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Thanksgiving

We are thankful for a Thanksgiving trip to Custer SP that included watching bighorn sheep and bison move through our campground. Our camp host also amazing.

Bob
12/2/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 4.7

Facilities 5.0

Game Lodge cabin stay

We love staying at Custer State Park at the Game Lodge campground. We were more than excited to learn that the showers and restrooms were open during our stay! The campground hosts were amazing, friendly and kept the grounds spotless! We’re so thankful for our parks system and all that are a part of it!

Bbuol
11/19/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Custer State Park campground. We stayed at blue Bell Campground, it was immaculate! The bathrooms were so clean. I was very very impressed. Showers were warm and water was hot! Campers were respectful and the campground host checked in with us when we arrived. Quiet hours were honored, and it was an overall wonderful experience! We will definitely be back!

Hallermann
10/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.2

Facilities 5.0

Never Disappointed

Custer State Park never disappoints us! It is one of the nicest state parks in the US. I talked to folks from all over the US and they all comment on how beautiful and nice the park is!

GD Influence
10/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.5

Month in S. Dakota

Patricia
10/21/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Hazy but great hiking weather

The Blue Bell camping cabins are such a great value and beautiful surroundings. Perhaps my 8th visit here and worth the 10 hour drive. Even the 16A detour was manageable - very well marked. This location is serene yet close to Custer and other scenic sites. Highly recommend

Charles
10/21/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Good Camping Experience

Very well kept campground. Showerhouses were especially nice and kept very clean!

David
10/20/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.4

Hidden gem

Cute lil cabin tucked away with ample privacy. Plenty of space for my pup to explore and for me to set up anything extra. Host was friendly, welcoming my arrival while sharing some bits about the area. Shower house super clean and well maintained. Would highly recommend staying here. Cabin is a bit small for larger family if it were to be a day needing to stay in. Definitely more of a place to lay your head and change an outfit. Has four beds set up as two bunk beds with one bed being I believe a full or queen size, others are twins. Mattress not bad, bring own linens. No mini fridge so bring an cooler. Over all just a great gem tucked in Custer park that I have stayed at several times.

Ajae
10/20/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.5

Custer State Park Campgrounds

I came for the Buffalo Roundup, it had been 15 years since I last visited Custer State Park, at that time I realized I should have spent more time in the park when visiting the Black Hills. I stayed for a week this time and it was well worth every minute. This is such an outstanding part in every way. That includes the campground, Bison Center, wildlife viewing, gorgeous landscapes, employees and volunteers. The park is well run and maintained, much better that many National Parks. My son & I have been to 38 national parks and Custer rates up there with Glacier, Grand Canyon, Grand Tetons & Big Bend. Thank you South Dakota for this park and doing such a good job to running the jewel that it is.

Clover Grab
10/20/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Wildlife loop was great. We saw a variety of wildlife. The visitors center was great and helpful if showed where the herds were. We stayed at the Game Lodge campground and it was in the perfect location. The amenities were excellent - showers, water and dump station.

KWed
10/12/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Best Campground Ever

Beautiful campground with electric hook-ups. I enjoyed the wildlfe sounds of coyotes and geese. An improvement needed is clear signage of the trails.

George Smith
10/12/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Custer State Park Fall trip

Love Custer
10/12/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Exceptional State Park

A definite return is needed. We camped and loved our campground but there are so many options in camping. This park rivals most state and national parks. Incredible !! Enjoyed the Blue Bell Lodge Bar and Restaurant- food, drinks and staff were great.

Michigan
10/11/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Summer to Remember

Custer SP was clean, fun and a beautiful park. The camp host was fantastic, the camp sites were large and scenic. The whole park was well run!

Summer to Remember
10/11/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Review

JH
10/10/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Happy Camper

We enjoyed our stay at Custer State Park. It’s very convenient for all your sightseeing. Don’t forget to get water before you back into your site. My only negative is the dump stations in the park are not close to Stockade North but you can find commercial rv parks that will let you dump for a small fee.

Happy Camper
10/10/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 4.6

Facilities 3.7

Perfect Cabin and Location

The cabin at Stockade Lake South was great. However, make sure you understand there's only beds, table and electricity. Walk to bath/toilet house is a concern. Outhouse was closer, but smelly as people kept closing the door. .Annual Buffalo Round-Up was our goal to see.. Don't need to go over at 1:30 am. Also, the coordinating Arts&Crafts Fair that same weekend was very good.

LAW
10/10/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Wonderful experience

Clark
10/9/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Great campground & staff

Beautiful and small-ish campground close to park trails and activities. Hot showers even! My only beef is a staff member came and pounded on my camper at 11:55 announcing checkout. I understand keeping the schedule in a busy park/campground but this was disruptive as I was on a work call. I was also completely packed up with a clean site and ready to roll when I was planning to wrap up the call at 11:59. That said, it was minor and didn't inconvenience my trip or stay. The regular evening host/check in person was very friendly and helpful and the whole system is very organized.

riceek
10/9/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 4.0

Carping

Roadtripper
10/8/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Fall escape

We love Custer State park. The animal sightings, the peacefulness, the amazing views, and the campfires are so relaxing. The facilities are very clean and have everything a person needs to be comfortable.

Vacation
10/8/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.8

Heaven

This park is awesome ,the pines, and animal's that visit the campground and other campers are friendly and very helpful. The needle,s road has some great tunnels with beautiful views.Doing the loop road to see the buffs and donkeys is a must. We have been coming out here since 1993 every September .

2favoritepark
10/8/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

One of the nicest Parks we have visited. Clean, quiet, and absolutely beautiful.

