Calamus Reservoir State Recreation Area and Wildlife Management Area — Attraction in Burwell

Five star if you have a fishing boat. If you are into hiking, this likely is not the park for you. There is a short 1.06 mile nature trail that circles one of the campgrounds which offers great views of the lake and surrounding hills. However that is it for nature hiking. If you hike the trail, beware of low and difficult to see, cactus as your pet will find them. I suggest you bring good leather gloves so you can easily remobe them from your pet and shoes. As for the lack of hiking, seems like a missed opportunity for this park to offer additional hiking opportunities in this beautiful area of the state. Touring around the lake and all camper campgrounds, we found them to be very well maintained with electrical hookups available at...

We arrived at Calamus in the late afternoon. The place was quite crowded for a State Park at rhe end of August but there was still plently of camping spots. The beach had a nice little cove area to swim in with perfect sand. Felt like swimming in the ocean just minus the sharks and fish wrapped in plastic. Couldnt find any firewood but that okay as the neighbors across the road lit up the area with their 5 headlamps.. even when I was outside trying to drain my main vein. The showers were paided only by the George Washington coin but they had a change machine right outside

4/5 nice place to stop by with plently of room for...

One of Nebraska's hidden treasures, beautiful setting in the sand hills. The lake has excellent fishing and as the water drops over the summer the entire shore becomes a perfect white sand beach. The lake is split into two sections the upper approx. 5 miles is no wake, this allows fishing without the boat and jet ski traffic. The lower approx. 5 miles has many recreational boaters, skiers and jet skis on the weekends with many stopped in groups on the miles of beach.

We love the friendly, laid back atmosphere around the lake and in...