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Great location and host

The location is great for feeling part of the hills. Came out for Bike week and everything was clean and ready. Parking for Motorcycles is rough and could use leveling. The area is clean and quiet. Love the store and lodge for easy and good products. 4 years coming out to Custer and Blue Bell is one of my favorites
 Reddresser2018
8/18/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Stockade Lake North

The park is great and very clean. I have always had great experiences throughout the park. This was my first time tent camping at Stockade Lake North (at an electricity site, not a tent specific site). I did not know in advance that the ground was so rocky. Our site only had one place that was close to flat enough for the 3-person tent. The ground was too rocky (beneath the top layer of soil) to actually get stakes into the ground. It wasn’t too windy, so we didn’t have any problems. I just won’t use a tent in an electric site at this specific campground or recommend that to others. Everything else was perfect!
 Screener
8/17/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.4

Ruined the experience and ambiance

We camped in French Creek and found that Lame Johnny road is now a major thoroughfare for tourists as well as the park's Jeep Safari tour. The spoed limit is 10mph and the safari tour jeeps were flying through camp. We yelled for them to slow down and the driver practically flipped us off, just waved his hand at us as if to say "shut up". We are tgere with our pets, children and equine. Those jeeps come through multiple times a day, stirring up dust and zippjng past our animals. Rude, inconsiderate and completely ruined the ambiance of vacationing in the Black Hills. I won't be back.
 Rhoda
8/17/2026
Overall Experience  3.0
Services  3.0
Facilities  3.8

Wrong time of year!

We booked this as a stop on a larger trip including many other states and national parks. We've camped at this park in the past and had fond memories of the place. We later realized that the time was overlapping the Sturgis motorcycle event. By then it was too late to change the plans, but we thought that we might be far enough away from Sturgis to avoid the big crowds. Boy were we wrong! Custer SP seemed like the epicenter of activity. The Needles Highway is located directly next to the campground and was being ridden non-stop all day by the very loud Harleys. I'm a motorcycle rider myself, so I have nothing against motorcycles, but so many of these guys have straight pipes with no mufflers and often they blast loud music while riding. It's very disturbing for the guests of the park. Fortunately they did stop after dark. But this excess traffic made the road almost impassible, or at least not a pleasant experience for autos during this time. We felt trapped in the campground and unable to actually explore or enjoy the park as we have during previous visits. Finally, the visitor center, restaurants and gift shops were completely inaccessible for those in cars as all the parking was roped-off only for bikers. This experience during Sturgis is so unlike the rest of the summer, it should specifically be noted on the reservation system with different prices and a warning. We ended up departing from our reservation early (as did many others) who didn't realize how bad it would be. The reservation system should also mention that the Sylvan Lake Campground has NO dump station and no campfire rings.
 Basecamper
8/17/2026
Overall Experience  3.7
Services  3.0
Facilities  2.0

Beautiful Park

We had a great time in the park but I took this survey to tell you how back the reservation system is compared to other states. 1. You shouldn't have to make an account to see availability. 2. You definitely don't need the last 4 digits of my SSN. 3. The mobile version is really buggy. If you put in the wrong phone number for the code it doesn't let you go back and change it, then says you've maxed out your attempts. Also it will get stuck saying you haven't filled our all the required fields when you did. This wasn't an issue on the laptop but when traveling making a reservation via phone is important.
 Jennap0586
8/17/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.8

Best state park I’ve visited, campground and shower houses were amazing, but campsite was sub par and unsafe.

 Camper1
8/17/2026
Overall Experience  3.3
Services  4.8

RV camping

Best State Park I have visited. Lot to see and do. Very well kept. Professional run
 Naturaloak
8/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Fun

Please keep your prices of cabins reasonable so families can enjoy the park
 Hd
8/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great stay

 Brook
8/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Beuatiful location, facilities clean but need to be upgraded

CSP is a gem; 77000 acres wild life preserve. It is by far the most visited state park in SD. Which means it brings in the most revenue of all the state parks. But its facilities, while clean, are not up to the standard set by the facilites on the east side of the state. These less visited and therefore less revenue generating parks have far superior comfort stations. Years aga, CSP kept its own revenue and was able to maintain its infrastructure. That changed when leadership saw the cash flow and started siphoning off funds to support other parks.
 Wolfy
8/16/2026
Overall Experience  3.5
Services  4.3
Facilities  3.0

Great experience

 Rgu
8/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great site

 Erin
8/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful!

The Game Lodge Campground was centrally located- making it easy to explore the park. State Game Lodge was walking distance to the campground for easy meal access (if needed). The facilities were very nice, great water pressure in the showers, and very clean! My main gripe was something I hadn’t thought about, which is why I wanted to mention here. I chose a campsite that was along the creek (29). Not thinking about minimal rain fall, the creek was essentially dry and the left behind mud and nearly still water that remained had a very distinct smell. My second night it actually smelt like something had died. I do have a really sensitive nose, so writing this more for others who are the same. It didn’t effect me too much as I was only really there to sleep, but if you are planning on spending extended periods of time I would not book a site next to the creek late in summer. Another important thing to note- the tent slabs had very compact dirt making it difficult to get my stakes in. I had to get creative and use rocks to help keep my tent up, which would have collapsed without stakes. Other than that I loved it and miss it already!
 Chaz
8/15/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Mouse ran up the tilted clock

Most of the sites at this campground were extremely unlevel. There was no way to tell this from the website or from a map application. I saw some RV's raised up to about a foot on one side. For the rates that this park is charging, I would expect considerable grading of the sites to make them close to level. Be prepared for mice! We caught 9 in 2 nights. That's a record for us and we have been camping for 6 years. The campground is nicely wooded but that also means trimming trees of dead "widow maker" limbs which needs to be done. The campground was quiet and the bathrooms were clean. The shower head in the handicap shower stall in the men's bathroom needs to be repaired. Note that there is not a dump station at this campground and not a convenient one close.
 Arizonaboys
8/15/2026
Overall Experience  3.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.0

First Camping Trip — Custer Did Not Disappoint

Custer State Park was the perfect place for my first camping adventure! The park is absolutely beautiful, and there is so much to see and explore. I loved being surrounded by the Black Hills, wildlife, and incredible scenery everywhere I went. I was traveling and camping with my German Shepherd, Mina, and really appreciated being able to have her along for the adventure. Being a first-time camper, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect, but the experience definitely made me want to camp again. Even with a few adventures along the way—including some weather and smoke—it was still an amazing trip and one I'll always remember. I would absolutely visit Custer State Park again. Beautiful scenery, peaceful surroundings, and a pretty incredible place to discover that, apparently, I'm a camper now. ??
 Iowa Visitor
8/14/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Amazing

This camping spot was a dream. So clean and nice. Lots of space and shade. Wasn’t close to other campers. The camp host was so amazing and nice.
 Hanbear8
8/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great experience

 SapphireCat83
8/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful site, but lots of pests

The site was excellent. Quiet. Clean. Beautiful. But there was a major mouse and wasp problem. It created an atmosphere that made me leave early. I barely slept the second night as mice and other critters bombarded my RV. It was very unpleasant.
 Stoliver
8/13/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

We love it here

 Lori Ask
8/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great Park

 Happy Camper
8/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great experience with one suggestion

Loved staying in the bluebell lodge campground! One suggestion, Please put a cover over the light to the restrooms so that the light sheds downward and not in all directions. We had the light shining right in the window we used to observe the stars and the light came right in.
 GeoJen
8/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great time at Custer Park

 Michigander 51
8/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Highly Recommended

 Skeye
8/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Stockade south

The couple that is the park resident in Stockade South were awesome don’t know their names but do know they are from Fla and work there 6 months.They were so helpful with where to ride and see the animals and keeping the campsites clean.
 Wolf
8/11/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

August French Creek Equine camp stay

Love that there are covered stalls for horses and water near horse pens. Wish that the horse trail maps were consistent. We received a trail map from Park Ranger and a different one at the check in on the wildlife loop. Maps are not accurate - at least on the Heddy Draw trail a trail is shown on both maps that loops back to the over look. Can see the trail at the over look but, when going left, we were unable to find the trail that went back to the overlook shown on the map. Distance on the maps is off a bit. One map shows slightly different names of trails. Sawmill Trail vs Heddy Draw trail. Can be a bit confusing. The downloadable trails app was not useful in my opinion for equine trails. Overall, we did not get lost with use of the paper maps and my Gaia trails app. We did have to circle back on the Heddy Draw trail since we couldn't find the cut off loop and didn't want the longer ride that day. Also, could not find the Robbers Roost Trail shown on one map, trail shown on another but not labeled; trail kept disappearing and we finally gave up on trying to find it. Only reason for 4 stars vs 5 is for a new comer to the area, it was tough trying to find and follow trails with two different maps and trails that weren't clearly marked. Bath house was incredibly clean and well maintained. Kudos to staff for keeping the park and facilities clean and campers well advised regarding campfires and wildlife.
 KSfromIowa
8/11/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8
Facilities  4.5

Excellent park

Very easy to book, excellent facilities. Camped at game lodge for 2 days and transferred over to sylvan for the 3rd night. Wildlife loop was amazing. Will forever remember the beautiful sunsets and the kind people. Clean and well maintained. Maybe the best park we’ve ever camped at.
 FamilyfromNJ
8/11/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Blue Bell Campground

Custer is always great. We stayed in the small bunk cabins at Blue Bell Campground. Everything was excellent. My only criticism is they desperately need another bathroom/shower stall or 2 for the bunk cabin area. There were several times over our 4 nights that people were waiting either the shower/bathroom stalls. They were always clean but need more of them.
 FamFromIA
8/10/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Great experience

 G clan
8/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

BB21e

Lot was very unlevel. Could not level unit up at all. Others had the same issue. Visited with camp hosts about the issue which he acknowledged should be better.(very friendly people).
 Wyonel
8/10/2026
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  5.0

French Creek

Beautiful park. The hills are the best! You will not be disappointed.
 Freda
8/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Best Time Ever

Park Hosts were friendly and helpful, Rest rooms and bath house were clean and well kept.
 GMAN
8/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Wonderful park!