Scooter
10/7/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Custer Family Camping at Blue Bell

We had a great stay at the Blue Bell Campground with our kids (ages 4, 7 and 10). The campground store has everything you would need along with great Custer souvenirs that we grabbed on our way out. There's a nice playground near the bath house in the cabin loop, which also has a family bathroom. The facilities and campsites are all well kept. My only comment is that, at least in sites 10 and 11, the fire rings are on the opposite side of the campsite then what would make sense . . . we were in a motorhome, so we just pulled nose in so that our ring was still on our patio side. The camp host was very attentive and quickly to our campsite upon arrival to answer questions and give the lay of the land.

CusterCamper
10/7/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Great Experience

NC Badger
10/6/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Nice Campground

Camped at Stockade North Cmpgnd. Good space between sites. Clean shower house. Clean vault toilets. Quiet even though the road is close. Pat is a friendly and helpful camp host. Always checking the campground. Saw turkeys and deer. Easy walk to Stockade Lake.

COCamper
10/6/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.6

Custer State Park Newbie

Very nice campground Stockade Lake South. Easy in and out of the sites. Mostly off camber sites so you will need to level your camper good. We saw a few campers having some challenges leveling theirs. Park was fairly full, could have showed up without a reservation and found a spot this time of year.

h8pvmnt
10/6/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.7

Black Hills

NE Ohio
10/3/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Lots of great amenities!

It is a lovely campground with plenty of exceptional amenities for car/tent campers. Accessible potable water, restrooms and even showers! As it is located on a major roadway it can be loud, but Custer City and other National and State Parks are easily drive accessible.

WesternCarCampingTraveler
10/2/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.3

Excellent

Joe S
10/2/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Buffalo Roundup

We thought we would be staying in Blue Bell campgrounds in the park but when we got there we were told it was really Stockade Lake campground on the other side of the park. Took us 45 minutes just to get in the lineup of cars for the roundup.

Bigal
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 3.5

Services 3.0

Facilities 2.8

Tent camping in S Dakota

Overall, Custer State Park is a real gem. Camping at Center lake was a highlight. Next time I would bring a fishing pole, however.

Doug
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.8

Buffalo Round-Up & Grace Coolidge Campground

Grace Coolidge CG is a nice & clean campground. The camp host, Deb, was very friendly and knowledgeable about the area. Buffalo Round-Up.. I would suggest that the concessions at each location stay open to sell water & soda u til the buffalo have been put in the corrals. They stopped selling at 9:00 am & the buffalo didn’t even make it to the location until about 10:40. It was over 70 degrees and warm with no shade. Most people came unprepared without anything to drink.

Micfuz
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.4

Custer Legion Lake bison visitor

Superior Visit
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Custer 2025

I camped in a tent camp site one night and a camping cabin the next night. Overall everything was super clean. Bathrooms and showers were in great shape. Normally I expect to see spiders and whatnot in the vault toilets but there were none. Center lake was the tent site, beautiful view of the lake by the shower house. Blue bell for the camping cabin.. the cabin was amazing! It had heat, AC, electricity, table, 2 sets of bunk beds. Plenty of room for a group of 5 even though it was just me. My favorite part about the park is that it felt like a giant drive thru safari. I recommend taking the wildlife loop to see the donkeys! I spent 2 days in the park and feel like I needed 2 more just to really see everything.

Madison A
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 5.0

Great park but campground needs work!

Campground needs some work! Showers didn’t have warm water and the huge fan running makes it feel freezing! Most of the sites are VERY unlevel. The campground is secluded but the road back to the campground is awful. Highly suggest using Lower French Creek Road to enter and exit because Stockade Lake Drive is awful, especially in the dark!

LuckysMom
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 3.5

Services 4.0

Facilities 2.3

Cabins are great!

We went for the Bison Round-up. Great experience. Cabin 10 at South Stockade was awesome. Restrooms & showers were clean. So close to Crazy Horse monument and Mt. Rushmore. This time of year, before the nightly lighting ceremony, the Big Dipper is just right above the presidents' heads. Magnificent. Moving ceremony.

Campfire Fred
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.8

Facilities 4.8

GOOD EXPERIENCE

SHS
10/1/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Great experience but plan ahead

Camp hosts were fantastic!! But we need a wash rack for horses.

Alex
9/30/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

The park was so very great. Very clean, great camping and lots to see and do.

Brenda
9/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

fall visit

dakotaspike
9/23/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Best camping spot!

We stayed in South Stockade Lake and I feel like it's location is the best! It's right next to Custer, convenient for ice and restaurants. The land is massive, so much to explore there. We probably only hiked within a .5 mile radius and there was so much to see. The only thing that would make it better, is to add a mini fridge.

UkaLailie
9/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Great Stay

Great access and the campsite host provided a great welcome

Lgndsdtr
9/22/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Services 3.3

Another Great Stay

We have been visiting Custer State Park and camping at the State Game Lodge for over 15 years now and will go nowhere else. We used to tent camp and now stay in a camping cabin; #8 is our favorite but #6 is now a close second. The camping sites are always clean, as are the bathrooms and laundry facilities. Staff is friendly and helpful when needed. I do need to say that our camp attendant this time was the best we've ever encountered. He facilitated our move from #7 to #8 and made the transition seamless. He also made more daily loops of the campground than we have ever seen before. We're not sure how many more years we will be camping but, as long as we are, we will be returning to Custer State Park. PS Do the wildlife loop early in the morning. Less traffic and more wildlife.

Susan/Colorado
9/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Best State Park in America

Custer State Park, in my opinion, is the best state park in America. Nothing matches its beauty, majesty, and diversity. The campsite we had was amazing. The campground was pristine. This is our second visit, and we will be back.

Wisconsinite
9/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Custer State Park

Very impressed with the bison herd that is managed by the Park, and the volunteers earning free camping as they volunteer. The bison centre was very interesting, lots of history.

canadian camper
9/22/2025

It would have been nice to have potable water at Iron Creek Camp.

