Located on the Switzer Ranch and Gracie Creek Ranch in Loup County, Shoemaker Lake is a large Sandhills lake that is watered both by springs and precipitation. Its water levels can fluctuate widely throughout the year. Miles away from any maintained road, the remoteness of this lake and surrounding grassland landscape, carefully stewarded by a ranching tradition, provide homes for both myriad resident wildlife species and migrating birds.

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