We camped at the Game Lodge Campground with our two boys (5 and 8) and had a wonderful experience. The campsite was right by a creek the boys found tadpoles and crawdads in and watched little otters play. There is a beach and a playground they loved. The bathrooms were clean and you’re so close to so many other cool attractions like Wind Cave, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse, and Keystone! The people at the education center, visitor center, and the volunteers who drove around the campsite were so kind and a wealth of knowledge! 15/10!
 Mkd
8/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Legion Lake Campground

Nice and big sites. Bathrooms and showers were very clean. Camp host was very kind and helpful. Quick walk to Legion Lake and Legion Lake Lodge. *you might need two hoses to access potable water
 Yages32
8/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Really Cool Campground

Nice campground overall. Close to many scenic drives and hikes and all the Black Hills towns. It is on the smaller side and right next to Needles Hwy so expect some road noise and less privacy. Hot water in the showers was hit or miss and folks don't tend to follow the 11pm - 6am quite hours.
 Mitch0769
8/8/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.2
Facilities  3.6

Best Stay of our trip

We stayed in Stockade South Campground. Experience could not have been better. Clean campground and bathroom. Clearly posted signage, friendly and helpful staff. I accidentally did not book the amount of days i needed at another campsite at Sheridan Lake, so this was a last minute one day stay. It was one of the only campsites available for the day. We were so thrilled to arrive. Everything about it surpassed Sheridan tenfold. The tent only section was incredible. Set off in the back by the trail that followed the cliff overlooking the lake. We set up and not 5 minutes later 3 mother deer and their fawns were 20 feet away grazing. Then 3 turkeys. Then an eagle flew overhead. Kathy came by to check us in, very easy process. She was delightful and also warmed by all of the wildlife. Bathrooms were extremely clean with a fan constantly going to keep the floors dry by the showers. Not booking a campsite for the monday of our trip was the happiest mistake that i made during our trip! We plan to come back to South Stockade Lake campground again just to soak it all up. Thank you for such a great experience in such a short period of time.
 Loved our campground
8/8/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Great Family Getaway

The cabin was perfect for our family of five. The restroom and shower facilities were very clean. The campground host we encountered was very friendly.
 MNMom84
8/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

A perfect trip

Traveling solo with my dog I found this a very friendly and easy trip. Everything from the shower houses to the trails were very well kept and maintained. The cabin rates were very reasonable and comfortable. My doggo and I spent lots of time hiking and exploring. Shhh dont tell Colorado youre my new favorite place.
 Schnauzer mom
8/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Trip

 Palo
8/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Picturesque trip

We camped at the quaint Grade Coolidge campground in site 9, an electric pull off site next to the babbling creek. Great shade and hammock trees. This was a small, quiet campground with fairly easy access to the super clean restrooms. It was a great central location to all the sights the park has to offer. We did so much, but still so much more to do. There is no Internet signal with Verizon at this campground so time to unplug. Have your plans/maps ready ahead of time.
 Bee4
8/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.9

Excellent

Stayed in Grace Coolidge tent sites. They were fantastic. Excellent tent pads, down below the road for some privacy. Had a creek running behind. Plenty to do around the park from excellent fishing and hiking nearby. Perfectly clean restrooms with flush toilets.
 MrAnderson
8/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Grace Coolidge

Fabulous campground. Clean restrooms and easy access to all of Custer Park activities.
 Kings Kastle
8/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.0

Blue Bell Stay

 Robertson
8/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Fantastic Experience

 DRG
8/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Time

 Happy Campers
8/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Game Lodge CG

Custer State Park has nice campgrounds, just sad that SD residents have to book out a year to get a site
 Gonzo
8/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

camping at Sylvan lake

We stayed in the tent campsite 26, which was a fantastic site with lots of privacy. The only thing that would have made it better is if there were a water spigot near the site at the end of the loop. Instead, for washing dishes and whatnot, we had to haul buckets of water from the bathroom for washing dishes, which was a bit of a hike.
 happycamper
8/4/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Klp

 Klp
8/4/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

We Love Blue Bell!

We love it at Blue Bell. It is a quiet campground in the heart of CSP. Facilities are clean and well kept and campground hosts have always been friendly.
 Happy Campers
8/3/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.5
Facilities  5.0

Custer Visit

We stayed with 3 other families at Stockade Lake South Campground. There was a lot of open space for our kids to run around and play. The campground was very quiet and people were respectful of one another's campsites. The bathrooms were very clean and it was nice to have showers at the campground. We loved being just down the street from Stockade Lake. The only thing I would say needs improvement is the location of the fire pits. They should be moved to an area that is a bit farther away from the tents and campers. Some of the picnic tables need to be replaced. The metal picnic tables are certain sites were really nice. Overall we loved our trip to this campground and look forward to coming back.
 26 Custer Visit
8/3/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.0

Days of calm

Having never been to Custer State Park, we weren't sure what to expect. Reviews and stories online give you an image, but the actual experience is like no other. From the drive in to Bluebell Campground and getting stuck behind a herd of buffalo to a campsite full of respectful, clean and quiet campers, it was a win from the get go. The campground hosts, stopped by within a few hours of us setting up our tent and reviewed a few guidelines and offered advice on trails for us to explore. With only two days to do so, we opted for Black Elk Peak and an afternoon at Sylvan Lake. Both were exactly what the soul needed. In between, we did explore Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse & the Wildlife Loop. Not wanting to pack our days too full, this light itinerary kept us engaged, but relaxed. We will certainly be back!
 Gusaroo
8/3/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Incredible park!

 Lori
8/2/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Loved this place

We loved Sylvan Lake. Out of our two week long GART, this was a favorite. The lake is beautiful, and this is close to many things that are worth seeing. We will be coming back next year to complete the rest of what we didn’t get to see.
 Perales Family
8/2/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.5
Facilities  4.8

Sadly overused space

 WY_Camper
8/2/2026
Overall Experience  4.0

Great place

 Florida Girl
8/1/2026
Overall Experience  4.5

Beautiful Black Hills!

We camped at Stockland Lake Campground within the Park. The camp is shaded, spacious with electric available. Bathroom /shower facilities are clean and the lake is beautiful. It is a central point to the sites we visited. Hiking to Black Elk Peak (6 mile trail) Wilderness Loop , Sylvan lake to swim, Needles Highway, and the scenic drive on Iron Mountain Road to Mount Rushmore. We also took a 2hour drive to Devils Tower Wyoming and 2 Hour drive to visit The Badlands.
 Denise Kerr
8/1/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful

Camp host was very nice and provided useful information. Bathroom/shower house was kept clean but always felt like you were walking into a sauna. The blower used to help with moisture control isn’t sufficient. Otherwise Blue Bell Campground is amazing.
 Gina S
8/1/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Lovely campground

Great campground at Sylvan Lake. Easy to find campsite (SL12). It was great having a wheelbarrow to move belongings to walk-in sites. I only wish water was closer to these sites. It is a bit of a walk to fill a 5-gallon jug and walk it back to the site. I can see why Sylvan Lake Campground is so popular. One issue I noticed was that there were many empty sites even though it said it was full. It is too bad those sites don't open up, or people don't call and say they aren't coming.
 Mark
8/1/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.3

Beautiful Park, beautiful time!

 Matt and Lacey
7/31/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Impromptu trip turned out great

 Little Miss
7/30/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

One of my Favorite Campgrounds

Blue Bell is one of my long time favorite campgrounds. The hosts are always friendly. The campground is well maintained and clean. I did encounter an issue with the water fill at the new dump station - lack of pressure took 35 mins to fill my 50 gallon RV tank - but when I told the hosts they called maintenance right away.
 JasonBoothCamps
7/30/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.3

Blue Bell perfect

 Rick
7/30/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Bluebell

 Mei
7/30/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Our Get-together

 Jessemin
7/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Legion

 Legion Lake
7/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Pleasant

Hard to beat Custer State Park! The only problem we’ve ever had is canceling PART of our reservation. Last I checked, we have to cancel the entire reservation to just to cancel a few days. With today’s technology a person’s “bot” or computer program could grab my entire reservation while trying to make a few days available for someone else.
 Stab
7/28/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.8
Facilities  4.2

Beautiful Park

 Lori
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great trip to custer

 Tim Slack
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Stay at Center Lake

I took my kids on a last minute camping trip and we ended up at Center Lake campground in Custer State Park. The park as a whole is fantastic, and we especially loved where we camped. The swim beach was small but clean. My kids loved swimming and it was a little warmer than Slyvan Lake. The showers were always clean and so were the vault toilets. We enjoyed a noce little hike around the lake but didn’t get to do much other hiking. We can’t wait to go back.
 CampingFam
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  5.0

Need some TLC

Legion Lake Campground within Custer State Park is a very nice small campground. I have been camping there for over 45+ years. The camping spots I had were 13 & 14. The camp fire rings are showing their age and need to be replaced or fixed. Hopefully the park supervisor will read this and they will check out the fire rings in Legion and get them fixed or replaced.
 Love Legion
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.8

Game Lodge Cabin: 10/10

I stayed at Game Lodge campground, and it was great. The host was very friendly and helpful — he checked on me at the beginning of my stay, and was available in case I needed help. The cabin itself was clean and nights were quiet. The facilities were clean and orderly, which I appreciated.
 NVDW35
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Excellent Custer SP

 BG
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Great experience

 HeyItsKittyJane
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Place to Stay

Our campsite had a fancy stone fireplace in it, which was perfect to prevent smoke from getting in your eyes. There were also great trees for hammocking nearby. The bathrooms and showers were clean and really nice to be able to use.
 Rusty
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful location. Helpful staff

 Brie
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Blue Bell Campground

 Bruce
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Visit - Game Lodge Campground

Too many loose dogs when park personnel were not around. I protested to host and received a verbal rebuf.. "In THIS campground?" We had 3 neighbors, two spoken to by the host, who waited and released the dogs when the host left. My wife tried to complain a second time and was rebuffed... "I get off in a couple of minutes "
 Richard Z
7/27/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  3.8
Facilities  5.0

Always delighted with Sylvan Lake

 Returning from Michigan
7/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Perfect

Best State Park in the country
 Road Dog
7/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Last resort spot

My least favorite spot. Ive camped all over custer park. This is hands down my least favorite spot so far. The overly noisy group area is right behind this spot. People dont care about campsite boundaries so we had a lot of other guests trample through our spot (not for the water spigot...that i wouldve understood) 1/10 would not recommend that particular spot.
 Campsite critic
7/26/2026
Overall Experience  3.5
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.1

Best Experience Ever

We stayed in a cabin at the Game Lodge Campground. The experience was one we will not forget soon. Cabin was clean and comfortable. So much to do in the area.
 Traveling Duo
7/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great Stay!

 mtnmama
7/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Perfect spot

We had initially booked a tent only site at sylvan lake. I had assumed it was a site with a car pad because this is how state parks are set up in Missouri. We were surprised that it was a walk-in site and we were not prepared for that. For people who have not been to the park it would help to clarify on the booking site that the parking area is very far from the tent sites. Luckily the center lake campground had same day reservations and we found a more appropriate site for us there. We loved that the lake was so close to the lower loop campground. I would suggest changing the shower curtains in the shower house. They were very gross. Also our camping neighbors had dogs chained to trees and I think this violation should have been addressed.
 Sara
7/26/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.8

Great stay!