Harlequin duck
9/20/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Services 5.0

Fantastic spot

Clear Lake campground , particularly lower loop, is one of the best campgrounds we have ever been at. So quiet with stream, lake and shady spots. Enjoyed that it was only for campers not needing hook ups

Mo travels
9/20/2025

This was our second camping trip to Custer in 13 months. We live in Illinois and love how Custer feels like a world away, but is easily accessible to us. This time, we had a creekside site at the Game Lodge Campground [last time we stayed in the same campground but in a non creek site]. We love this campground because we can easily access the main visitor center, State Game Lodge, and the Coolidge General Store. Facilities in the campground are well maintained. My kids are currently 12, 11, and 9 and they're already talking about returning again next year.

Laura Boudreau
9/19/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Services 4.5

Facilities 5.0

Beauty everywhere

I’ve been to Custer a number of times with family on the way to Mt Rushmore but it was always a quick drive on the loop drives. Camping for 3 nights at Sylvan Lake was and further exploring the park was a whole new and wonderful experience

Red Marx
9/18/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.5

Great campground & park

CO visitors
9/18/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Beautiful

The park is wonderful, so much to see and lots of hiking trails! If you want to alter your reservation when you are in the park...impossible.There is no cell service and no Wifi available. There are NO staff in the park that can do this, it's all online or a phone call.So if you don't have either you can' t do anything. We found a person that directed us to the highest spot in our campground and got a cell signal, then waited for 15 minutes in the hot sun before someone answered the phone. My suggestion drive into the town of Custer and do all of you calls, reservations from there.Have a great time, it's a top notch park!

USTRVL
9/18/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 4.0

Facilities 3.9

Great stay

I tent camped four nights at the Grace Coolidge tent area at site 22. Thought it was located down a very short hill, it ended up being the most secluded, with a nice grassy area looking at a rock cliff with a small stream flowing beneath it. I've camped in several state parks and the restroom/shower facility at this campground was the nicest/cleanest I've ever encountered.

DC
9/18/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.8

Visit to the black hills

This park is wonderful. I stayed at the Blue Bell campground and enjoyed this location because it is so close to the wildlife loop/.

Travel Gal
9/18/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Grand Lodge Campground

The Wanderers
9/17/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Excellent facility

Km
9/17/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Enjoyed North Stockade Campground Stay

MomJ
9/17/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great place for campers and horses!!!

S. Cnr
9/17/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

website

French Creek is great. Expect longer trails that are poorly marked. Also, the app for the map does not download there, nor is it an easy app to navigate which is the case for the gooutdoorssouthdakota website. One of the worst that I have experienced. I have used multiple map apps while riding SUV & snowmobiles without a problem. This one is very difficult to figure out. also, had a funeral so we went riding a week sooner than originally planned, canceled our reservation for the following week. Said we were qualified for full refund and that we should expect $ in 2-3 days. Everything looked good and I exited the site. Got an email reminding me that we had upcoming reservations( that we had cancelled) while gone and we were not able to follow up. Now, when I got home I see that we didn't get reinbursed and the cancellation never happened. Again, this is a poor website. We liked it so much better when we could go right to the Park we wanted to stay at and not navigate through all of them. And again, while French Creek is great, take some notes from the snowmobile trails in the Blackhills and have maps and good directions at intersections on trails.

Moe
9/17/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 3.7

Facilities 4.5

The place to see

Old gal adventuring
9/16/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great park!!!

SAR
9/16/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

During same day reservation process for Center lake camping I was asked the length and width of RV but not height. There is a 9.8 clearance restriction. Out RV is 11 feet. Driving in as it begins to get dark and paying park fee, only to discover that we couldn’t access the camp site was super disappointing and stressful.

JB
9/14/2025

Overall Experience 1.0

Services 3.7

2025 trip

Frank
9/14/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Bison Galore

Phone reservations were courteous.

Queen Bee
9/13/2025

Happy in Custer
9/9/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

We ?? Custer Park

We love Custer State Park. We just stayed for a week and would love to have made it two. The facilities are always clean. The staff is friendly. There is a ton of things to do. We visited every historic site, fished, swam, went to the education and visitor centers, hiked, explored Needles Hwy, the pig tails, and took several trips around the wildlife loop. We saw nearly every type of wildlife known in the park and even saw a bonus bobcat. Great experience! We had an RV site and 2 cabins. Everything was wonderful.

Happycamper
9/9/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.5

South Dakota Trip

Camp Host Sue at Center Campground was absolutely the best!! She helped us tremendously! Don, who also works there was wonderful.

Yooper’s
9/9/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

love camping in Custer State Park

Cougar camper
9/9/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 3.7

Facilities 5.0

So helpful

I would love to personally thank the campground Host Pat. When we arrived we didn't realized we booked a tent site without electricity. So he worked diligently to fine us a spot to move to. So please let him know how kind generous he was for doing that. The park is beautiful, campsites spacious, bathrooms clean. It was a great experience. We stayed at Custer Park just outside of Custer on 16A

Alan
9/9/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.8

Facilities 4.3

Great Vacation!

Fabulous camp host however there were problems with a couple of campers on a continual basis that created turmoil in camp with conservation police coming and going. If campers repeated can not follow rules, the should be removed to protect fellow campers from continual drama

Nehring
9/8/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 4.3

Facilities 4.1

Sylvan Campground

We stayed in Sylvan Lake Campground. Before we arrived, we were not aware that there were no dump or water fill options at the campground. We had to travel to Bluebell Campground to dump and get water, which took time away from our vacation. Also, our site 5E was very tight, without much space to park our truck.

