Pawnee State Recreation Area (SRA) is a state park, state recreation area in southeastern Nebraska, United States. The recreation area surrounds the Pawnee Lake, located approximately west of Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln. The recreation area is managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Pawnee Lake is the second largest of the Salt Valley Lakes. In more recent years, swimming has been prohibited at times because of toxic algae.

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Official Webpage2004 Lincoln Journal Star Article about Algae sicknessLincoln Journal Star article about the 2005 closure to swimmers
Protected areas of Lancaster County, Nebraska State parks of Nebraska {{LancasterCountyNE-geo-stub