Megliz

View of the Badlands was really awesome. We were there in mid September so mostly adults. The campground is around 3 miles to the Badlands visitor center so if your into hiking it is really convenient. The operators, Rick and Dawn are really great and do everything possible to make your stay as good as possible. It’s is about 70 miles to Mount Rushmore and Custor State park via Hwy 44 which has little traffic and views are quite beautiful. It was a bit windy being on the outside edge of the campground towards the prairie but well worth the view. They are pet friendly, and restroom / Showers are very clean.

The staff recommended several sites other than Crater Lake, wish we had planned to stay longer. Campground was clean and everything in very good working order. Our site was really nice and easy access to walking trails.

One of the cleanest and well maintained campgrounds i’ve Stayed at. Hiking trails right from the property. Would definitely stay here again.

We made reservations and picked a site based on their map. It was not evident how tight the curve of the site was and even though it was 50 feet long the curve and grade was so serve we could not level or disconnect or truck. There were a few other sites such as 17 that we straight but to level would require 4 or 5 block and make the stairs about 12 inches from the roadway. The other issue was mosquitoes we stopped at the water station on the way in to fill up and my legs were covered in mosquitoes in minutes. We thought it might just be there near the water but when we checked out site 17 there were mosquitoes there as well. Most of the other sites were either to short and or at to great an angle to work for us. So We left and found another campground.
Other than that the campground appeared clean and well maintained

We have stayed here 3 time in the last 3 years. On prior trips the campsites were very clean and everything was well tended. This trip we spent the first 30 minutes picking up trash. We were in the Acorn loop and the pit toilets at the top were not well tended and there was noticeable trash along the road and in many of the campsites. We will give it another try and hopefully the rangers will have their act together.