Lash61
9/8/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 3.7

Great Experience

Vern
9/8/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Needs new mattress

The cabin itself was in good condition, but the mattress on the double bed. was very uncomfortable and we ended up sleeping on the bed across from it. it was more like a single bed, but was more comfortable. There wasn't much room for both of us.

darla
9/7/2025

Overall Experience 4.0

Services 3.7

Facilities 3.4

Anniversary trip

Custer had never been on my radar as a must see but while researching our road trip i was surprised at all the beautiful sights. We stayed at Sylvan lake campground and it had nice sites and very clean bathrooms with private showers. Camp hosts were readily available and checked us in in when we arrived. There's a nice store/gift shop by the lake with a small eatery inside.

Stacy
9/7/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

WE STAY AT CUSTER STATE PARK ALMOST EVERY YEAR.

KOTA IS FREEDOM
9/2/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Great Experience

Midwest Traveler
9/2/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Great experience

Freekat
9/2/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Beautiful campsites & covered horse pens

The campsites with electric & the covered horse pens are wonderful. The camp hosts, Bob & Crystal, were great. My only complaint & reason why we won’t be coming back is because of the bull bisons on the horse trails. We had one come at us & snorting on a trail, my horse freaked out & started bucking. I stayed on, but I would have been hurt pretty bad if I had landed on those rocks. We then had to bush wack our way out of his area. We encountered Bulls on the horse trails 3 different times. It’s just too dangerous with all the rocks & trying to avoid bulls.

Bones
9/1/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Services 2.3

Facilities 3.8

Stopover

Bothered by extra charge for 2nd person camping in a tent site....seems the overall charge became double when i informed the reservation agent i was tent camping with my husband. Only 1 tent 2 people, we were charged twice the tent camping fee. Very annoying.

Al
9/1/2025

Overall Experience 4.0

Services 3.3

A state park that rivals a lot of National Parks

Flyguy
9/1/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Amazed

Stella B
9/1/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

State Park

MoneyPenny
8/31/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Beautiful patk

The stay at Game Lodge campground was amazing as usual except there was not ever any hot water for showers.

Zoey
8/31/2025

Overall Experience 4.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.0

Quiet time

Beautiful spot right on babbling stream campers next to me started chopping wood at 6:15 am. Not a fun morning

Bob
8/30/2025

Overall Experience 3.0

Services 3.7

Facilities 4.5

Gorgeous Park!

Happy Camper
8/27/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Wonderful experience, the host was very knowledgeable and helpful. Bathrooms were very smelly and unable to see at night. It is a bathroom which is understandable. Shower house was clean.

RealNameHere
8/23/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 5.0

Love Custer State Park!

pDub
8/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great Campground and Park

Schmidt Family
8/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great!

evelyn
8/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Center Lake has been and always will be my favorite place to play. I live less than 30 minutes away and always feel like I went far away after camping at Center Lake.

Center Lake
8/20/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 3.7

Great facility!

The settings of the campgrounds are excellent. Signage around the park is good.

RH
8/20/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Dump station

Only one dump station. Not convenient for those staying at campgrounds other than the campground it is at. We stayed at Stockade and it would have taken us 20 minutes in the opposite direction we were headed to dump.

DoubleL
8/20/2025

Overall Experience 3.8

Services 3.4

Love the Hills

Coper
8/20/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

nice park

creeman42
8/20/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Review

Cstout_79
8/19/2025

Overall Experience 3.3

Custer blue bell campground

Great place, quiet, lots of activities for adults and kids

Pedro
8/19/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.6

Great value, would stay again!

We stayed in one of the basic cabins. At $60 a night, I felt it was an incredible value. This was a 2 night stop on a week long road trip. It was so nice to be able to skip setting up a tent for a reasonable price. The cabin was clean and that is all we were hoping for! The bathrooms were also the cleanest we encountered out of all the campgrounds we stayed at. Our cabin had the bonus of a being the furthest in the back so we had a lot of privacy which was really nice. The store was close we could restock ice or do laundry when needed. The washing machines could use some cleaning. That would be my only complaint. I would definitely stay here again!

danieg04
8/18/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Game Lodge Site 40E

Facilities 5.0

Our stay in Custer Park

Our stay at Grant Coolidge campground was awesome. I was able to get the ADA spot so I had electric for my oxygen concentrator and was close to bathroom and showers. Everything was very clean and everyone was very nice.

Flora Ramirez
8/16/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Love Custer State Park

Game Lodge camp ground is always beautiful and well cared for.

Trl
8/15/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

We were excited for the first family vacation we were able to have in 7 years, but it was ruined by motorcycles everywhere we went. The loud engines from early in the morning until late at night scared all the wildlife away and ruined the forest experience. The animal loop was pretty much empty. I get that the Sturgis rally is a huge boost for the local economy, but maybe there could be rules, or at least strong suggestions about when and where motorcycles are allowed. Especially the really loud ones.

Chrf David
8/10/2025

We had a great time in a quiet campground, except for the sound of kid's playing, and that was music to our ears.

JDM-MN
8/6/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Great experience for our 2ns night in SD

We were in spot GL44E, which was a back-in spot perfectly level for our class B van. Restrooms were spotless, and we chose to use the showers instead of our van. While the campground was full, we felt we were secluded from others.

GWagner
8/5/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

July 2025 Horse Camp Review

We stayed at French Creek Horse Camp. Beautiful campground and you cant beat the equestrian trails. Clean facilities too. On l y drawback is the number of side by sides, 4 wheelers and motorcycles constantly buzzing through camp. The camp is supposed to be for people with horses only however, there was a toy hauler camping there with atvs and no horses. This was a major concern.

Lucy
8/5/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Services 4.2

Facilities 3.9

Great time

Traveling Texan
8/5/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Wonderful campground!