I stayed in a camping cabin at Stockade South campground and it was excellent. The cabin was clean and comfortable and ready for me when I arrived.the shower/bath house at the campground was nice and clean, even with a full campground. I look forward to coming back.
 CKS
7/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Incredible experience

We tent camped at the Game Lodge campground. It was fantastic. The park staff were very friendly and helpful. Not only in the campground but also the general store. It was very clean. There was a creek running right behind our tent. Deer were calmly walking along the creek, 20 yards from our campsite. My 6 year old kept asking, “how does it get any better than this?!” Would recommend 100%
 GL
7/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Peaceful

We LOVED Custer State Park - we were there for 3 nights and because of my poor planning - we stayed in 3 different cabins. We stayed in cabins 3,5,10. Cabin 3 was the smallest and was not clean under the mattress - nothing horrible just leaves and debri below the mattress. Cabin 5 and 10 were a bit larger and did not have the same debris under the mattress. The Host family was so, so kind as was the couple who kept the cabins clean. Shower facilities were great, and no issues with not having water or waiting to get into the bathroom. Others staying in their park were respectful, and it was just a really, really great first experience, and has quickly become a new favorite place
 MN Couple
7/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.8

Awesome stay

Campsite host was exceptional with providing options for our stay. She was super helpful, congenial and very customer oriented. She was also very fastidious with the care and maintenance of the facilities, which was greatly appreciated.
 Glammie
7/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great place

 Alex
7/23/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Excellent stay!

Game Lodge Campground was a great stay! Campground was clean and well kept. The scenery is, of course, beautiful! Shower house was clean and seems somewhat recently renovated. Plenty of room in the individual shower stalls and appreciate that the water is contained in the shower, not all over the entire floor. I did laundry in the cute little laundry building and machines were clean and worked great. $1.25 each for a wash and dry - bring quarters and your own detergent. Campground location was an easy drive to get to, no mountain driving needed. Amazing!
 CamperChrissy
7/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Loved every minute of stay!

We’ve been to Custer 9 times over the last 35 years and have always been impressed with the preservation of nature, cleanliness of park (especially bathrooms at Legion Lake), the variety of landscape and wonderful wildlife.
 Legionlover
7/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.8
Facilities  4.9

Lovely quiet spot

 Ljssparkman
7/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Outhouse smellie

The outhouse was pretty stinky. Didn’t enjoy that.
 Erilina
7/21/2026
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Nice park, bad guest

Another guest woke us up at 22:30 saying that we took their spot . So they decided to sleep beside us on the grass. But they’re reservation was for the day after... they are no security at night, so some people take advantage of it, by trying to have a free spot, or letting their lights on the rv on during the night. Too bad it’s a nice place. An employee knock at my door around 20:30 to be sure that i know when to leave the day after, too bad she wasn’t there. to see the two people who decided to sleep with their van on the grass, next to us...
 Jojo
7/21/2026
Overall Experience  3.5
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.5

The cleanest campground

 Olga
7/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Happy Reunion

Custer is an absolutely gorgeous State Park and a family favorite. It is well worth the trip from Milwaukee. We camped here with family and friends 8 years ago and returned to make new memories. The people working here were exceptionally friendly and helpful, the scenery was picturesque, and the wildlife abundant—including a bison passing through the campground. We hope to return again soon,
 “In-tents”
7/21/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful Campground in a Great Location

Stockade Lake North is a beautiful campground with spacious campsites in an ideal location near Custer, SD. The campground hosts were friendly and helpful. The campground was clean and well-maintained. We thoroughly enjoyed our four-night stay in our RV.
 CW
7/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Cabin at Stockade Lake

 Nick
7/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Good visit

Cabin was clean. Stockade Lake South Campground was quiet and well maintained including all trash receptacles and bathrooms. We had a broken window latch in our cabin that was fixed in short order. Camp host was pleasant and helpful with the repair need.
 Dadoleyna
7/20/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great Experience

I have camped at dozens of state parks in the midwest and Game Lodge Campground was by far the best one. The campground was so clean, the spaces were spread out, and the other campers were respectful. I was impressed that there is more than one shift of camp hosts and appreciated the bathroom showers being in great conditions. The programming was great too. I wish I could send our state parks administrator to Custer State Park to learn what it takes to make a state park truly inviting and entertaining.
 bison44
7/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.2
Facilities  4.9

T

 T
7/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Know before you go

The park is beautiful. Just do your research on the driving conditions. Specifically, the Needles Eye Tunnel. I feel there should be more warning on how tall and narrow the passage is. I was in a large, converted van and was nervous if my solar panels would be scraped off. At that point, there was no way to turn around. It is a single lane with two-way traffic trying to navigate who gets to speed through first. I caused a bit of a traffic jam because I hesitated. My fault for not doing my research. Lessons were learned. Once I finally made it to Center Lake Campground I was good. Sites were level, there is a shower there and the lake is in walking distance. The camp hosts introduced themselves, listened to my harrowing tale and gave me good advice on how to get to Mount Rushmore without going through the tunnel. I was very thankful for them.
 Wandering Wanda
7/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Amazing Stay At Game Lodge!

I had a wonderful stay at Game Lodge in Custer State Park. My partner and I tent camped in a site right on the creek. The bathroom and shower facilities were the nicest I’ve ever used at a national park! The camp hosts were very friendly and made it known that if you had any questions or concerns, they were there to help! We did a lot of hiking and were able to see plenty of wildlife, while still feeling safe by following park rules. We will definitely be back in the future!
 Greenleaf
7/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.5
Facilities  4.9

Sampler of the West

Custer is my favorite park in the United States. It has a sampling of nearly every activity and animal the Western National Parks have on offer. I had previously stayed in a cabin at Game Lodge, everything looked clean but my sinuses reacted with immediate congestion and violent sneezing. I reacted to something in there. But one of my favorite experiences was cruising early in the morning around the wildlife loop. Amazingly peaceful
 AndrewD
7/19/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

Great stay!

We stayed 10 nights in the park. The camping spots were well spaced and most among the trees. Very scenic. We had a spot with electricity. . The bathrooms and showers were kept very clean as well as the camp ground as well. It is close to several lakes which was great. Custer State park and the surrounding area is amazing!
 Baja girl
7/19/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Hidden Gem

 K Cham
7/18/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Great campground for our short stay

 Leah Sparkman
7/18/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Location

 NC
7/17/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Great stay at Custer

 Minnenicholas
7/17/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Always amazing

I always enjoy staying at Custer State Park. Legion Lake has been my campground of choice the last couple stays. Just the right size to maintain privacy or get to know the neighbors.
 MJC
7/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.8
Facilities  4.7

Vacation

The area to park is full of water when it rains. Not leaving much room to park without impeding the other site.
 Bikeation
7/15/2026
Overall Experience  2.5

We had a blast

 Cudaman65
7/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Annual Custer trip

Custer State Park should not be missed. It is exceptional. Our only issue is with the campground shower. You have to push a button outside of the shower to water. No temperature control.
 Hugh
7/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Beautiful place. Great service.

 Mike
7/14/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Another amazing stay

Another amazing Custer State Park stay! Like many areas of the park, the Sylvan Lake campground suffered significant tree damage/loss in the December 2025 storm. We were sad to see our regular campsite so drastically changed, but incredibly grateful for the hard work it took to have the campground, and the entire park, ready for visitors this season. If hiking one of the many beautiful trails highly recommend starting early in the day when it is cooler and the weather is generally more stable. Thunderstorms tend to develop more frequently in the afternoon, but always be prepared for rapid weather changes. Definitely check out the ranger led activities and evening programs!
 Freddiecat
7/14/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Best campground

Legion Lake Campground is very lovely. Our host Cindy was friendly and a great representative for Custer State Park. I would definitely come back to this campground.
 Dave Miller
7/14/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Loved our time at Custer!

 SheridanKid
7/14/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Amazing Time

 CBlake
7/14/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Amazing!

We (family of 5) stayed in a cabin and it was absolutely impeccable. Super solid and clean!Talk about glamping... Electricity AND an air conditioner! Solid working windows and screen door. Park hosts couldn’t be nicer. Bath house has full private shower with toilet. Our cabin faced the trees so we have lots of privacy. We would love to stay here again someday. You will not be disappointed!
 KTN
7/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

Stockade South was great

 NancyRayGun
7/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Top notch experience

This was my first visit to Custer SP. My son (12) and I had a great time here. This was one of the nicest parks I've ever been to/camped at. The facilities are top-notch, the rads and trails are fantastic. There is so much to do - hiking, fishing, paddling, etc.... Lots of interactive activities as well (youth programming). Will definitely try to get back for a longer visit. I did not have a reservation so had to book a same-day. That was a bit cumbersome but still managed to get it done.
 roscoe
7/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.5
Facilities  5.0

Must visit

Custer State Park is a wonderful place to visit. Many wildlife sightings an wonderful roads through the entire park. Needles Highway is a road you must drive.
 Buda
7/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Blue Blue Campground site 29

Fantastic campground! It had a very clean restroom and shower area! Site 29 (electric) at Blue Bell campground was much longer than expected. I could fit my F350 supercab and epro 19 with 15 feet extra!
 Dcjo
7/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Beyond Pleased

Our family had a magical stay. Our expectations were exceeded on every account. Everything was clean and well taken care of and in great condition. We are already looking to return again next year.
 Happy Camper
7/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Great Game Lodge Campground

Stayed on the outside sites along the fence of Game Lodge Campground. Clean, big, great sites. Had Buffalo just outside the fence one morning. Great access to the visitors center, wildlife loop, Game Lodge, and the general store. Absolutely fantastic and phenomenal trip.
 Anav
7/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great

It is a fantastic park! My only suggestion is to have a dishwashing station. We saw so many people washing dishes in the bathroom sink. I had a bucket of dishes and a grey water tank. I also saw them doing dishes at the water fillup station. That is my only thing to improve
 Jen
7/12/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Great park!!

One of the best parks we have visited. So much to do and see. Maintained better than some national parks. So close to Mount Rushmore
 Retired Couple
7/12/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  3.0

Hillview

Site 32E should not have any trailers on it only tents. There’s only about 20 feet of level ground and then it’s a very steep hill in the pull through.
 Wolf Pup
7/12/2026
Overall Experience  3.5
Services  4.3
Facilities  3.4

Absolutely Recommend

The campground was phenominal. Clean and well groomed, hot showers, friendly staff, and close prominity to amenities while remaining remote. The unpredictable weather is honestly the only thing that knocked points off, and that is out of anyone's control.
 SpoMama
7/11/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.7
Facilities  5.0

2026 camping in Custer State Park

All the camp hosts, fish game and parks staff were very friendly and knowledgeable . They were able to help with all our questions and needs. Facilities were clean and always stocked
 Idaho born and raised
7/11/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Rivals a National Park

My family of four, two kids under age 5, stayed in the sleeper cabins for three nights. Cabin 5 at Game Lodge Campground was fine, but Cabin 5 in the same campground adjacent to the creek was not as enjoyable because of the biting flies. Nothing kept the flies away. We stayed at Blue Bell the third night and the cabin was larger. All of the cabins were clean and the AC worked great. The mattresses are like dorm room mattresses but better than camping in a tent in my opinion. The facilities were all clean and not busy. The evening programs at Game Lodge Campground were informative and well attended. Kids enjoyed Legion Lake and Sylvan Lake hikes and beaches, and the Grace Coolidge Trail. They completed the required pages and programs and earned their Junior Naturalists badges from Maddy - who was great with the kids! Every park employee and volunteer was friendly and helpful.
 KSFamily
7/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.4
Facilities  5.0

Special place for a special weekend

 WI Cheesehead
7/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Campground

Wonderful campground. We only stayed one night but the dogs and I enjoyed a nice hike and the dogs enjoyed being able to cool down in the lake on a very warm day.
 Notails
7/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Great Place to Just BE!!!!

