National Park Service · Nebraska
Green Island Primitive Camping
National Park Service · Nebraska, United States · in Missouri National Recreational River
- Sites
- 5
- Cost
- Primitive Camping: free. Primitive, Leave No Trace camping.
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- No
- Showers
- No
- Dump station
- No
- Laundry
- No
- Elevation
- 1,171 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 5
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile good · AT&T good · Verizon good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Missouri National Recreational River
- Nearest town
- South Yankton
- Phone
- (605) 665-0209
About
Green Island has five primitive tent campsites with fire rings. Two isolated tent sites on the east side of the island & three adjacent sites on the west side. Fires allowed only in designated fire rings. Island access is by boat only. Please visit the Camping page for rules and regulations. Primitive, Leave No Trace camping is allowed and free. Camp only in designated sites marked with brown camping signs and metal fire rings. Please call us at 605-665-0209 and leave your basic itinerary for your safety.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 14° | -22° | 60° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 36° | 15° | -26° | 69° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 49° | 29° | 7° | 74° | 10 of 11 |
| April | 61° | 37° | 17° | 85° | 8 of 11 |
| May | 70° | 53° | 38° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 86° | 65° | 51° | 100° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 88° | 69° | 58° | 101° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 83° | 66° | 57° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 83° | 63° | 44° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 64° | 44° | 25° | 82° | 2 of 10 |
| November | 51° | 33° | 11° | 76° | 7 of 10 |
| December | 35° | 22° | -11° | 63° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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