Sherman Reservoir State Recreation Area, 79025 Sherman Dam Rd. about 5 miles northeast of Loup City, surrounds a 2,845-acre lake that has 77 miles of shoreline when full, the second most of any Nebraska lake. The Bureau of Reclamation built Sherman Dam on Oak Creek in 1959–61. There are more than 300 basic campsites in nine areas, about 60 electric sites at West Ridge Campground with showers and a dump station, 12 picnic shelters, three boat ramps and three docks; all boat types are allowed. It is one of the state’s top walleye and crappie lakes, with white bass, catfish and northern pike, and about 4,700 acres of surrounding land are open to hunting. A Nebraska park entry permit is required. Phone (308) 745-5170.