Southern Hills RV Park & Campground

We rented a tent space here and was instantly impressed with the peaceful atmosphere. They also provided a wooden structure with a roof to protect our tent from the elements. The bathrooms are spotless. Bonus points: drive in movie theatre next door! It is also only about 20 miles from Mount Rushmore.

This is a small park just north of Hermosa. Next door to the two screen Roy's Drive in Movie Theater. That would be a hoot to go to a drive in movie. What memories. Roy's is one of a handful of drive ins in South Dakota and total drive in's still operating in the US is in the mid 300's.

Basic park. Couldn't check the wash rooms but the building looks to be very new.

Good Verizon No Booster 4 bars LTE 24.14/17.55 mbps down/up

We chose this particular area so we could visit in three directions without moving. It did require some driving, however. This park was recently reopened midseason last year. The sites are gravel and very level with a concrete patio and picnic table. The ground around the sites has been dug up and never leveled off so it is rather unsightly with weeds. There is a decent amount of space between some sites. All sites are FHU with good power and water pressure. The laundry/restroom building is very new. Getting into the park can be tricky unless you know exactly where it is. There are no signs except for the little three store strip in front of the park. The Park sign and three Presidents' heads are facing the highway after you need to turn. Once you wander back to the park, there are no directions and no office. Luckily, the workcamper saw us and came right out. You choose your own site. It is very unorganized. Our rate reflects PPA which they honor for three nights but I got five when registering online. The park is just far enough off the road that you don't get much noise. There is no shade.

Since the beginning of 2017 this 30 site park has under new ownership. The new owners are RVers and it shows. The roads are packed with gravel as are the level sites with plenty of room for large rigs to maneuver. The sites themselves are spacious and thankfully oriented so that the patio has afternoon shade. All RV sites have full hook ups with 20/30/50 amp service. The owners are very hands on with upkeep and have two campground hosts to help out, so there is always someone available if needed. The bathrooms, showers and laundry are very clean and well maintained. Satellite view is old and does not do the park justice. We came for 2 weeks but discovered that the location was perfect for exploring the Black Hills, so we stayed a month. Rate quoted is per night for a month.

We spent two nights here after boondocking to refresh, recharge, and do laundry before heading out to boondock again. $16/night for Passport America members and full hookups, so we figured we couldn't go wrong considering that dry camping in Custer State Park would be $28 a night.

Cleanest bathrooms I have EVER seen at a campground or RV Park, which was amazing. I'd come back here just for the bathrooms. Coin-op laundry on site as well. Great location: half hour to Mt. Rushmore, half hour to Custer State Park, 1 hour to downtown Custer/Crazy Horse but the drive takes you though Custer State Park, so it's a lovely 1 hour.

Spots are graveled. Ours was not level, but most were. Nothing a few lego blocks couldn't fix. Space was nice in between spots, you weren't breathing down your neighbor's neck. However, no grills/fire pits - no campfires were allowed period, so I wouldn't recommend this place if you're seeking a camping experience. However, if you're just looking for a place to park while you explore the area, look no further.

Great AT&T and Verizon signal. Park is right off a main road, so there is some road noise but nothing that bothered us when we were inside the camper. A few RVs here had ATVs and there was a dirt trail at the back-end of the park, so I'm guessing there are trails around. Drive-in movie theater and Flying J right next door.

The owners are putting a lot of work into this RV park, and it shows. Everything was spotless, the landscapers were hard at work while we were there, and the camp hosts were very friendly.

New super-friendly park owners! Gravel sites are spacious and level. They have clean bath houses, hot showers, reasonable prices and are very close to the Black Hills. Jerry and Kathy are continually making improvements. We stayed 5 days and loved it. Highly recommended

We wanted a nice RV park and not pay too much. We found out Southern Hills accepted P.A. Once in the park we found out the new (2016??) owners did a whole lot of work to give the park the standards you expect.
Every where you looked it was nice and clean.
In front of the RV park a nice restaurant (not belonging to the RV park) with good food.
Park is close to Black Hills and Badlands.

We decided to come to Southern Hills on short notice because we cut our time short in the Badlands. While it would have been amazing to stay within the borders of Custer State Park, that wasn't possible due to the short notice. Our rate of $18.50 was due to Passport America -- such a steal! The sites are nice, super level pull throughs and the campground as a whole is very nice. The laundry and restroom facilities are clean. Besides being near Custer State Park, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse are nearby. Rapid City is 20-25 minutes away, which is where you should go to get groceries as the grocery store in Hermosa is small and a lot of the food is outdated. The location also worked great for us to pick our mail up in Box Elder. Cell service with AT&T and Verizon is good.

We stayed in a 27' Airstream.

The main reason we stayed here was because we knew we got 4G signal to work during the night online.

We found this little park after finding that our reservation at another park was in a cramped, muddy hole with where the water was not working at the sites. We were VERY pleased with the care that has been taken to set up the sites so that they are spacious and level with gravel for RV parking and plenty of room to park our tow vehicle. Each site has a concrete pad with picnic table and a grassy area with a tree. The new owners live on site and are RV'ers themselves. The park was quiet, relaxing and comfortable. The facilities were clean and in good repair. The location is perfect for whatever you want to do in the Black Hills and much closer to the attractions than parks closer to Rapid City. We will definitely stay here again when we come back to this area.