thomashaines1

The campgrounds were just fine. Pads are very short. Bathrooms were not well cared for, dirty but functioning. The problem thus low rating really has nothing to do with the campground. There is a highway right next to the grounds with hills on both sides of the campground. Semi traffic was enormous, and they use jake breaks (dynamic engine breaking), and it's so ungodly loud and I mean loud. At the end of the first day, I had a headache from it all. Hours of noise. We will never go back, which is sad because, as I said, the. campground was very nice and shaded.

This is one of those campgrounds that could easily get a five-star rating, but for one thing. I gave it a three. US Hwy 385 goes right next to the campgrounds. This campgrounds (road) is located on a hill. Traffic is non-stop, and semi traffic is brutal. Even more brutal, those semi drivers engage their Jake brakes the run down the hill, and it's loud.

On the bright side, the pit toilet is one of the nicest I've ever seen! It's definitely storm worthy.

13 small camp sites, no long RVs are going to fit on these gravel pads. Garbage available, one pit toilet. Permanent non-moveable picnic tables at each site. No electricity or water. $10.00 during the camping season, no charge to stay off season. Steep ridges to climb. The Nebraska National Forest is just a stones throw away with endless hiking trails.

I really want to give a 5-star rating; it's simply too noisy.

Gunderson Park is a nice little boondocking location just ½ mile from the downtown area of Centerville. They have 2 fire pit locations, but, after speaking with the official at city hall we found out you can camp pretty much anywhere in the park you would like.

It is free to camp here, you can stay virtually as long as you wish to according to that same official. There are no hook-ups. No bathroom facilities. No picnic tables. No playground for children. You may fish with a South Dakota license in the lazy rolling Vermillion River that skirts the park on 3 sides. They have a cement boat ramp. I will say when we stayed there the river was so low you would have had great difficulties getting a boat launched. On the west side of the park there are park benches at the beginning (or end of the walk depending on your start location) with a cemented walk way along the road to the park and the Vermillion River. It runs close to a quarter mile long with benches about half way through the walk. The city keeps this park mowed during the summer months. This is an old old park dating back to 1800's. The trees are massive and just as old providing beautiful shade. There are remnants of old stone items remaing in the park, grape vine thingy, a stone fireplace and pillars. Our stay favored us with Bald Eagle sightings. 2 hung around the trees on the other side of the river in full view, it was wonderful.

At the city park you can dump your tanks. We didn't need to so we didn't visit this location. At the four way stop sign located at the center of the town, turn west, travel one block and on the south side of the street you will find city hall. There they will tell you how to find the dump site.

This seems to be a favorite location for locals to drive through. Sometimes we found traffic through the park on the heavy side but most of the time very quiet. People are small town friendly. Population is around 900 people. Town has a grocery store, convenience store, bank, medical clinic, pharmacy, restaurant, bowling alley, auto parts store, bakery and other businesses. We noticed 4 churches in our drive around the town. At the city park they have a community swimming pool, Frisbee golf, 2 ball diamonds, tennis courts, playground equipment, volleyball courts, 2 picnic house areas and a location for 4 RV campsites with electrical plug ins [2 50 amp and 2 30 amp) for $10.00 a night with limited stay.

Nice city park. Local traffic is heavy. We were there in January, and there were no bathrooms, no electricity, no water, and warm weather gave us sloppy wet muddy sites (they have on the entry side of the park 4 sites to choose from). It used to be free to camp there, but basically, you now get charged $5.00 a night to stay on their grounds. They claim to have bathrooms and showers, but they must lock these up in the 'off' season; no facilities were available to us. We didn't see any deer, but they were there in droves judging by the piles and piles of little balled excrement everywhere you walked. Dog owners didn't pick up either, so much to look out for on a stroll. They did have a very nice frisbee golf course set up, not just the flat course with turns but up wooded hills and down, looked fun. There is a large pavilion that can be rented. Three walking bridges that carry you over a rather nice little creek. This park is located just outside of town. The town itself offers you pretty much whatever you may need.