Platte River State Park

We love Platte River State Park. The trails are our favorite part (and same goes for our dogs!) They aren't super challenging, but they are scenic and beautiful. We saw several deer and a fox on our last trip! Our favorite part has to be the small waterfall.We've camped here before as well, and we enjoyed our night. The bathrooms certainly aren't sparkling clean, but they are still cleaner than many I have been in at state parks!Our next goal is to spend a night in one of the cabins!

Great trails! We love the waterfall trail. The park membership also is a great deal if you want to visit often or the other Nebraska parks.

Platte River State Park is located about 20-25 minutes outside of Omaha. It is a great park for all! It has many features including several hiking trails, mountain biking, a splash pad, dog park, a fishing pond, a lookout tower, a glamping cabin, and more! The lookout tower is perfect for catching a Nebraska sunset! I love that the trails are dog friendly (and so does my dog!). Overall, great place to spend a day or a weekend!

A family favorite! We've been coming up here for years to hike. Several trails so you can take a long or short hike. The new playground is amazing! They also just remodeled the bathrooms by the observation tower and they are so nice.

This is a fantastic place for families. My family enjoyed the waterfall trail, several playgrounds, and splash pad. I also appreciated the tidiness of the grounds and picnic shelter areas. Overall great experience.

Beautiful park, pretty empty for us...it's late Oct.. Quiet. The ranger came around at about 10 - making is rounds. There is an amazing steak place 10 minutes away. Best steak we have had on our 33 day RV trip. We would def camp here again. Super nice staff in the camp office.

A fantastic venue for family days and date nights. It's so beautiful here, it feels like you're out of town (which technically you are) I love to hike and my husband loves to bike so it's a nice place for us to work out together or separate. We have spent many full days here. With the little ones, its fun to get them here, get them in nature and enjoy a quiet car ride home while they nap from playing. We pack a picnic and enjoy at the many areas to sit and indulge. We CANNOT wait until the cabins reopen; as we've stayed before and its so nice to wake up and see the water. I look forward to getting back to some of the other activities they offer as well!

Our family decided this morning to take the top of our Wrangler and cruise over to the Platte River State Park. As we left we heard a roll of thunder and smiled as we left hoping to stay dry...The Good:First off we stayed dry all day yay!!! Once we got to the park we were greeted by a park ranger with a friendly smile who was happy to tell us about the park since the virus situation does not allow them to hand out maps or brochures. We decided to go on a little 2 mile hiking trail passing the waterfall inside the park. The trails there are more wide paths but very nice and even with the hills easy to walk. The little creek that flows through the park was very cool to see and walk along. Our dog had a blast running though it from side to side and splashing in the water. The rather small waterfall sounded very large as it is in a cove. We ended up taking some trails us the hills which was pretty cool, too!The Bad:Kind of a tough one since we really enjoyed ourselves and had a good time but since this is how I write my reviews I better come up with something bad... Oh yeah my wife tripped over a tree that had fallen over the trail and I did not expect or see her fall so I was not ready with my camera to get a million tiktok views (no I don't even have that silly app). All kidding aside she is fine and we continued our 2 mile stroll through the State Park. The Ugly Truth:Throw your family in the car, can, truck, bus or whatever you transport your loved ones in and head down to this little treasure of a park along the South side of the Platte river. There are lots of trails and ample opportunities to wear out the kids and pets so the sleep on their way home. Picnic areas are scattered throughout the park as well so pack a basket and enjoy the beautiful outdoors and all this park has to offer!!!

We are slowly making our way to the NE state parks. We did Mahoney, and want to do Indian Caves soon. Recently, it was Platte River on the list and it did not disappoint. Since we haven't found the time to camp, our day visits have been brief but fun. All the of the ones we visited so far had $5 daily admission fee per car, and you get an all day pass. For the first time, we took along little Henri (puppy) to explore the river and the trails with us which proved to be such a fun experience for us all. The hikes are not challenging compared to other ones we have done [on mountains], pretty much was more like a nature walk. There are a few water features throughout, so warning to all those who have water loving children and dogs. Henri loves getting wet and sure made for a fun ride home. Luckily, I brought plenty of towels for the car. There are many more features for this park but we only utilized the trails. Would be fun for a camping trip or retreat.

we have been going to Platte River State Park every year since 1988. We rent The Red Cedar cabins 1-5. every year the cleanliness and upkeep of the cabins and pavilion bathrooms and showers have deteriorated more and more. the tile in the bathrooms is breaking up and moldy (ick) the carpet in the cabins is disgusting gross. The staff drove through several times a day but only picked up trash when we asked. We drive around and saw where the Wild Turkey cabins 1-5 were torn down and replaced with $310 per night "cabins"! seriously!! Why can' t some of this money be allocated for updating the older cabins. We were very dissatisfied this year and will definitely be checking to see if improvements are being made in the next several months