We appreciated the space throughout the campground. The facilities were clean. We enjoyed the park, spending time at Sylvan Lake & WildLife Loop. Amazing!!! Thank you for the upkeep of the park and we are grateful to be able to experience its beauty.
 Camping for 2+
7/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

Amazing!

 SDcamper
7/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great vacation

 BH
7/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

July 4th vacation

Quiet and clean!
 Annie
7/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Great place to stay

 Jack
7/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Game Lodge Campground

The women's bathroom / shower was not clean. It needs a deep clean / pressure wash to get the dirt out of the corners. It is also annoying to have to push the button every 3 minutes for water. The shower experience here was not nearly as nice as the State Campgrounds at Indian Creek and Farm Island. Those were both clean and awesome.
 SS
7/8/2026
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Wonderful State Park!

This is a beautiful state park with so much to do. We really enjoyed the Game Lodge Campground, riding our bikes, and the scenic drives. We also enjoyed dinner one night at the State Game Lodge. Sylvia did a great job!
 Carol Ann
7/8/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Southern Stockade South! over July 4, 2026

 Annie
7/8/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  5.0

Great stay

 Roam4fun
7/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Camping in horse heaven

French creek horse camp is wonderful. Each campsite is well laid out and the pens have nice roofs in case of rain. The camp host Kathy was so helpful and professional. The riding is carried and wonderful. Nice areas to hike as well. And you are close drive to Blue bell lodge which has wonderful food and a small laundry. We will be back for sure
 Horse girl
7/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Paradise!

The Sylvan Lake campground is the best campground in America! The views are spectacular, the hikes nearby, and the lake amazing. The bathrooms are wonderful! Every single one of us commented on how amazing the bathrooms are. Thank you!
 Mama of 7
7/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great outdoors! Only camped for one night in the upper loop so didn’t use facilities (other than toilets) Campground was quiet and peaceful. Enjoyed watching the bison. Hated people feeding wildlife.

 NK
7/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great vacation spot

Stockade Lake South campground was one of the cleanest campgrounds we have ever booked. The cabin was clean, the fire pit was cleaned out, the vault toilet was clean and scent-less, and the shower building was clean as well. Five stars, will stay again. Plus location is amazing.
 Mudbug
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Wildlife watching

 Midwest wrangler
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

July 2026

 Sparty
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park Camping

We stayed at Sylvan Lake and loved it! My partner and I are young and we felt very safe camping in the park. We loved it so much we decided to stay an extra night at Center Lake. A beautiful place with kind people.
 Michael
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great park, campsite, and facilities!

Great state park! We hiked Black Elk Peak and loved the scenery and animals we saw along the way. Sylvan Lake was also a great place to take a swim and cool off after the hike. We stayed at Stockade Lake North Campground. The bathrooms were super clean, hot water for the shower, and great water pressure.
 ForkAndKing
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Wonderful!

 KAG
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

First time trip

 Kooifish97
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Fantastic experience

Camp host were the best. Great information and direction
 Tom Ritchie
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

July Visit

 JN Nelsen
7/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Love Custer State Park

 Colorado-South Dakota
7/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Sylvan lake

The fan on the bathroom is entirely too loud, and the paths to the bathroom should be better marked as other campers continually walk through the sites near the bathroom. Also, non campers were driving into the campground and using the campground facilities. One person caught fish at the lake and come to the bathroom and cleaned and cooked his fish on the sidewalk and then left. He was not staying in the campground. Other non campers were using the showers after being at the lake. The showers were very clean, but the water temperature was very inconsistent. Sometimes there was NO hot water.
 Namkao
7/5/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Camper

 camper
7/4/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Excellent Experience

We had a great experience, the only thing I would say is that there was some inclement weather during our stay. Being down in the bottom at the French Creek Campground, we did not have cell phone service to pick up the weather. If the camp had Wi-Fi we maybe could have been a little better informed without having to venture out and away from our campers up the hill to see what the weather was going to be. The sites that we stayed in were not flat, so we had to block our tires up, and they dropped off pretty steep. With no hitching rail up by our stalls, we had to get creative when saddling our horses out of our trailer. A couple of loads of dirt to fill in and flatten out those sites would be great.
 Christine D.
7/4/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.0

Custer State Park experience

We stayed in Stockade Lake North Campground for 4 nights. Our site, as well as the entirety of the campground, was so beautiful, had lots of trees, and the restroom was very clean every time I used it. I highly recommend to hike Sunday Gulch Trail during your next visit to Custer State Park, as it is the most beautiful trail I’ve hiked in my years visiting the Black Hills. Jewel Cave National Monument is also a must-see gem!
 South Dakotan
7/3/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Survey response

We always enjoy staying yearly at the Game Lodge. This year we had electrical issues, the 50 amp plug in was loose and not working correctly. They had someone come by the next morning to check on it and asked if we minded just using the 30 amp instead. It worked but was frustrating that a 15 minute fix wasn’t done while we were there. It was a warm weekend and had a hard time keeping camper cooled down. Being a SD resident my whole life and a State Employee for 36 years and I didn’t feel like I mattered.
 Tam Bam
7/2/2026
Overall Experience  3.5
Services  3.7
Facilities  4.1

Custer State Park is the Best!

 Black hills #1
7/1/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Will camp here again

Staff on Thursday were friendly, staff Friday not so much! My car tire was barely on the grass and the woman very rudely said the car needed to be moved off the grass.
 Jlm
7/1/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  3.0

Great Experience

Custer State Park is a beautiful place with lots of thing to see and do.
 Happy Campers
7/1/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.5

Nice Place to Camp

 HistoryBuffAZ
6/30/2026
Overall Experience  4.3

Good luck with stormy skies

Facilities at Lake Sylvan Campground were very clean and checked on often (including vault toilets). Campground supervisors were very nice and checked in with us at the beginning and midway through our stay. Had a very stormy 3 days which led to water seeping into our tent from where it would pool on the gravel tent pad.
 TentCamper
6/30/2026
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Custer-Stockade Sourh

 Underdog30
6/30/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Surprises around the corner

I was at Game Lodge Camp grounds. It was right by the wilderness loop which we did everyday or twice a day. Only one drive was a no show on animals. Could not describe the awesome experience of the loop
 777catblack
6/30/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

A big step up from a tent!

Camping cabin was an awesome choice! We had been tent camping for weeks, and the cabin was a perfect break to reset after that. The beds were comfortable and the shower house was very clean and always had hot water. Only con was that the cabin has a HUGE step up to get onto the patio. I am disabled and that was not fun. Also, the bathroom was a very far walk from the cabin. But it beats a tent so I appreciate the low-cost option of the cabin.
 Summer29
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.6
Facilities  5.0

Pleasant stay

We stayed for just one night while touring the black.Hills. The camp hosts were friendly and efficient. The campground was well maintained. I\nT was nice having an RV sanitary dump station on site. The price we paid was fair.
 RV Bob
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Awesome

 Bill w
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Blue Bell and Sylvan Lake Campgrounds

 CA Couple
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful park, difficult to change your reservation

We loved the park, but were disappointed with how difficult it was to modify your reservation. I had one night booked in one spot and the next night booked in a different spot in the same campground because that was all that was available. When a spot became available for the same 2 nights without having to move sites, I attempted to modify online. I couldn't figure it out. I called and the agent was very friendly, but didn't communicate to me that by changing my spot, I was going to be hit with cancellatiom fees and new booking fees so the site ended up costing me $51 dollars more than it should have. We were very happy with the site, the campground host, and the overall park, but this would make me think twice before booking again. I get some charges for modifying, but 50 dollars for 2 nights is not something we were comfortable with.
 CampingFromAFar
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.0
Facilities  5.0

Great stay

 Michael H
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

great campsite in a beautiful park

This is our favorite state park, and one of our favorite places to visit in the entire western region. I even talked a friend from Maine into going this year and she loved it more than Yellowstone! I felt lucky to grab a campsite at the Grace Campbell Campground on short notice. I've stayed in the lovely cabins at Sylvan Lake and at Blue Bell Lodge before, but this was my first time camping. Grace Campbell is a beautiful, small campground, with a paved trail along a stream linking it to the State Game Lodge and some fishing ponds. Kids were biking along the trail when we arrived. We set up our tent in a glade of evergreens. The facilities were clean and well-maintained. A camp host came by to confirm the reservation. Our only complaint was that we were arriving rather late, and I asked the staffer on duty when we bought our park pass at the entrance gate which lodges were open for dinner. All of them! she cheerfully informed us, then recommended either Legion Lake or State Game Lodge as being closest to us, settling on Legion as her recommendation. We set up camp and arrived tired and hungry at Legion--to find them closing up. We were informed that they stop seating at 7 and don't offer any more take-out then either. Would've been really nice to know that up front--that's why I asked when we arrived! this information isn't in the Tatanka guide we received either. Another staffer told us State Game Lodge would be serving until 9, so we turned around and headed there. The meal was excellent--and worth the price, but significantly more than we would've paid elsewhere! All in all, a great park, a beautiful campground, just would benefit from better information about the dining options.
 NHCamper
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.6

great campsites

 bobo
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great stay

 LDVacation
6/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Traveling

Phenomenal place. The only thing that disappointed me was the poor singage throughout the park.
 Traveling
6/28/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Great views

We called to make reservations. The man on the phone said the total included the day pass required for the state park. Not a problem, that was expected. What was not expected was the rude guy at the gate and the extra $25 park entrance fee. We never saw any official park ranger. We only saw volunteers who could not answer questions. We were not the only campers who were taken aback by the extra fee. It should be included with reservations.
 Ridge Adventures
6/27/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.3
Facilities  3.5

Love this park!

