Lake McConaughy is one of Nebraska’s most popular recreational attractions according to the Nebraska Division of Travel and Tourism. The lake and the surrounding land are used for a wide variety of recreational pursuits, some unique in Nebraska. This variety of attractions helps explain why a lake…
Johnson Lake is one of the most popular and well-developed recreation areas in Nebraska with an average of about 500,000 annual visitor-days. Located seven miles southwest of Lexington and six miles north of Elwood, the lake is not large (11 miles of shoreline and 2,500 surface acres), but its…
Jeffrey Lake is relatively secluded among the rugged terrain through which the Supply Canal flows, but it has been developed for recreational uses. Located five miles south of Brady, the lake covers 575 surface acres and has 25 miles of shoreline. There are 135 homes and cabins at the…
Created in the late 1970s as part of a project to rehabilitate and improve the E65 Canal system, the Elwood Reservoir was formed by damming one end of a series of canyons and pumping water into the resulting reservoir from the E65 Canal. At maximum pool, the lake contains almost 25,000 acre-feet of…
Lake Ogallala lies below Kingsley Dam. Created when sand was pumped from the river bed to form the downstream side of Kingsley Dam, the lake has approximately four miles of shoreline. The lake’s water remains cold even during the summer because it is drawn through Kingsley Dam from the bottom of…
Water released by Central from Lake McConaughy for irrigation and/or power generation is either diverted into the Nebraska Public Power District’s supply canal or passes through Keystone Dam and flows about 50 miles down the North Platte River to Central’s diversion dam. Water from NPPD’s supply…
