Lake Wanahoo

In addition to environmental restoration benefits, the proposed Lake Wanahoo/Sand Creek Watershed Project will offer public recreation. The project will help meet some of the steadily-growing demand for outdoor recreation in eastern Nebraska. The dam, to be located one mile north of Wahoo, will create a 637-surface-acre lake, approximately seven times as large as nearby Czechland Lake at Prague. The lake will be situated on 1,600 acres of land, and will be open to the public for fishing, hunting, camping, picnicking, day use, and no-wake boating.

To maximize the lake's recreational benefits, the project partners plan to work closely with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Numerous habitat structures and shoreline protection features will be designed into the lake to provide a high-quality fishery. A wildlife management area is planned for the northeast side of the lake, which may be open for upland game and waterfowl hunting in season.

Elsewhere, there will be sites for both RV and primitive camping, and a day use area will be developed with picnic shelters, volleyball courts, hiking/biking trails, and more. The Commission is also investigating the possibility of building a shooting range and youth education center at Wanahoo.

More Information

For more information about planned recreation facilities at Lake Wanahoo, please contact Project Coordinator Mike Murren.