$15 - $30 / night

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Ash Grove Campground — Indian Cave State Park

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Indian Cave State Park

Indian Cave State Park offers campers Electric Plus, Electric, Basic and Equestrian Basic campsites. Ash Grove campground has 51 Electric Plus and 36 Electric campsites. Campers will enjoy an array of amenities including showers, modern restrooms, laundry facility and a dump and fill station, as well as picnic tables and grills.

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Location

Ash Grove Campground — Indian Cave State Park is located in Nebraska

Coordinates

40.26089085243394 N
95.57157035765177 W

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Drive-In
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AT&T
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Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)

Features

For Campers

Trash
Picnic Table
Reservable
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Water Hookups
Big Rig Friendly

$15 - $30

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Tarrah C.

Ranger

Reviewed May. 20, 2023

Excellent Place to Stay

Tent camped at one of the many sites there are. Tent is $15 per nite and Electric os $30-$25 per nite depending on voltage. The eletric sites are all on one area with showers and in door plumbing. The tent sites have an area with showers and in door plumbing but there are also many tent sites speckled around the park, some have vault toliets and others are primitive. There are also some pack in sites. There is also equestrian campsites as well. Great historical areas and wonderfully well maintained trails. There is also a boat ramp to access the river. You do have to pay a daily park fee on top of the camping price if you do not have a NE State Park Pass those are $30

SiteIn the tent horseshoe area

Month of VisitJune

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Lee F.

Guide

Reviewed May. 4, 2023

$12 day use fee + camping fee

It's a nice park with lots of RV sites for $25-$30 and tent sites for $15. This cost is in addition to the $6/ day in state or $12/ day out of state vehicle charge. We stopped at the closest tent area from the park entrance. It has flush toilets and showers (.50/3 minutes). There were about 20 individual tent sites in this area, some of which are level, but most aren't. As we were the only ones there, we took a level spot right near the bathrooms. We chased off several raccoons, but they eventually gave up and went back to their trash can rummaging. We had no further issues with them, and were careful to keep all food locked up in the car. There are some nice views and hiking trails and the park was clean.

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Nicole K.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 28, 2022

Loves it

I take all my lover boys here.

Sitemultiple

Month of VisitOctober

Jennifer C.

Scout

Reviewed Nov. 3, 2021

Fall Fun

We camped the weekend of Halloween. The trails are great. Beautiful scenery and our camp site was spacious. I wish the horse trail rides weren’t closed for the year and the main trail. Plus it wasn’t stated clearly that there weren’t water hookups.

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Reed

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 13, 2021

Nice park

The coordinates on Dyrt are incorrect and will take you through a maze of corn fields. Use Google Maps and search for Indian Cave SP instead.

It’s very remote do stock up before you leave the highway.

Once there, the park is accommodating and easy to navigate. We only spent the night, but could see that multiple nights would be great.

SiteAsh Loop 97

Month of VisitSeptember

LeAnne B.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 6, 2021

Beautiful place!

Camping here was great. It’s a tight campground so there are a lot of neighbors. The views are incredible so bring a camera!

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Month of VisitAugust

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Judy B.

Guide

Reviewed May. 21, 2021

What a great place

This is a wonderful park. There are a lot of things to do and the sites are beautiful. This review is for the site at Hackberry Hollow. The sites are back-in sites with electrical hookups and water from a hydrant on the loop. The end of part of the loop is up the hill above the bathhouse that has flush toilets, showers, and laundry. Lots of birds, racoons, and terrific spiders. Watch out for ticks though. Lone Star Ticks were abundant in April.

The park also has a store, a museum, horseshoe pits, archery, trails, and boating on the Missouri river. There is a cemetary and an old restored town. Indian Cave isn't open to the public because the stairs and boardwalk are in need of repairs.

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Month of VisitMay

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Jeremy

Scout

Reviewed Apr. 17, 2021

Multiple issues

The power during the week randomly shuts off, the trash is not picked up from trash cans during week, bathrooms not cleaned during week, barely any cell service. BUT, as soon as Friday hits, the trash is collected multiple times a day, no power issues, and bathrooms are cleaned at least once a day. So come here on the weekend, or have a generator or battery bank for during the week.

Month of VisitMay

Steve W.

Guide

Reviewed Sep. 8, 2020

Back to the basics

Large park over 3,000 acres, plenty of hiking trails to enjoy. I really didn't see any trails suitable for bicycling, if biking around RV sites its very hilly and hard to ride. Forget about wifi, hard to find if you can find it at all and no attena tv, your really out in the middle of nowhere, but its a nice park to get away . Only downside, with 134 RV sites there is only one dump station, just dont get in a hurry leaving if you have to dump your RV.

Shannon G.

Legend

Reviewed Oct. 23, 2019

October fest a blast

What an awesome place to camp in October. This last weekend they have haunted hayrack rides, pumpkin throws, trick or trick, VW bus fest, yoga, craft fair, crafts, breast cancer awareness walk, flea market and food trucks. And last but not least, haunted campgrounds. People decorate their campsite and all ages trick or treat. There really are some awesome displays. If you’ve never been- go! It’s a blast.

