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Glendo Dam, on the North Platte River, was finished in 1957. The reservoir, whose main body is more than three miles long and two miles across at its widest, made Glendo a recreational mecca.
This park, with its sagebrush-covered hills, attracts campers, anglers and water-sports enthusiasts.
There are three boat launches at the park, as well as a marina at Shelter Point that offers boat rentals, sales and service, fuel and other supplies, and tackle. There is also a restaurant at the marina.
Anglers come for walleyes, perch, catfish and crappie. Rafters, canoeists and kayakers put in below the Glendo Dam for the 12-mile float down the North Platte to the Wendover Access area. Swimmers head for the sand beaches along the reservoir.
There are three foot trails at the park, each about a mile long. Two wetlands trails are wheelchair-accessible and feature interpretive displays. Herons, ducks, geese and other water birds reside at the park.
Hunting is permitted in the park's north and east areas, away from developed facilities. Game includes pronghorn antelope, pheasants, waterfowl, mule deer and some white-tailed deer.
Glendo's several campgrounds can accommodate 400 tents at primitive sites, but camping is permitted throughout the park. A trailer dump station is situated near park headquarters.
The Glendo Reservoir inundated lands where several miles of the historic Immigrant Trails once ran.
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A happy camper enjoys the Two Moon Campground jungle gym at Glendo State Park.
Sailing is one of the many water sports enjoyed at Glendo State Park.
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