 J&W
6/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Just an Ok stay

Campsite was not cleaned (lots of cigarette butts and other debris) plus the ground was very uneven making it a. Hire to level our camper. Fire pit full of debris also. Picnic table not cleaned in quite a while. For what we paid - plus the $25 per week usage fee - we expected some work to have need done on the site. Additionally, many of the programs were far away from our site which meant driving 30 minutes or more. And they were doing road work throughout the park which added more time to the drive.
 Historybuff
6/27/2026
Overall Experience  3.8
Services  3.7
Facilities  2.6

Awesome Experience

 Sizzle
6/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Annoying Road Construction

I realize that park roads require maintenance and repair. The state surely could have placed some restriction on the work day time allowed for the contractor. Loud belly dump truck/trailers started through the park as early as 5:40 AM and ran until at least 7:30 PM. Even a 7:00 AM start would have been tolerable.
 2026Camper
6/27/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.0
Facilities  3.8

Great Experience

 Pom
6/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Third Visit to Custer State Park

My wife and I believe Custer this is the best state park in the country and have included a stay there in each of our last three driving trips from Florida. Is peaceful, dog-friendly, well maintained, and filled with amazing wildlife.
 Florida Retirees with Dog
6/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

attentive & beautiful

Stayed at Center Lake Campground for a night. showers and bathrooms were clean, and camp hosts were attentive and kind. there was a pretty intense thunderstorm that night and one of the hosts went out of her way to let my brother & I know about the thunderstorm warning.
 dave
6/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Camping

 Dwight
6/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

The Best Week

Camped with a couple of families for the week, and had a blast at Grace Coolidge Campground. The closest pond provided some huge stocked trout for the kids to catch, and the pond across the street let everybody practice their longer casts. Bighorn sheep visited the Camp while we were there, and the bison and donkeys provided tins of photo ops along the wildlife loop. The campground bathrooms were sparkling clean, many thanks to the friendly host. We got to see fireflies in the evenings, and the loop provided a relatively nice spot for the kids to ride their bikes while the grown-ups talked. Two things we noticed- the creek on one side of the campground is full of poison ivy, and a couple families were letting their kids wander through it without realizing what it was. Two, people need to clean up after their dogs if they’re camping with them. This was the first time we’ve been there where it was an issue, and it was a large dog who was repeatedly leaving presents right alongside the main path to the bathroom. Ick.
 Mountain Momma
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Clean, quiet, comfortable. Nice playground. Good showers.

 Linda
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Camping

 Cooper
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Noisy

We love Custer State Park! We've camped here dozens of times! Definitely our favorite campgrounds are in Custer State Park
 Lawton
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

Great Space!

 MT
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

What a tremendous park!

Camping cabin was very clean and and a area with great views and easy access to bathrooms.
 Two from Ohio
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great except for the road construction

While staying at the Calvin Coolidge Group camp, which is wonderful, there was road construction just outside our site, which meant alot of noise from trucks, which started early in the morning, and delays using any of the roadways just outside our campsite. I understand that this work needs to be done sometime, but a reduced rate would have been nice for the inconvenience.
 Family camping reunion
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Holy snapped trees!

We asked the camp host about the thousands of pine trees snapped right in the middle and she said a freak 100 mph 6 hour windstorm came through in December and did tons of damage. They're doing a great job cleaning up but they still have a ways to go! Beautiful park. Beware height clearances if you are headed up to Rushmore.
 Trout
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  5.0

Wait on the Lord

Beautiful area. Lots to see and do.
 Heavy Trucks
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Great Stay!

Out camp hosts were wonderful and checked in on us regarding a lightning threat. They were very friendly and eager to be of assistance if needed.
 gorpgal
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

LL4E

 Gonzo
6/25/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Making Memories

 Happy Camper
6/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Center Lake

 Mysterium2
6/24/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Visitors

 Buff
6/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer 2026

Gorgeous views, clean cabins and bathrooms!
 Mick
6/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Always love the SGL Cabins

 Black Hills Jim
6/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Center Lake

 Mark P
6/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park

Custer State Park exceeded our expectations. Absolutely beautiful park, great facilities, great staff. We already started to plan on a return trip before we even left. We spent 4 nights in a tent site at Blue Bell and it was a great site. Very nice campground. We visited the visitors center on 6/10 around 6 pm and the volunteer that was working was so kind and helpful, and knowledgeable. I didn’t catch her name but we enjoyed speaking with her and she was great with our three year old, showing the different exhibits and teaching about the park and wildlife. Can’t recommend Custer enough.
 Modan
6/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

beautiful experience

 Iowa visitor
6/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Peaceful and clean

 Bech
6/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Another great Custer stay

We have stayed in Custer multiple times. Always a great experience. Campgrounds well managed with clean sites and bathrooms.
 Bison watcher
6/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Wonderful time at Grace Coolidge

 DA
6/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Mt. Rushmore

 Stuart Little
6/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Amazing Custer State Park

 mizaboy
6/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

State Game Lodge Campground Review - June 2026

 Black Hills Jimmy
6/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Loved our stay at Custer State Park

Cabin 3 surpassed our expectations. The restroom and shower were nice and clean. Loved the park!
 Bob & Grace Farias
6/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great Campground

 Van camper
6/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Surprising Beauty

Just amazing area for all kinds of great adventures AND relaxation…
 Kim-Tam Pack
6/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Amazing

 Tuneman
6/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

2026 vacation

 Doug & Deb
6/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Delightful

 Dave
6/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Campground at the Game Lodge

We stayed a couple of nights at the Game Lodge campground. Showers and bathrooms were super clean, the campground was well maintained and quiet and overall it was just a wonderful experience. I'd highly recommend it as a place to camp in the Black Hills.
 Camper
6/19/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Loved my stay and wish I had more time.

I stayed at one of the Blue Bell cabins. The cabin and the facilities were clean and comfortable. I hiked two days in the Sylvan Lake area. I loved the Sunday Gulch trail. I felt like I was in Wonderland. I loved the lopsided handrails and oddly skewed bridges. That trail along with driving the not to miss Iron Mountain Road left me feeling that the whole region had a whimsical vibe that I loved. I will definitely come back to explore more areas.
 JAB
6/19/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Custer State Park is awesome

 Camping the US
6/19/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great park

We stayed at Blue Bell campground for 2 nights in a cabin. The campground hosts were very polite and helpful. Our cabin was cozy and comfortable. The showers and restrooms were clean and well maintained.
 John
6/19/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great campgrounds, horrible website

Loved the free Kayaking morning and the Catch and Cook activities at Center Lake. The campground was clean and comfortable. The only issue was, Sunday. A new camper was running their generator (2hr limit per regulations) and playing their booming music all evening. The mobile camp host did their mini van rounds three times with out addressing the noise. We tried to stop the mobile camp host but he had his windows up and eyes straight ahead. I’m just happy we were halfway across the campground so we could turn on our fan to ground out the bass. Also, fix your website before 2027. I could not create an account because we have a PMB.
 Curious Compass
6/19/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.4

Camping Trip to Custer

We camped at Stockade South. This is a smaller campground designed for smaller camping units. It is also well off the main roads. As such it is quiet and relaxing. Overall very enjoyable experience.
 Mike
6/18/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.8

Beautiful

 Happy camper
6/18/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great family fun

Staying in the cabins at Blue Bell campgrounds at Custer State Park was a perfect stop when visiting Mount Rushmore. The cabin had 2 sets of bunk beds (twin-over twin & a twin over full size), a small table, and convenient shelves and hooks. There was a nice metal table and fire ring outside.
 Happy Trails
6/18/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Pay for site then pay park entry, too $$

Made reservation via 1-800 phone #, asked several times if the campground had flush toilets, they assured us they did. Booked for 2 nts, $69, then had to pay $25 for park entry. No flush toilets, only vault toilets!! Also camp host were constantly buzzing around on gold cart going to sites to make sure people pd, have never seen that before!! Not a very peaceful place! Overall we pd too much $$ for nothing!
 Road trip
6/17/2026
Overall Experience  3.0
Services  1.5

Beautiful park

I stayed in the Blue Bell campground for two nights. Beautiful spot, tons of trees with tons of shade. Highly recommend staying here! The spots are nice and level, plenty of space for car camping / RVs, and the bathrooms are very clean. The lodge nearby is convenient, and the food is decent, if a bit expensive.
 Car Camper
6/17/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

game lodge - beautiful campground in a beautiful park

I stayed in the Game Lodge campground for 1 night. Beautiful, well maintained, and the bathrooms are clean. I was car camping, and the camping spot was nice and level. There aren't a ton of trees, so not a ton of shade.
 Car Camper
6/17/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Back to Nature and Affordable

Bathrooms and cabin were cleaned. Very affordable price. Fun atmosphere and friendly atmosphere. Easy to get around love the scenery and unlimited fishing opportunities.
 PugMom
6/17/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Enjoyed it

Very scenic and a variety of things to do and see. Didn’t see a sign for bluebell campground heading south on 87. Did we just miss it? If not, one would be helpful.
 BW
6/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Appreciate extended window for reservations

 pDub
6/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Nice campsites - but. It as secluded and shaded as previous years

 pDub
6/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

EPIC

From bottom to top, incredible wilderness and strenuous scrambling to get to top of Little Devils Tower from Trail #4 in Custer Park. I cannot believe this is right in the backyard of our country! THE MOST spectacular scenery and stunning landscapes through Black Hills, South Dakota! This was a last minute decision to stop and stay and I was able to book a reservation to camp at Center Lake which was quiet, clean and safe. I appreciated the specialized attention from the Park Rangers host to say hi and ask if I needed anything. Love the hospitality. Can't wait to come back to explore more.
 VStrange18
6/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Custer State Park

 COTravelers
6/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Our Wonderful Custer Experience

Our first out of state camping trip to Custer park was fabulous in every way. The park is very well maintained, with helpful rangers and staff, and our campground facilities at Grace Coolidge campground were outstanding. The bathrooms were spotless during our week-long stay, the campground was quiet and friendly. We toured every corner of the park, wildlife loop road, the scenic drive to Mt. Rushmore and on to Crazy Horse, Sylvan Lake & Needles Highway along with a trip down to Hot Springs to the Mammoth Site, and up to Spearfish Canyon and the Badlands. The natural beauty and awe of wildlife were highlights of our Black Hills experience. We can't wait to return! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to such important parts of our land and history.
 Mimi
6/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Great place to camp

 Cowals2004
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Outstanding

Blue Bell campground was outstanding! The grounds nice, location terrific, and the lodge meal wonderful. All staff we came in contact with were professional, helpful, and friendly.
 AmigoAzule
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Book It Now. Don't wait. Yes, you will enjoy it. No Regrets .

Fantastic experience! The cabins were all close to restroom facilities within the park. The views are all very picturesque from each of the cabins. And YES the mattresses in these cabin are definitely an upgrade compared to other SD State Park Cabins. GFP need to make that mattress investment in ALL State Park Cabins.
 Sodak Charger
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Nice campground

 LLS
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  4.5

Peaceful campground

 Phylon
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Park!

 DJM
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Perfect, as usual.