The bathrooms are kept incredibly clean. I was impressed with the campground host & other attendants' attention to the campground's cleanliness and safety, making many rounds throughout the campground every day. Stockade South is definitely worth fighting the awful GoOutdoorsSD app & website to make a reservation.

Meredith
8/4/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Fabulous in every way my family had an amazing time

Andrew
7/31/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.2

Facilities 4.3

Ain't no place like the Black Hills!

Our third visit to Custer State Park, and it is still a perfect place to use as a basecamp to all of the Black Hills. Stockade Lake is a short drive to the various attractions, and is right next door to supplies in Custer. I'll be back. The only negative is that the only dump station is a bit of a drive away, over at the start of the wildlife loop. Wee wish there was a dump station more closely located (or full hookups). Thanks.

WestCoastWanderer
7/31/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.4

Family Tradition

The prices are going up to fast for locals to afford it. That is unfortunate and disappointing. We love our state parks but it is not the same value it had been. Please stop increasing the costs.

AJ
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 4.3

Facilities 4.9

Tree

We always enjoy our stay at Legion Lake campground. This year we were in site 14 which was definitely not our favorite. We had to have our camper in a certain spot to get the slide out on one side, which prevented us from getting out awning out on the other. It won’t prevent us from going back. I already have my two reservations for next year, but we won’t reserve 14, again. It’s just not a good fit for our camper, which is only average size.

Camperks
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 4.7

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.4

Excellent host

Vill
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Will be coming back!

I stayed at the Stockade Lake North Campground in a tent and loved it!! The site was clean as well at the bathrooms/ showers. All the campers we interacted with (mostly RV) were friendly! We had some deer visit our site in the early morning and could hear coyotes during the night. The staff person who checked us in was so nice and helpful. So much to do around the area!!

Mr. Meep
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.6

Campsite review

Campsite was smaller than anticipated… almost too small. Back area of campsite was unmoved and riddled with poison ivy.

Jim B
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 3.3

Services 3.5

Facilities 3.3

Camp Site Review

Good reservation experience, but was misled as to campsite location. Campsite was riddled with poison ivy. Campsite was smaller and tight for my tent.

Jim B
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 3.3

Services 3.5

Facilities 2.4

We Love Game Lodge Campground

Lori Ask
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

adventures in SD

outstanding state park; scenic, wildlife, facilities, history, The hiking was wonderful and the wildlife loop and visitor centers were outstanding. Staff and volunteers very helpful and friendly. Hope to return in the future.

tomdetz
7/30/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Little Slice of Heaven

This was our third time staying at the Blue Bell Campground Camping Cabins, and Custer State Park keeps drawing us back. The park is stunning, the cabins are comfortable, and there are tons of activities for the whole family to enjoy. We spent time at the lake, hiked Cathedral Spires and Black Elk Peak, and did the Wildlife Loop twice. We were pleasantly surprised to find a new playground installed at the campground—our 6-year-old loved it and used it regularly, along with many of the other kids staying there. The staff are friendly and work hard to keep the grounds clean. A few upgrades we’d love to see at Blue Bell in the future include: trough-style sinks for dishwashing and updated bathhouses that don’t require a fan running constantly to dry the floors.

Obberss
7/28/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Services 4.4

Facilities 3.9

Game Lodge Campground July 2025 Review

Great Hosts, Facilities and very clean. Laundy within the campground was reasonably priced, worked. The reason for a 2 in safety / security was that an adult male with 2 girls was in the lady's bathroom. The bathroom stalls and showers have huge gaps (up to 2 inches) in them at the Game Lodge Campground where you can see someone undressed for showers or using the toilet. The man did not see using women's bathroom as an issue. The mother said she told him to use the bathroom because she did not feel comfortable with the girls using the men's bathroom and her husband doesn't look..... Fixing the gaps or having family restrooms would help resolve this concern.

July Review
7/28/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.5

Nice Visit

South Dakota Sprinter
7/28/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great Stay

Everything was neat and clean. The grass was green with all the rain they have received. The bathrooms were spotless for the 6 days we stayed. The only negatives are that some spots have the fire pit on the back side of the camper and many spots are uneven requiring a lot of leveling of the camper.

East River SD Family
7/27/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.3

Great time!

Unhappy Camper
7/26/2025

Overall Experience 2.0

Services 5.0

Excellent website!

Great camp site. Was concerned about dry cabins but water was nearby and staff was helpful making sure the stay was enjoyable.

BearHD
7/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.2

We will be back

Lindsay from Texas
7/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Weekend stay

Wilhelmina Grace
7/25/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great Stay

Badger Tom
7/24/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Wonderful, Above Average Experience

Been to many parks across the west and these were very nice. Clean, more than sufficient facilities. Well kept and intact environment. Sleeping creekside was awesome and provided some acoustic cover for inevitable noisy neighbors.

Cale M
7/24/2025

Campsite was clean. The shower dressing areas were always full of sand. It would be nice to have a porous mat for people to step on while they dress after a shower. Your website for reservations stinks. It’s not user friendly. Don’t know where to go to find a place.

Camper Gal
7/9/2025

Overall Experience 3.3

Services 2.3

Lastvisit for awhile, until prices are more affordable

Nice cabins, we got in on last years pricing for the cabins. Before everything double entry pass last year $34 to $60 dollars this year, and cabin prices and out of state reservations increased. Which makes staying elsewhere cheaper. Enjoy custer state park go at least 1-2 times a year, but will be taking a break from visiting the park until prices come down.

Last visit until prices come down
7/9/2025

Overall Experience 3.3

Services 2.6

Facilities 3.1

Beautiful park!!

Beautiful state park!! We stayed at Stockade South and it was awesome! Bathrooms were clean and the campground host was very helpful.

Custer
7/9/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Nice stay enjoy like many years in the pass, but last can't afford new rates.

