Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest

Relaxing Place

Not very popular among visitors so it makes it a peaceful place to visit. Not much to see, but it's still worth the drive, especially if you're already going to be visiting Merritt Reservoir.

Not Lots of Forest, Great Low-cost Camping

We found it odd that this was called a National Forest as most of what we saw was grassland. We stayed in the Steer Creek Campground which did have trees. The water there tasted terrible. There wer...

Biking, hiking, camping and canoeing in the Nebraska sandhills

Samuel R. McKelvie National Forest manages 116,000 acres of tall grass prairie and woodlands in the Nebraska sandhills. The area abounds with wildlife such as white-tailed deer, mule deer, pronghorn...