Custer State Park is world class in every way.
 SD Climber
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Classic Camping Experience

only thing would be to consider dimming or switching to a less bright light near the Stockade Lake North Campground entrance when it it not staffed. It would be awesome to have a darker campground area if possible. It was visible from my site and a bit distracting for good sleep + birding.
 adVANturing
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Facilities  4.5

Memories

 Tent camper
6/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Amazing Stay

 Jrny42
6/14/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Experience ~ Great State Park~lots to do. We hiked, biked and enjoyed all the wonderful wildlife. Our campground was clean & very nice to have hot showers. Our camp host was extremely helpful.

 Touring Van from Arizona
6/14/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Quiet Camp ground

We really enjoy camping at Blue Bell. It’s peaceful, sites have good separation, and the staff is friendly. The one disappointing part is the water hose at the dump station does not have a treaded end. Flushing a black tank becomes a challenge to stay dry.
 Jim
6/14/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Great Amenities!

 Melvin
6/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Repeat visitors

This is the fourth time we have stayed in camping cabins at Custer state park. The cabins are clean, the shower houses are never out of toilet paper or soap. They are cleaned daily, trash emptied daily also. Showers are cleaned daily with none to minimal grit on the floors. There are three shower stalls, 3 separate toilet stalls and two sinks in front of a large mirror. The staff and neighbor campers are friendly and quiet. We have always felt safe leave camp chairs, hammacks, shoes outside our cabin and have never had issues with anything stolen or messed with. Stockade Lake south is our favorite. It's close to a couple of trails, good fishing, and the closest to Custer (the town) if a run for ice is needed. We have stayed at Bluebell once, and we drive there to eat buffalo burgers (it's our favorite lodge to eat at) even if we're not staying at the Bluebell cabins. Bluebell cabins are closer to the horse corral if you plan to spend time there on your visit. The horseback rides are great! I went with kids (not because I really wanted to). It was beautiful! The horses were tame and we crossed creeks on them too. I really enjoyed it!!
 Outdoors guru
6/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great experience!

 Joseph G
6/12/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Beautiful!

 mrs.wolf
6/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great stay!

 LM
6/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Stockade South is great

 FloridaMan
6/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great time

 Like S Dakota
6/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

French Creek

French Creek is a wonderful horse camp. This year there were loud partiers for 3 of our nights, and felt that the camp host could have quieted them down.
 z
6/11/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.8

Custer Fishing

 Hiker54
6/11/2026
Overall Experience  4.5

Blue Bell

 family_campers
6/11/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Love Camping

 Love Camping
6/11/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

yooperindakota

Our only concern was the showers were on the cool side. Would have liked a warmer shower
 landlooker
6/11/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.5
Facilities  4.0

Blue Bell cabins

Great experience, spacious and clean cabin and accommodations
 Parkfan
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Rented the entire north Grace Coolidge tent campground

 Girlscout troop
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  4.5

Center Lake Campground

We camped at Center Lake Campground. Vault toilets were clean but wish there was running water for hands and a dishwashing facility. The hot water in the showers was wonderful.
 Eddie
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0

Perfect Park Experience

We loved everything about this beautifully maintained park. It was scenic; abundant in beauty, wildlife, and recreation. Check-in was extremely easy and the camp host super helpful. Resources such as firewood, fuel, ice etc. were conveniently located throughout the park.
 Annamarie
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

3 bathrooms for that many cabins????!!!!

We stayed at Blue bell campground in the cabins. Cabin was clean it had two sets of bunk beds, so not the fancy cabins LOL. Park was great! Only complaint is they had 3 bathrooms for all the cabins in the area. Each one had a shower and toilet in the same building, so if all you wanted to do was brush your teeth you had to wait 30 minutes for someone to get out of the shower!!!! That's a long time wasted waiting to brush teeth!!! They need toilets and sinks separate from showers.. also nice if they double the amount of both!!
 1st timer
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  3.8
Services  3.0
Facilities  4.3

Best Time Ever

 LoveCuster
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Outing

There was loud partygoers into the early morning hours. No quiet time enforced. Drinking and driving.
 Doc
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.7

Awesome Time

This was our first time coming to Custer State Park. We had a great camping experience at Stockade South. We hiked a bunch of different trails throughout the park. All of them were great. We also drove the Wildlife loop and saw bison and the wild donkeys. We really enjoyed Needles Highway to as it reminded us of our trip to the Rockies in Colorado.
 Hiker
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Amazing Park

Custer State Park is an amazing destination. We stayed for a week in Bluebell Campground. The sites were spacious enough to not feel crowded and everything was immaculate. Camp hosts were knowledgeable and friendly. I cannoy say enough positive things about our whole experience there. The park itself is breathtaking. We saw so much wildlife and were able to hike a couple trails. It is a great central spot to visit attractions outside the park, too. We visited Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, the Badlands, and even an impromptu visit to Devils Tower. However, you wouldn't even have to leave the park to have fun. We drove the wildlife loop and all the side gravel roads numerous times throughout our visit. The scenery and wildlife sightings kept drawing us back out.
 OctoberTN
6/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Absolutely Amazing!

 Strongeau
6/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

SD Beauty!

French Creek camp was so beautiful and clean! Very impressed with amenities for horses and people.
 RidefortheKing
6/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

Excellent stay at Custer

The horseback riding at Blue Bell stables is outstanding.
 Midwest Family
6/8/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

custer state park

game lodge campground is one of the nicest and well taken care of parks we have stayed in. we live in WVA and always stay in game lodge campground on our way home from our trips out west. the wildlife loop is like a mini Yellowstone and the needles highway can't be beat. you are also close to Crazy Horse monument, Rushmore and several nice towns like Custer, Hill City, Hot Springs and Keystone
 ron and donna
6/8/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

All good!

All was well at Custer Sylvan Lake camping area. Note: The map located by the restroom indicates 3 places to get water. However, there was only one spigot. It was not a problem, just a little confused by the map.
 ALS
6/8/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Centennial trail base

 Custer visitor
6/8/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Game Lodge Campground

 HSLW
6/8/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Wonderful stay!

We stayed in one of the cabins at French creek horse camp. The cabin was clean, had electricity, heat, and a/c. We were very comfortable sleeping in there. The main bathrooms were very clean and I was super surprised and pleased to see that the showers were free. The water in the showers was always warm/hot and not cold. Horse stalls were nice and the added roof and water was a huge plus.
 Sorrel
6/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Very pleased

We had mechanical troubles with our pickup and we were worried we'd overstat our reservation due to an inability to pull our camper. The campsite hosts were friendly and understanding of the situation.
 Andrew
6/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Loved our Legion Lake stay!

Such a great campground nestled between a beautiful lake and some amazing forest views! Camp hosts and neighbors were all very friendly, the bison came through the park during our stay, and the surrounding trails were all great!
 JP
6/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

One of my favorite places!

This park is beautiful with forests, drives, lakes, wildlife and hikes. Every staff we met was friendly and helpful. The bathrooms were the cleanest we have experienced! Thank you for providing a great vacation environment.
 Kim
6/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.8

Very supportive staff

I stayed in a tent camping space, BB15E. I actually camped in my van. The camp host was super nice and right next door which was reassuring for a woman travelling alone. The restrooms were right next door too. It was definitely natural! My night included thunderstorm and hail, and the next day bison wandered through the campground. It was a great experience.
 Bremerton visitor
6/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

French Creek horse camp

Everything at the campground was outstanding! The only issue with the visit was a lack of trail signage. The map was good, but trail signs would make things clearer. Thanks to the hats workers who cleared the dead fall off most of the trails. That last bit along French creek was bad.
  BCHU member
6/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

SD2026

 Phil
6/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

First-timeer

 Jaydo
6/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful Area

We greatly enjoyed our stay at Custer State Park. The highlights of our trip were seeing Patches, the baby burro, on the wildlife loop, Iron Mountain Road, Needles Highway and Sylvan Lake. It was easy to get on the walk/bike path at Game Lodge.
 NE HUSKER
6/5/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Bluebell camping

The campground was fine, but our campsite was awkward, requiring the camper door to open onto a road with the table and a tual campsite behind the camper.
 Suz
6/5/2026
Overall Experience  3.3
Services  3.7
Facilities  4.0

Amazing

The Custer State Park Game Lodge Campground was very clean and views were awesome. We stayed in a cabin along the creek and enjoyed watching kids catching fish. We saw several deer, ducks, and geese while enjoying coffee on our deck.
 Diveguy
6/5/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Camping CusterSP

The campground was quiet and clean. Disappointed that the only dump station in Custer State Park was 10 miles opposite direction from where we staying (Stockage-North) and direction we were traveling.
 2CMERCA
6/4/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.3
Facilities  3.5

May 2026 stay

 CSP Early Annual Stat
6/4/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

It was great

 Bri
6/4/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Bison visitors

Thru hikers on the centennial are allowed to camp near the restroom building. We met a few while there and thought I should share that possibility. The camp host at Legion Lake was really watching out for us campers. This year we had bison in the campground nearly every day. They just ate some grass and moved on. But the hosts warned us on what to do, and not to do.
 Likes good coffee
6/4/2026
Overall Experience  4.7
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.0

What a Gem

 JandJ_Travel
6/3/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Goseesouthdakpta

Campground was not over crowded facilities were very clean
 Goseesouthdakota
6/3/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Excellent campground hosts

The campground hosts at the Sylvan Lake campground were terrific. Friendly and competent people.
 Wisconsin campers
6/2/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great experience

 Blue Bell campground cabin camper
6/2/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Caren

 Caren
6/2/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

We Love Custer State Park

Custer State Park is a must visit. We have been car camping across the US and decided to splurge on one of their cabins at the Blue Bell Campground. Needless to say, we loved our time here and don’t regret it. We can tell people care about this park - both the visitors and the staff. It’s a beautiful area that seems well taken care of, and we saw tons of bison and other wildlife. We won’t forget our time here!
 Jane
6/2/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Experience

The whole experience would have been way better if the staff weren’t so rude. My daughter and her other 3 friends were yelled at by grown staff members. Zero hospitality, definitely need more training on human decency.
 Jesse
6/2/2026
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  1.7

10 / 10, Would Repeat Our Stay

We stayed in a small cabin at Blue Bell Campgrounds. We knew it could be anywhere between 30 - 80* when we booked for the week before Memorial Day and were so excited and relieved to unpack our things into a cozy little cabin while it was rain/snowing on us after we arrived. Our cabin was a tiny room with a bunk bed and twin bed, a little table, and a bookshelf. We turned out the small heating unit and all four of us slept great. We wouldn't have needed the heater the other nights, but it was way nicer than sleeping in a tent in 30*, which we have done before. But this was nicer. :) The bathrooms were clean, warm, and with warm/hot water in the showers. Also, a huge shout out to the great staff with the horses. We have an 8 and 10 year old who haven't ever been around horses before, and the staff were so sweet and kind to the kids and the horses during their first ever horse ride. Core memory unlocked.
 Becca B
6/2/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Wonderful

 Hawk1005
6/1/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

consistently a great park

 beefoust
6/1/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Nice clean cabin

 Cliff
6/1/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

GL47

 carthon13
6/1/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

Clean, quiet, private

We stayed in a cabin in the Stockade Lake South campground and it was an amazing experience for the price! And the bathrooms were cleaned several times a day, cleanest ones of any park we have ever camped at. Will definitely return to this park!
 Midwest traveler
5/31/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.5
Facilities  4.8

What a place!

