Chadron State Park Nebraska? Anyone have insight into that area in general?

[Flounder]

Before I burn a bunch of time researching this area, do any of you have experience in and around the Chadron State Park area of Nebraska. The park itself looks very cool with nice trails, but it looks tiny. I'm just looking for a place to do an overnighter and I"ll be close to that area. I could link a couple places together if there's interesting gravel, pavement, etc.

[kpfeif]

I did some mtbing years ago in Nebraska National Forest, and as I recall the trails were all very sandy. I expect similar in Chadron. Bring some big fat tires if you go!

[drwelby]

Chadron State Park is a nice place to camp especially for families, and it even has some fun trails to ride, but it very small. The surrounding Nebraska National Forest had some signed mountain bike trails but they didn't seem to get much use. There's probably some good exploring and boondocking to be done. I only rode on the east side of the highway and it was wasn't sandy where I was. There were plenty of cattle though. Neat area worth exploring if you're in the vicinity.

[MikeC]

Before I burn a bunch of time researching this area, do any of you have experience in and around the Chadron State Park area of Nebraska. The park itself looks very cool with nice trails, but it looks tiny. I'm just looking for a place to do an overnighter and I"ll be close to that area. I could link a couple places together if there's interesting gravel, pavement, etc.

Fun hardpacked singletrack inside the park, heaps of rough ranch roads and ATV trails outside.  There used to be a little bike shop/barber shop/hardware store in Chadron proper, and the owner was way into riding and taking people to his secret trail stashes.  I think his name was Herb or Harv or something like that.  Chadron is small--ask around and people will likely be able to point you in his direction.