Last visit until out of state prices come down.
7/9/2025

Overall Experience 3.3

Services 3.0

Facilities 2.8

Wonderful Camp Hosts!

Stayed in Sylvan Lake for one night. Close proximity to the lake and the camp hosts were so friendly and very helpful! Would stay there again just because of their hospitality!

Amber B
7/9/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

5 night stay in Game Lodge Campground in a 5th wheel. Nothing short of excellent. Very well kept site, easy to park and set up. Campground host available for questions at check in. Friendly park staff checked on us morning of day 2 to ensure everything was ok, answer any questions and offer suggestions for things to do in the park and beyond. Definitely recommend.

KNK13
7/1/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Best State Park Experience

Custer State Park has the most variety in landscape and activities we’ve experienced in a state park, having visited many in the Midwest and beyond. We were astonished by the landscape, particularly Needles Hwy, Sylvan Lake and Sunday Gulch, and the wildlife loop. We were impressed by the free programming with opportunities to rock climb and learn archery for kids and adults. Our kids got to try horseback riding and are begging to do the longer trips out of Bluebell Stables next time. The thrill of finding bison and other animals like sheep, goats and eagles will be a forever memory for our kids and family. We will absolutely plan another long trip for this park. We saw so much but feel like we could spend another few weeks and have completely new and exciting experiences. The staff was wonderful, and naturalist Anna particularly made the experiences special for our kids.

HitchAndWander
7/1/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

When making a reservation online, there is no way to get my disabled veterans discount without emailing after the reservation

hammy
6/27/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.3

Great environment but questionable host

The environment was wonderful and the bathrooms clean. The male camp host was the only issue I had. He totally disregards women. I was the one who made the reservation but would not speak to me or even look at me. He appeared narcissistic to me and should have more respect for women.

JoyLyn
6/26/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Services 3.3

Facilities 4.6

Absolutely wonderful!

We stayed in one of the camping cabins at Blue Bell, and we were so impressed! The cabin had plenty of room for the 5 of us (myself, husband, and 3 children ages 10, 12 & 14) as well as our belongings. It was clean, and the mattresses were fairly comfortable (they are camping cabin mattresses but I was pleasantly surprised). The heat & air conditioning were a huge bonus. The view from our little deck was beautiful! Bathrooms were always clean, and the general store was convenient with excellent customer service. Every park employee we encountered was friendly and helpful. Highly recommend!

Mom of 3
6/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Beautiful!!!

Cathie
6/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Visit

Jh
6/26/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Center Lake Camping

Liked the park, lake is wonderful...just got annoyed by the constant generator noise from the spot next to us.

SDCamper
6/26/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 4.0

Sylvan Lake Campground

Services 4.3

Facilities 4.0

fun time

grumpysgt
6/24/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

No cell service

There is very limited to no cell service at the Sylvan Lake, Campground and Lodge. This is totally unacceptable and unsafe. I have elderly parents and children that may need to reach me. I was very uncomfortable camping there without the ability to contact or be connected to family in case of emergency. I was also unable to get up-to-date information about the weather and there was a severe hail storm while we were there. In this day and age, you MUST provide a adequate degree of cell and data coverage at the campground and lodge area. It is crazy. Please improve the cell service in the Sylvan Lake area. Cost should not be an object to providing safe and adequate cell and data service to your patrons at the state park. The technology exists ti do this today. We have camped at much more remote state parks all throughout this country and have always had good self service at the campgrounds. Many people we met at the campground also had the same complaint. Several said they would return because of this. I will not return until you are able to provide safe and adequate ability for communications at the campground.

G
6/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.6

camp cabins

Wonderful State Park. Everything was awesome about this trip. Camping cabins are set up very well. Restrooms and showers were very clean and convenient. so many things to see and do in Custer.

Happy Camper
6/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Custer in June

Rufus
6/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.6

Facilities 4.4

Custer SP

MDA
6/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

butte

hal
6/23/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Great Stay!

ah23
6/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Sylvan Lake and Bluebell stay

We stayed a total of 6 nights camping, three at Sylvan Lake and three nights at Blue Bell. The camp hosts at Sylvan Lake were extremely friendly and helpful and the facilities clean. These 2 campgrounds were the perfect mix for our weeklong stay, with Sylvan near great kayaking at Sylvan Lake and hiking at Cathedral Spires as well as the scenic drives on Needles and Iron Mountain roads. Blue Bell was great because of proximity to the wildlife loop and also Wind Cave NP. We did the chuckwagon hayride and dinner from Blue Bell and greatly enjoyed it. A wonderful stay all around.

CCG
6/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Wonderful vacation

We stayed at French Creek Horse camp. The campground was beautiful and so well maintained, horse trails amazing and camp host (Kathy) was extremely accommodating and friendly.

Guest from Iowa
6/22/2025

Overall Experience 1.0

Services 4.3

Facilities 3.7

Cabin Camping

We stayed in a cabin at the Game Lodge campgrounds. I was very nice. The small pond has a nice beach and swim area. The playground is also nice. My grandkids really liked both.

Sam
6/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Great visit

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Blue Bell

The couple from MN that replaced our broken shade were very kind and friendly. A+ for them. Please thank them. The only downside was screaming kids all weekend. I wish something could be done about the volume in the campsite but parents need to learn to discipline their kids and keep them quiet.

JoyLyn
6/17/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 4.7

Facilities 2.8

Game Lodge Campground is the best

Nozllman
6/17/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Amazing Amenities!

Champ!
6/17/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Nice, quiet campground

Everything in park was great. Website for booking is a little clumsy and takes so.e time to figure out

Gchackett
6/17/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.7

Custer stay

We enjoyed our short stay at the park. Everything was as expected. We will be returning for a longer stay.

