	021	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		27 ft	680 ft	$20
HCOV	022	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp		27 ft	688 ft	$20
HCOV	023	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		54 ft	741 ft	$20
HCOV	024	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		54 ft	844 ft	$20
HCOV	025	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		54 ft	851 ft	$20
HCOV	026	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		56 ft	862 ft	$20
HCOV	027	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		88 ft	833 ft	$20
HCOV	028	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		65 ft	778 ft	$20
HCOV	029	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		61 ft	728 ft	$20
HCOV	030	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		47 ft	671 ft	$20
HCOV	031	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		47 ft	631 ft	$20
HCOV	032	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		53 ft	604 ft	$20
HCOV	033	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		45 ft	586 ft	$20
HCOV	034	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		37 ft	557 ft	$20
HCOV	035	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		37 ft	541 ft	$20
HCOV	036	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		44 ft	530 ft	$20
HCOV	037	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		33 ft	517 ft	$20
HCOV	038	standard electric	75 ft	50 amp		33 ft	528 ft	$20
HCOV	039	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		30 ft	558 ft	$20
HCOV	040	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		30 ft	577 ft	$20
HCOV	041	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		33 ft	609 ft	$20
HCOV	042	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		53 ft	658 ft	$20
HCOV	043	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		53 ft	697 ft	$20
HCOV	044	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		53 ft	735 ft	$20
HCOV	047	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp		50 ft	742 ft	$20
HCOV	048	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp		39 ft	707 ft	$20
HCOV	049	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp		39 ft	669 ft	$20
HCOV	050	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp		42 ft	630 ft	$20
HCOV	051	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp		53 ft	583 ft	$20
HCOV	052	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp		49 ft	541 ft	$20
HCOV	053	standard electric	85 ft	50 amp	yes	49 ft	501 ft	$20
HCOV	A	type not stated	60 ft
HCOV	B	type not stated	55 ft
HCOV	T-20	type not stated
HCOV	T01	tent only nonelectric				42 ft	257 ft
HCOV	T02	tent only nonelectric				39 ft	192 ft
HCOV	T03	tent only nonelectric				41 ft	221 ft
HCOV	T04	tent only nonelectric				39 ft	343 ft
HCOV	T05	tent only nonelectric				39 ft	166 ft
HCOV	T06	tent only nonelectric				48 ft	334 ft
HCOV	T07	tent only nonelectric				57 ft	184 ft
HCOV	T08	tent only nonelectric				51 ft	341 ft
HCOV	T09	tent only nonelectric				42 ft	382 ft
HCOV	T10	tent only nonelectric				42 ft	395 ft
HCOV	T11	tent only nonelectric				42 ft	373 ft
HCOV	T12	tent only nonelectric				33 ft	146 ft
HCOV	T13	tent only nonelectric				51 ft	340 ft
HCOV	T14	tent only nonelectric				48 ft	372 ft
HCOV	T15	tent only nonelectric				52 ft	321 ft
HCOV	T16	tent only nonelectric				46 ft	281 ft
HCOV	T17	tent only nonelectric				39 ft	306 ft
HCOV	T18	tent only nonelectric				46 ft	288 ft
HCOV	T19	tent only nonelectric				46 ft	239 ft
HCOV	T20	tent only nonelectric				46 ft	221 ft
HCOV N	054	standard nonelectric	60 ft			66 ft	483 ft
HCOV N	055	standard nonelectric	60 ft			66 ft	476 ft
HCOV N	056	standard nonelectric	60 ft			71 ft	460 ft
HCOV N	058	standard nonelectric	55 ft			106 ft	442 ft
HCOV N	072	standard nonelectric	50 ft			277 ft	711 ft
HCOV N	075	standard nonelectric	75 ft			71 ft	146 ft
HCOV N	076	standard nonelectric	70 ft			71 ft	164 ft
HCOV N	077	standard nonelectric	50 ft			81 ft	79 ft
HCOV N	078	standard nonelectric	65 ft			86 ft	166 ft
HCOV N	079	standard nonelectric	60 ft			81 ft	78 ft
HCOV N	080	standard nonelectric	60 ft			68 ft	177 ft
HCOV N	081	standard nonelectric	80 ft			84 ft	85 ft
HCOV N	082	standard nonelectric	70 ft			65 ft	178 ft
HCOV N	083	standard nonelectric	75 ft			86 ft	103 ft
HCOV N	084	standard nonelectric	60 ft			60 ft	189 ft
HCOV N	085	standard nonelectric	60 ft			60 ft	202 ft
HCOV N	086	standard nonelectric	65 ft			76 ft	130 ft
HCOV N	087	standard nonelectric	60 ft			71 ft	227 ft
HCOV N	088	standard nonelectric	70 ft			72 ft	164 ft
HCOV N	089	standard nonelectric	70 ft			71 ft	267 ft
HCOV N	090	standard nonelectric	80 ft			72 ft	176 ft
HCOV N	091	standard nonelectric	60 ft			79 ft	156 ft
HCOV N	096	standard nonelectric	60 ft			74 ft	45 ft