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Caitlin R.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 28, 2019

Love the history

Indian Cave State Park is full of history! Every path or trail you go down, you will find some sort of blast from the past. The trails are wonderful and the old school house, old well, cave and other buildings are so fun to go explore! Some of the camping grounds are a little dated but it’s nice there’s shower houses and mature trees. We like to visit the park in the spring and fall, only because there’s no place for the kids to swim and cool down in the hot summer, and for the Halloween festivities! All in all there’s many things to do, learn, and explore during your stay! We’re never bored!

Josh G.

Traveler

Reviewed Jul. 31, 2019

Open Camping

Open concept camping with decent amenities.

Month of VisitJuly

Jeanne S.

Guide

Reviewed May. 19, 2019

Great hikes to see sites

We loved staying here. Nice sites, older picnic tables. Some sites can be tough to get in if you have larger rig. Nice bathrooms. The hikes were nice to do. Several choices in hikes. Dog friendly and kid friendly park.

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Sarah J.

Guide

Reviewed May. 11, 2019

Beautiful Landscape

I surprised my husband for a mini birthday trip in August of 2015. Yes...we went tent camping in August! The tent campgrounds were pretty empty and we were able to find a nice spot off the road. When we went they were resurfacing the road all the way down to the cave so if you wanted to see the Indian Cave it was about a 2mile hike, which we didn’t mind, aside from the Nebraska, August heat! We loved the hiking trails through the trees and difficult terrain. This camping trip will be another one to complete...maybe in September or October next time 😃

Tessa S.

Scout

Reviewed Apr. 26, 2019

Great!

Great hiking trails and primitive camping!

Vic D.

Traveler

Reviewed Oct. 6, 2018

Indian cave state park

Very nice state park

Month of VisitJuly

Noelle H.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 27, 2018

Great campground but trails were inaccessible from campgrounds

The camping section for r.v. is very steep. We were situated near the shower/bathrooms, but I felt sorry for the guys that were located down the hill. At the bottom of the hill was a classic playground with swings, slides and a merry-go-round. If I had come just for camping, then this park was great. But I also came to try the hiking and the trails around the area, but there isn’t a single trail near the r.v. camping area. I guess they expected you to drive to a trailhead. We walked to a couple of the historic sites, but it was all road and concrete and we had to keep making way for the vehicles. I had been looking forward to trail walk, and instead I felt like I was on a city walk. The historical sites were quaint, and since we were there on a weekend, they had re-enactments. It would have been a dud on a Monday. The second day, we were smart and we drove to the Indian Cave. It was a good thing, too. It was another extremely long, steep hill down to the trail head. I think it took us a good 20 minutes to make the drive. The trail itself was more of a boardwalk, and it took us only a few minutes to get up to the cave.

Over-all, I think the park lacks good planning. They could make it so much better if they could connect the camping area with at least one of the trails to the northeast. As it is, I would recommend the site if you have a separate vehicle or as a day trip.

SiteRV site

Month of VisitAugust

Mandi K.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 8, 2018

We loved this camp ground!

We tent camped with 3 kids last week. Tons of fun hiking and exploring. Would have been nice to have trails closer to camp area, but drives were short and the air conditioner felt great after hiking. The kids were a little disappointed with the cave, they thought they could go inside. Over all it was very clean and tons of fun. We would definitely go back!

SiteAsh campground, spot number 84

Month of VisitAugust

Justin R.

Guide

Reviewed May. 22, 2018

Great place for fall camping

If you enjoy camping in the fall this is the right park. A large amount of trees that provide great colors.

Plus in October their haunted hay ride and the decorated campers are fun to get you ready for Halloween.

The Missouri River is right there, you can take trails to get there or drink be. The Indian Cave is along the river. Not my belief it’s a real cave but there is a historical aspect to it. It’s really to bad that kids have marred the sandstone with their names.

Month of VisitNovember

Molly M.

Guide

Reviewed May. 20, 2018

Fun for everyone!

I have been going there for years. There are so many trails i still have yet to conquer them all. The campsites on the trails are well kept up if you want to be far from people. They have so many different activities all year round!

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Esther R.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 1, 2017

Worth the Visit

The camping spots that are the walk up sites are amazing - you can do sites surrounded by trees and private, or ones near the playground. All great sizes and partially shaded. Lots of hiking trials, and a small lake down near the river. If you want to reserve, go ahead but when you check in, ask to move to a walk in site - they are a lot nicer and lots of choices.

SiteSite 86

Month of VisitJuly

Jill R.

Ranger

Reviewed Jul. 30, 2016

packed with history

this place was such a fun place to just go and hike, many of the trails had placards that tell you little details about certain events in history. This park also has some petrogylphs, the only down side of this park is that people seemed to have attempted to make their own petroglyphs with spraypaint.

Nick P.

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 15, 2016

Great History

I had a great time going with my girlfriend. There is alot of spots to camp (tent/RV) and the area was clean. We were really interested in the history of the area, only downside is that the caves were not as exciting and people have destroyed it with graffiti.