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42 Nebraskaland • July 2020 Lake McConaughy • Little Thunder, Lone Eagle and Cedar View campgrounds have been upgraded with new utilities, restrooms, tables, grills and more than 400 new trees. Financial assistance from the Keith County Visitor's Committee made many of these projects possible. • Little Thunder has 8 full-service sites with electricity, water and sewage, and 34 sites with newly upgraded 50-amp electrical hookups and a new vault latrine. • Lone Eagle has 84 full-service campsites with electrical, water and sewer hookups and a new vault latrine. • Cedar View now features 85 modern sites with 50-amp electrical and water hookups, along with 13 basic campsites. A new shower and restroom will be installed in the near future. • New shower facilities have been installed at Martin Bay with more planned in the near future. A wastewater treatment facility was installed at Martin Bay in 2019 to help facilitate increased visitation and future expansion. • Contracted services, including refuse removal and portable restrooms, have been expanded to improve the quality of beach users' experience. • Improvements have been made for beach access along Shoreline Road. Walk-in, day-use areas with new parking lots at multiple locations will accommodate increased traffi c. Improvements to the road's 18 beach access points will better facilitate beach-bound vehicles. • A new gate house was installed at Cedar View in an eff ort to help visitors with park questions and to collect required fees to the area, along with expanded operating hours at park gate houses. Lake Ogallala • The East Campground at Lake Ogallala has been upgraded with new utilities and amenities, with fi nancial assistance from the Keith County Visitor's Committee, including 82 50-amp electrical pedestals, a new shower facility and vault latrine. • Angler access improvements have been made in the northwest corner of the reservoir, which features an accessible peninsula along with a 160-foot fl oating fi shing bridge. • New boat docks were installed on the west side of Lake Ogallala; the northern dock features an accessible kayak and canoe launch – the fi rst of its kind in western Nebraska. • A new park gate house was installed in an eff ort to help visitors with park questions and to collect required fees to the area, along with expanded operating hours at all park gate houses. Infrastructure Upgrades Danielle, left, and her sister, Trista Lamberty, of Colorado proudly display a stringer of fish their family caught at Lake Ogallala. A new boat dock was installed at Lake Ogallala on the west side, which features an accessible kayak and canoe launch, the first of its kind in western Nebraska.