Beautiful park and helpful, kind workers! Bison were literally in our campground so that was nerve-wracking. I wish each campground could be fenced in.
 Daniel
5/31/2026
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Great facilities

 Happy Campers
5/31/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

This park is spectacular!

The staff at the campground were so friendly and beyond helpful. We were greeted by a smiling gentleman that checked us into our campsite.This some man( I wish I could remember his name) gave me a booklet an gave some tips of points of interest .The next morning ( my birthday) we woke up to a herd of buffalo in the campground! Wow! The park staff did a fantastic job of keeping everyone safe and rounding up the buffalo and diving them outside of the campground! After breakfast we took off for the Needles highway,what a road! It is just like the description and MORE! Heed all the warnings it is steep and very narrow tunnels made of rock formations,but worth the journey. We were rewarded with breath talking views and an out of this world experience! Then the wildlife loop,the name says it all animals on all sides! I would give this park a 20 out of 10. We will be coming back!
 Ilsa Billings
5/31/2026
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Gamelodge review

Absolutely loved camping at Gamelodge and loved the restriom and showers which were very clean.
 Preema
5/30/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

a little help

Make sure you know your campsite as they no longer put who has reserved the site, tons of people showing up and think the spots are available
 Traveler
5/29/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  3.3
Facilities  3.4

Great place to stay

 APeterson
5/29/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Great fun

 Old camper
5/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

First Timers in South Dakota

Beautiful campground surrounded by towering trees, wildlife and the staff and hosts were so nice and helpful. After seeing the other campgrounds in Custer, we knew we hit the jackpot with Blue Bell. The Lodge was very nice, food was great and Victor, the bartender, was amazing!
 JEMAdventures
5/29/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Game lodge

Campsite 3e was great. Bathroom door slam woke me up several times. I hace cancer and need resf. Please reduce the slamming. Thanks
 Dj
5/28/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Camping Reservation

 Kate
5/28/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great experience!

The hosts and CSP staff were friendly and helpful. The campground was quiet and well maintained. Both the shower house and vault toilets were clean. I only gave a 3 for the internet as I had a weak signal...but I'm camping, so didn't expect access to the internet!
 Love the Black Hills
5/28/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Lovely visit

 Lala Lady
5/28/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great place to stay!

 Behenicole
5/27/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Site size

The photos on the website do not accurately represent the sites, it was so crowned not flat that we were constantly walking on uneven ground.
 Van van
5/27/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.3
Facilities  3.8

Gg

 Harper
5/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonder Full!

Custer State Park is truly a lovely location and the location is great for visiting the wonderful sites of The Wildlife Loop, Needles Hwy, Iron Mtn Hwy to Mt Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial, as well as many other hiking opportunities.
 HappyKamper
5/26/2026
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.3

Greatest Place Ever

 jimmyjoe
5/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Wished we could stay longer!!

The campground hosts were so nice and helpful, with maps and advice for where to go and what to see.
 Meganj68
5/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful place amongst the trees!

Loved the campsite in the trees. There was plenty of space between sites gave the sense of privacy. The showers were excellent and well maintained and very clean. While we thought at first that Stockade North wasn’t the ideal campground, we discovered it was perfect for us because it was so relaxing and the Stockade Lake trail was our best hike of the last four months road trip. It was close enough to Sylvan lake and Wind/Jewell Caves nearby. We also enjoyed the Chuckwagon Hay ride cookout was excellent, a highlight of our trip.
 Nfannie
5/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.3

Fishing was great

 ModBug Adventurer
5/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Loved it!

We loved Sylvan Lake, as well as the main park. We stayed at the State Game RV park and loved the nice trails to the store and in and around the restaurant and convention center.
 Road Warrior
5/24/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.4

Custer Cabins

The key to the cabin was not where it was supposed to be and all offices were closed and phones unanswered. The campground host was very nice and was able to let us in.
 DV Family
5/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Legion Lake Campground stay in Custer State Park

Campground host, Cindy and volunteer, Pat, are exceptional folks. Pat's recommendations for the best hikes were perfect! We nicknamed him 'Sunday Gulch' as that hike was not on our radar until we talked to him - one of the best hikes in the park, but it is only for the very healthy hiker. We were there for four nights and enjoyed every night. The campground at Legion Lake is quiet and if you want a leisurely walk, across the road is a short hike around Legion Lake itself. Had Bison come through the campground, a bit un-nerving for folks from northern WI, but also very interesting. This campground is centrally located to most things we wanted to do while in the state park system. If we return, you bet we will stay in that campground again!
 Wisconsin Couple
5/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.4

Another Great Time at Custer

 Happy Camper
5/23/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Dreams are made of this...

For the past 35 years it's been on my bucket list to camp at Custer State Park. This was truly a dream come true.
 Abqtraveler
5/22/2026
Overall Experience  1.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Excellent

 SD Campers
5/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Where the buffalo roam

 Birdie
5/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Still the Best

We have frequented Custer for years and it never disappoints. The campground hosts are friendly and the showers and bathrooms are always well maintained.
 Lisa K
5/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.9

Game Lodge Camping Cabin

 Camper
5/21/2026
Overall Experience  4.3

Great

 BSS
5/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Camping at Legion Lake

 We Kampin’
5/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Excellent facilities, even greater people!

 EM
5/20/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great First Experience to SD

 ARB729
5/19/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Good Time as Always

The only thing that kept this particular visit to Custer (Game Lodge Campground) from being a "5" for overall experience was the construction on 16A, but it was a minor inconvenience. The pilot cars and temporary Stop Lights were efficiently done. We actually saw more Bison than normal, and in areas we'd never seen them before! Great birdwatching, too!! There was a small fire outside of the campground area - and once we found out it was contained it was interesting watching the helicopter pilot scooping up water from the pond and flying it over to dump!
 HappyCampers
5/19/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Signage

Need signage added at Stockade lake north campground loops to show which sites are in which loop and a one way sign needed on the loop for sites 30 and up. Or have a map of the two loops at the entrance with direction of travel and site number ranges. We went the wrong way in the loop and had to disconnect our tow vehicle to turn around. It wasn't just us either. During our stay we saw a number of campers stopped at that intersection for a long time trying to determine where to go and often going the wrong way. We liked Stockade Lake better than our second campsite at legion lake but appreciate having choices to extend our stay.
 Campgcpl
5/18/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.5

Bluebell Campground

 Mark
5/18/2026
Overall Experience  4.5

Stockade Lake Group Campground Review

 josh
5/18/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

One of our favorite parks

 cvenem1
5/18/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Fantastic park - can't wait to come back!

Level camp site. Friendly camp hosts. Incredible wild life. We dined at the Game Lodge restaurant and the food was top caliber and delicious. Staff throughout, both at the campground, restaurants and interpretive areas was knowledgeable and friendly. It was such a privilege to see so much nature around us. Really a special place! We'll be back!!!!
 StrayDog
5/16/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

One of the places to camp

We have stayed here multiple times. Great location in the park to do all the park activities. Camping sites well cared for with plenty of room.
 Nebraska Bison watchers
5/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

We’ll be back

We were passing through South Dakota to North Dakota for the night and camped at Custer State Park. The campground is pristine and campsites are well taken care of. Having only one night to enjoy the scenery, and area it was not enough for this gorgeous park and the wildlife there.
 Smurphette376
5/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  2.8

Great time in Custer

 Jon jones
5/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Visit

Custer State Park is an amazing place to visit and camp, we love it!
 Happy Camper
5/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.0

Really enjoyed Custer State Park

 Jen29
5/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful stay at a wonderful camp

My wife and I tent camped at Custer Blue Bell campground and it was a great stay! The camp is situated perfectly within the park and the amenities are excellent.
 Mike McKanna
5/13/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Always an amazing experience!

We are always impressed with the cleanliness and how well the campgrounds within Custer State Park are kept. We come once or twice a year because the hills are our happy place, and always stay in camping cabins. We appreciate the quality, affordability, and atmosphere of the park campgrounds!
 Minnesota Mom
5/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Beautiful!

Beautiful park. Full of nature. Really enjoyed seeing then bison, deer and other wildlife roaming in their habitat. The campgrounds are wonderful and the bathrooms )with showers) are clean. I can’t wait to visit again.
 Dawn
5/12/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Enjoyable experience

 Camper
5/11/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Outstanding

 PJ
5/10/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Blue Bell Campground was delightful

 fairlywell
5/9/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Excellent

 Big Mac
5/8/2026
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.3

Beautiful State Game Lodge Campground

State Game Lodge Campground is an absolutely beautiful facility. I only wish it was easier to get a site. Reservations are hard to get even 90 days in advance unless people live on their computers.
 kplo
5/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.8

Easy to reserve and awesome campground

Super clean, easy to drive through and get in and out of campsite, wonderful bathroom/ shower house. We were there when temps were still in the 20s at night so dump station wasn't open in the campground but double dump station and fresh water was open just up the road (in the park). Campground is in a perfect location for everything the park offers. Highly recommend!
 Deb
5/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Best Camping

 T&V
5/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer

 Cody
5/6/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

satisfactory

 Bub
5/4/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Experience!

 April Fool
5/2/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park was fantastic.

 Buster
4/28/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Great state park

We stayed in the Great Lodge Campground near the Visitor’s Center. It was very clean and well maintained. The host was very nice, helpful and friendly. The Creekside trail is accessible from the campground, which is handy. Lots of wildlife active in the park. There is a fee to enter the park, plus another reservation fee, in addition to the campground site fee. It makes one night close to $75. It is a great park, so “you get what you pay for” seems to apply.
 JamiJames
4/27/2026
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.5

Loved it

 Happy Camper
4/26/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  5.0

So Peaceful

 Nash Nomad
4/25/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

Thanks SD state parks!

 Melon goobler
4/25/2026
Overall Experience  4.8

Custer Cabin

This was my first time staying at a cabin at the Game Lodge campground and I loved it. It was nice to have a shelter to come back to after a long day of hiking. The cabin was nice and cozy with electricity, heat, and AC (which we didn’t need to use).
 Justin K.
4/22/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

great stay

camp site host was great !! very friendly and welcoming. Cleanest bathrooms that I have been in over many years camping in state campgrounds
 custer vacation
4/21/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.2
Facilities  3.8

LOVE THIS PLACE!