ALC
6/16/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

SD flagship park ?

location, scenic views, cleanliness, wildlife are all faves

deadwood
6/15/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Exceptional Stay!

LabradorMomma
6/14/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great place

The park is beautiful. Went to a talk at visitors’ center- interesting. Loved the chuck wagon dinner- music and food were fantastic!

DBC
6/14/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Wonderful Stay!

Sylvan Lake Campground was beautiful. Our site was in great shape, close enough to the bathrooms for a quick walk but far enough away to avoid traffic. Plenty of space between sites, leveled tent pads, and clean showers. The trail to the lake is an easy hike for those wanting to avoid the typical traffic there.

ClanTomlin
6/14/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

JJ
6/13/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Very Nice

We made use of the camper cabin and included a tent next to the cabin at the Game Lodge campground. The park is in nice condition. The campground host stopped by right away to see to it we were the right people. After that, they did not bother us unless we talked to them. There was a minor problem in the men's comfort station. I mentioned it to the host one evening and when I used the facility the next morning it was already taken care of. This campground has a nice location and is quiet at night.

duggersd
6/12/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.0

Favorite Site in the Hills

Center Lake is our favorite place to stay when we want to get away from it all. It is so peaceful there are everyone is super friendly. Definitely a place to check out if you are in the area.

MBoock
6/12/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

favorite place

I got my dates mixed up and arrived a day early on accident. The camp host was so kind and helped me get registered and into the last site they had remaining. The other hosts came around and introduced themselves to us and were incredibly nice as well. They truly made our experience better just by doing that! You seldom find that in parks anymore. The park was clean, safe and well attended to. Thank you for another fantastic stay!!!

Meshellmybell
6/9/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Your parking/camp hosts are the absolute best. They talked me through modifying my reservation and were completely delightful. Everything was super clean. Can’t wait to visit again.

TheHuskyPhoebe
6/8/2025

Services 2.7

Great campground and park

This state park is a gem. Close to Mount Rushmore and Wind Cave National parks. The campground was very well maintained. The bathrooms were clean and well stocked and had free showers! The wildlife loop did not disappoint. Highly recommended!

Tennessee mom
6/7/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.7

Incredible place

Staying in the park means being closer to the hikes and the incredible scenic drives. Constant presence by rangers and hosts meant quiet nights and clean campgrounds. With the exception of when the trash truck came at 6:30am to empty the camp dumpster at Stockade North. Sites are level enough and spaced apart well enough. There are 2 dump stations in the park, neither of them are convenient for staying at Sylvan or Stockade lakes. Bathrooms were surprisingly clean and free of odors.

M&M
6/7/2025

Overall Experience 1.0

Very nice state park, great campsite in Blue Bell. Very clean, campsites were spread out. Washrooms clean and well ventilated. Easy drive to Mt. Rushmore and Crazy Horse. Wildlife Loop was gorgeous. Camp hosts were lock belt people .Will definitely stay again

Services 4.7

Facilities 4.5

Nice surprise

Cal Bear
5/27/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Blue Belle Campground: A great campground, especially for kids!

John M
5/27/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Legion lake best stay ever

Our camp host helped us and took the extra effort to readjust our trip a 5 star host performance

Up north
5/27/2025

Overall Experience 4.5

Services 4.5

Facilities 4.5

Custer is a must visit state Park!

This was one of the cleanest well maintained state parks we have ever been to. The facilities were top notch. The hosts were friendly and helpful. The trails were beautiful and well marked. The wildlife was amazing. The restrooms were probably the best we have ever encountered (including commercial parks)

Fulltimer
5/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 3.3

My Favorite Place!

We stayed in Grace Coolidge Campground. I was pleasantly surprised by the small size of the campground. Plus we had a bath house and a wonderful Host named Debbie.

Love camping
5/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Nice and well kept

We came expecting minimal facilities, we were wrong. Back in site, available firewood, electric hookup, clean bathrooms and the other campers were respectful of each other. Very nice stay.

Smith caravel
5/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Best park we’ve ever been to. Super clean, no gross bathrooms covered in bugs, staff was absorber where and super help and kind. Playgrounds, buildings, campsites, roads, lodges were all maintained to an amazing standard. Met so many awesome people who worked there and other campers. It was amazing!

Two Crazy Boys and a Pup
5/24/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Lovely time

We spent one night in the only available spot left in the park. The site was fine. Second and third nights I made reservations at 6 am. We got a spot that someone was a no show. We ventured over to looked at it and it was empty so we moved right away! Great spot. Pretty level. Very very quiet spot! Just what we needed! Too bad they didn’t call reservations and let them know we could have had all 3 nights in one spot! This park is amazing. So much to do and see! I would highly recommend off season visits if you want to see the baby’s!

Nana D
5/23/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 4.7

Facilities 5.0

Enjoyed Every Minute

I stayed at Blue Bell Campground at a well maintained campsite. The ladies running the general store were cheerful and helpful. The scenic drives on Iron Mtn Rd and Needles Highway were extraordinary.

Chloe Stella
5/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.8

One of my favorite places

Custer is one of my favorite places to vacation. All the park staff are friendly and helpful. You won't find a better state park.

Amison
5/22/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Sarah
5/19/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Fantastic place!

T
5/18/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Great park but improvements would help

If you’re an out of stater, they’re definitely going to hit you up for more money on camping. That’s fine but on top of the Park fee it gets a little excessive at more than $50 a day. There is only one dump station in the entire Custer State Park according to the website, although there is actually a second one on the loop Road very close. In any event way too few for seven or eight campgrounds and too far to drive. Also, way too many campgrounds were closed in mid May. I urge them to open up the parks given the demand..

Dgv11
5/18/2025

Overall Experience 3.8

Beautiful campground, creek runs thru it, buffalo roamed right outside the fence. Great bathrooms/showers. Cold drinking water available.