HCOV N	098	standard nonelectric	50 ft			63 ft	116 ft
HCOV N	099	standard nonelectric	35 ft			33 ft	140 ft
HCOV N	101	standard nonelectric	80 ft			96 ft	52 ft
HCOV N	102	standard nonelectric	40 ft			70 ft	75 ft
HCOV N	103	standard nonelectric	70 ft			45 ft	145 ft
HCOV N	109	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		30 ft	331 ft	$20
HCOV N	110	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		29 ft	348 ft	$20
HCOV N	111	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		29 ft	357 ft	$20
HCOV N	112	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		31 ft	372 ft	$20
HCOV N	113	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		31 ft	385 ft	$20
HCOV N	114	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp		32 ft	408 ft	$20
HCOV N	115	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		33 ft	428 ft	$20
HCOV N	116	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		34 ft	448 ft	$20
HCOV N	117	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		33 ft	481 ft	$20
HCOV N	118	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		33 ft	505 ft	$20
HCOV N	119	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp		44 ft	544 ft	$20
HCOV N	120	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		45 ft	548 ft	$20
HCOV N	121	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		40 ft	564 ft	$20
HCOV N	122	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		40 ft	577 ft	$20
HCOV N	123	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		24 ft	586 ft	$20
HCOV N	124	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		41 ft	571 ft	$20
HCOV N	125	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		24 ft	565 ft	$20
HCOV N	126	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp		44 ft	536 ft	$20
HCOV N	127	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp		46 ft	510 ft	$20
HCOV N	128	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp		46 ft	493 ft	$20
HCOV N	129	standard electric	60 ft	30 amp		43 ft	482 ft	$20
HCOV N	130	standard electric	55 ft	30 amp		43 ft	488 ft	$20
HCOV N	131	standard electric	55 ft	30 amp		41 ft	460 ft	$20
HCOV N	132	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		41 ft	424 ft	$20
HCOV N	133	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		41 ft	392 ft	$20
HCOV N	134	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		40 ft	364 ft	$20
HCOV N	135	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp		33 ft	334 ft	$20
HCOV N	136	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		33 ft	315 ft	$20
HCOV N	137	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp		38 ft	293 ft	$20
HCOV N	138	standard electric	50 ft	30 amp		38 ft	275 ft	$20
HCOV N	139	standard electric	55 ft	30 amp		52 ft	279 ft	$20

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Oct 1, 2026

OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.

25 of 133 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate40.08306, -99.22770

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone308-799-2105

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

Methodist Cove4.7 mi

Sylvan Park86 mi

Lucas Park87 mi

Minooka Park87 mi

Getting there

From Highway 80, take Highway 183 south to Alma, Nebraska. Turn left onto Highway 136. then turn right on Berrigan Road and travel 1.25 miles to the intersection of Road B. Turn right and travel one mile; the park entrance is on south side of the road.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today63°Widespread Frost then Sunny

Tonight38°Clear

Sunday69°Sunny

Sunday Night42°Partly Cloudy1% rain

NWS forecast for Republican City, NE

Source: National Weather Service, GID forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 39°F, day 68°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 14°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: HARLAN CO LAKE, NE (USC00253595), 0.9 miles away and 40 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Hunter Cove is in Nebraska’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Adrian Smith (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers publishes no season and no closure for this campground, and it takes no bookings we can read. That’s a gap in the record and not a locked gate: the number below is the only way to be sure.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 109 of the 133 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 129 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.13 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 17 rated federal campgrounds in Nebraska · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest place of any size: Republican City, NE, 0.8 mi SSW. Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026