Tim Ox
5/14/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Great visit

Gustof Sweringin
5/13/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 3.4

Facilities 3.8

Fun in the Custer State Park

Spent two nights at the Game Lodge campground which is a great setting and even had a few bull bison visit the day we left. Facilities are fantastic with everything you would possibly need. The online reservation system was glitchy and slow which meant I had to call to find a campsite.

Camping Man
5/13/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

We Were Truly Ripped OFF! $35.00 Camp Fee, $10.00 Out of State Fee, Then To Really Break it Off in Our Rear, They Required A Week Entry Fee of $25.00 (when we only stay one night) Total We Paid For One Night - $70.00 Ridiculous!!! And We Will Complain in Writing plus Broadcast it on All Social Media!!!

Tammy
5/4/2025

Overall Experience 3.0

Services 3.6

Facilities 3.0

Most wonderful experience

If you love peacefulness, beauty and wildlife, this is the most constant place to visit/camp. The rolling hills with ochre, sage and green hills are so beautiful. Bridges and curved roads add so much excitement to the drive. The Wildlife Drive is always rewarding. Access to side roads leads to so much wildlife viewing it can't be missed.

Donkeydriver
5/4/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.4

Hunting Stay

Turkey Hunter
5/1/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Great stay

Friendly, helpful campground hosts! Beautiful area

DD
4/30/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Such a nice place!

Just all around nice Park! Clean, well appointed bathrooms /shower houses. Great streams close by & walking paths too. There’s a super playground for the kids. Laundry is seasonal so we had to travel to Hermosa for that. Hosts were very nice & helpful.

StellaGirl145
4/30/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Great camping spot

Camping spots were well taken care of and groomed. Camp host was friendly. Easy access to many surrounding sites and wildlife. Bathrooms were large and clean. Showers were the best!

CamperLady
4/29/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.7

Lifechanging experience

We've traveled all over the country in our RV.And this is the most spectacular park we have ever visited due to the extensive wildlife encounters we experienced. Everything Was immaculately maintained And we are coming back for another two weeks as soon as we finish the Bad Lands.

Dynamax Dave
4/29/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Very nice campground and staff

JohnB
4/28/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Wonder except for one thing

It was great except for the ants coming into the camper cabin.

CampingwithRod
4/28/2025

Overall Experience 3.3

Services 4.0

Facilities 3.5

Wonderful stay

Darby
4/27/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

A Must See stop on your family vacation

We stayed at the Legion Lake Campground. It is located across from Legion Lake. The bathrooms are clean and heated. There are 3 free showers in the women’s bathroom. The trail around Legion Lake is easy and beautiful. We enjoyed the roads with the tunnels, scrambling around on boulders, hiking around Sylvan Lake, and hiking the Little Devil’s Tower trail. We also enjoyed touring Jewell Cave. Custer State Park is beautiful!

Rachel
4/26/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Last minute pre-season

Chandler's roommate
4/25/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Custer game lodge campground

Fergy
4/24/2025

Overall Experience 4.8

Facilities 4.0

Too many dogs

Love CSP and have come here for Easter for many years - great views, few people and lots of family time. This year, somehow went from no pets in camping cabins to everyone bring pets - barking, evidence of not cleaning up and had to go to town to get allergy meds. We don’t have little kids using playground, but happy we didn’t, as that seemed to be where pet-owners wouldn’t bring baggies.

WisconsinPaddler
4/23/2025

Overall Experience 4.3

Services 5.0

Facilities 4.5

One of the best

Custer State Park has so much wildlife. We saw bison, mule deer, white tailed deer, marmots, proghorn deer, burrow,. They were all along the wildlife trail. The bison were even in the campsites! What an experience! We were able to take our dog hiking everywhere! The camp host was so helpful. The campsite was flat and clean. We could have stayed a week but had other places to go.

Roof top tent
4/20/2025

Overall Experience 5.0

Services 5.0

Facilities 5.0

Beautiful place

Services 4.7

Facilities 5.0

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Thanksgiving

Game Lodge cabin stay

It went smoothly

Wonderful campsite

Private Bison Jams

GL32E

1 night

Beautiful fall

Great

Hike

Great Experience!

Blue Bell Stay

Great stay

Buffalo Round-Up

Clean and quiet!

Never Disappointed

Month in S. Dakota

Hazy but great hiking weather

Good Camping Experience

Hidden gem

Custer State Park Campgrounds

Custer

Stunning park

Wonderful State Park

Beautiful park, beautiful campground

Stockade Lake weekend

Simple and comfortable

JUST OVERNIGHT

dump stations

Closing it down

A Wonderful Experience

Custet Week

reservation fix

Custer park

Always Amazing!

Wonderful park

Love this place

Beautiful park and campground

Fall trip to Custer

GL Camping

Great stay at Custer State Park

Best Campground Ever

Custer State Park Fall trip

Exceptional State Park

Summer to Remember

Review

Happy Camper

Perfect Cabin and Location

Wonderful experience

Great campground & staff

Carping

Fall escape

Heaven

Enjoyed French Creek

Best State Park in US!

Fabulous!

Fall Vacation in Custer State Park

Custer SP - Stockade Lake North

SOUTH DAKOTA experience

Custer Family Camping at Blue Bell

Great Experience

Nice Campground

Custer State Park Newbie

10/10 for Custer State Park. Make time to drive the wildlife loop

Quiet Fall Site

Custer State Park

Custer State Park

PARK LIFE

Awesome

Impeccable

I loved this campground!

camp

Amazing Campground!

One of the best state parks

Happy Camper

Beautiful

Our return to Custet

One of the best state parks in the 49 states I’ve camped in!

Awesome spiritual vaca