 Granola
4/15/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Nice Spring Break

What a peaceful and relaxing time we had. We were even visited by the very informative host. We hope to do it again next Spring Break!
 Stewie6124
4/7/2026
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great wildlife viewing

 HoneyBeeTraveler
4/3/2026
Overall Experience  5.0

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
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

It went smoothly

 Buck
11/19/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful campsite

 BD1
11/13/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Private Bison Jams

What a wonderful time of year in Custer State Park! We shared the Game Lodge Campground with two dozen bighorn sheep, herds of deer, and few stray bison. Animals definitely outnumbered the humans. Not only did we have our own private bison jams, the trails were quiet, and we also saw too many elk, pronghorn, and prairie dogs to count...and don't forget the burros, they are always happy to see you. The key is to get off the beaten path. Take that gravel road. Head out to the Wildlife Loop at dawn and/or dusk, but drive slowly. Take the time to just sit, observe, and listen. You'll be surprised what happens when you just wait quietly. The Game Lodge Campground was fantastic. We were surprised to have running water, hot showers, and clean restrooms.
 Custer Camper
11/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

GL32E

 Happy Camper
11/7/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

1 night

When I drove by the campground I was impressed with the roominess between spaces and overall beauty of the campground. The bathrooms were spotless and comfortable.
 Dtim
11/6/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful fall

 Happy Camper
10/30/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great

 Bas baa
10/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Hike

I absolutely love this park! I wish it was closer to home for me. I have yet to hike a trail that didn’t offer something spectacular. This was the first year we stayed in a camper cabin. Offered everything we needed since we spend most our time on the trails. The park is extremely dog friendly as well. The first time I visited with my pup I e-mailed just to ask if there were any places she wasn’t allowed. It almost seemed in their response that they were excited my pup got to share the experience with me. We have been there a few times now and will continue to go back, hopefully yearly.
 A girl and her dog
10/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great Experience!

We camped in the Blue Bell Campground (site BB3E) for 2 nights and had a wonderful experience. The campground was clean and quiet. The restrooms were very well maintained and very clean. (And the showers were nice and hot!) Campground hosts were very friendly and available. We would definitely stay in this campground again.
 sharpers
10/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Blue Bell Stay

 GeoPro
10/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great stay

Wonderful cabin and great facilities! We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here.
 Kellbell
10/25/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.3

Buffalo Round-Up

 Mary Jane
10/23/2025
Overall Experience  4.5

Clean and quiet!

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
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Custer

 Blue bell campground
10/19/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Stunning park

 My badger
10/18/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful State Park

 Leslie
10/16/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful park, beautiful campground

Gorgeous campground. Large spaces, the restrooms and showers were clean. The showers were hot and great pressure. Sadly we could only stay 1 night instead of the 3 we wanted.
 Debbie from Alaska
10/16/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  3.7
Facilities  5.0

Stockade Lake weekend

 Gnome Home
10/16/2025
Overall Experience  4.5

Simple and comfortable

 Wildlife Photographer
10/16/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

JUST OVERNIGHT

 Karl
10/16/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

dump stations

 narley
10/15/2025
Overall Experience  3.8

Closing it down

 Husker4Sure
10/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

A Wonderful Experience

Beautiful, well cared for campsite, clean restrooms. Our stay was very peaceful and quiet.
 Happy Camper
10/14/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Custet Week

 Vister 1
10/14/2025
Overall Experience  4.5

reservation fix

camping reservation system should be reviewed. I wanted to reserve a cabin during a couple of rainy days (staying in a tent), but was unable to because a 2-day notice was required, even though several cabins were unoccupied.
 John
10/14/2025
Overall Experience  3.0
Services  2.3
Facilities  3.6

Custer park

Great park and Facilities. Stayed at French Creek Horse Facility. All kinds of trails. Some were pretty challenging. I wish you could mark them like they do ski slopes so you can have an idea of difficulty. It will be great when they finish the water projects to the individual horse facilities, Definitely will be going back.
 DrB
10/14/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Always Amazing!

We've stayed at Game Lodge Campground a couple of times over the years along with other campgrounds in the park . Game Lodge is our favorite. It's clean, quiet, has friendly staff there. We just love how peaceful it is. This time we were in site 27 and had the herd of big horns jump the fence and come and eat grass right behind our camper. Quite the experience!
 Kelly T
10/14/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Wonderful park

 Heidi_MN
10/14/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Love this place

 MAV
10/14/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful park and campground

We stayed 4 nights in North Stockade Lake Campground. We loved our site (36e) and the park.
 DougD
10/13/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Fall trip to Custer

Beautiful campground. Great location. Wildlife outside your door. Incredibly clean restrooms and shower. We would highly recommend!!!
 Cadence Y
10/13/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

GL Camping

 RGB
10/13/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Great stay at Custer State Park

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
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Enjoyed French Creek

The bathrooms were very clean as well as the campgrounds. Horse stalls now have roofs to keep the horses out of the weather. Riding was extremely beautiful. Driving the Needles Highway is a must.
 Maggie Mae
10/8/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.4

Best State Park in US!

 Denise & Ron
10/8/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Fabulous!

Washington could really learn a lot from SD!
 Lynn
10/7/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.0

Fall Vacation in Custer State Park

 Rosie
10/7/2025
Overall Experience  4.5

Custer SP - Stockade Lake North

Our camp host, Pat, was a great host. Very friendly, provided excellent trail recommendations & was attentive to all the campers.
 Colorado Traveler
10/7/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

SOUTH DAKOTA experience

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  4.3

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

 Ali
10/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Quiet Fall Site

 BLKDMND
10/6/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Custer State Park

 Camper Bike
10/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park

 Low Carbon Leo
10/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

PARK LIFE

Great time hiking, fishing, observing fall colors and searching for the Poet's table
 JACKS FANS
10/6/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Awesome

Campground was quiet and peaceful. Some road noise but mostly just nature sounds and tranquil setting. This is our favorite camping location nationwide.
 Gator
10/6/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.5
Facilities  4.9

Impeccable

What an absolutely gem. The space between other RVs, the level site, the view... It was like bring in your own backyard
 Link
10/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

I loved this campground!

 Travel grams
10/5/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

camp

 Jim
10/5/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Amazing Campground!

By far my favorite campground I’ve been to this year! The location of the campground was quiet but conveniently close to amenities, and the staff was knowledgeable and friendly. The park itself is well maintained and beautiful.
 Passing Through
10/5/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

One of the best state parks

Fall color cannot be timed, but we hit it just right. Aspens and green ash trees were in full yellow color, and we did both our drives in the morning when the light was good, and traffic was less. We RV in a 25-footer with no tow, so we rented a Jeep in Custer to drive Needles Highway and Iron Mountain Road and visit Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse over 6–7 hours. Another morning we drove the Wildlife Loop: Wow. We rank the Loop experience higher than Needles, and Needles was very good. Enjoyed our white-table-cloth dinner at the State Game Lodge (buffalo ribs, elk ravioli . . . everything was outstanding. We really liked the Game Lodge Campground. Sites had a good amount of separation and were Starlink-friendly.
 SJW
10/4/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Happy Camper

 Pierre Rock
10/4/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful

 Happy Camper
10/3/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Our return to Custet

Campground very scenic, quiet and inviting.
 Sven
10/3/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

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

The camp host was wonderful! Not only did she help us with campground info but she provided better touring tips than the visitor’s center! She really made our stay special.
 Not-a-bubba
10/3/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Awesome spiritual vaca

Game Lodge campground—outstanding! Lots of room between campers, clean and tidy facility. Deer, goats and sheep wandering through, along with turkeys. Quiet, fun and just the most awesome campsite!
 Happy camper
10/3/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
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
Services  4.5
Facilities  4.6

Camping in Custer

 Pitt
9/30/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Custer

The park is beautiful. Some of the interior roads can be challenging with a trailer.
 DQ
9/30/2025
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.1

Campground Experience

 buffalo watcher
9/29/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

awesome

 T on
9/29/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park

 Roger
9/29/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Excellence

I stayed a week at Sylvan Lake Campgrounds and it was fantastic! The whole Custer State Park area is outstanding and very close only to the beauty of Yellowstone and Grand Teton NP's The hike to Black Elk Peak wase awesome and I highly recommend it, the view up there is unreal. I've already made my reservation to return again next September!
 Pollock47
9/29/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

camping

 gilbar
9/28/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Vaca

 Awol
9/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Lovely!

Excellent experience. We were there during the Buffalo Roundup and art show. Everything was very well organized and parking was well explained. I would encourage talking to the rangers at the visitor center and along the wildlife drive ahead of the day of the roundup. They were extremely helpful!
 70 something
9/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Roundup Time

Bluebell Campground is nestled in the woods. You can’t beat the scenery. Kids play center was new since last visit as well as potable water.
 Jagdag
9/28/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.8
Facilities  4.3

Great base camp!

Great location. Lots of animals on the wildlife loop. Staff at the visitor center were very helpful with finding exactly what i was looking for. Lots of peace and quiet right in the middle of everything!! Thanjs for a great stay!!
 Motorbikemike
9/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Grace Coolidge

 Sue from Minnesota
9/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wotrththe qait

 VJC
9/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Best State Park

We stayed 3 nights at the Stockade South Campground. The facility is very well maintained and clean. The camp host was very nice and provided helpful suggestions about the area.
 Johnny Ike
9/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.3

Relaxed in CSP

 Slyder
9/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Well managed park

Beautiful well maintained park
 Red
9/27/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.8

Beautiful campsite

 Dixie
9/27/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Terrific!

 NP Bucket List
9/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Fantastic!

 NP Bucket List
9/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Stay at a Great Park

 KP
9/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Stay

 Tera
9/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

A beautiful trip

Having camped in many states, SD has it figured out! Great communication for our reservation including educational opportunities. Facilities were the cleanest I’ve ever seen. Everyone we encountered was helpful and knowledgeable. Lastly the visitors guide is phenomenal. Who ever made the hiking decision tree deserves a raise. It helped so much!
 Iowa campers
9/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Custer - Game Lodge Campsite

Close to main road with easy access to Wildlife Loop, the Game Lodge if you want to have a meal, and the Visitors Center. Easy to access the site, we were in GL14E, which was nice and flat/level for our camper. Facilites were a short walk. We walked to the Lodge as well for dinner one night and saw bighorn sheep just across the street on the hillside.
 Laura L
9/25/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great stay and staff

Paul (volunteer that cleans cabins) was fantastic to talk with and went above and beyond to make my stay great
 Majic
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.4
Facilities  3.8

Great Campground

Spacious sites, clean areas, very nice horse barns. Trail maps need work and marked better. It was our first time in SD, planning on returning next year. Great neighbors, fun to visit with, drove 650 miles to meet people that only live 30 miles from home. Camp Hosts were second to none, friendly and were courteous while checking our paperwork for our horses. Found out we knew some of the same people in Missouri.
 Mike S
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.5

Location, Location, Location

The Game Lodge campground is conveniently located to get to all the sites. It's esay and safe to pull your RV into the Black Hills. Large sites, Full hook ups, Trees, Paved roads and pads.
 Sara
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.3
Facilities  5.0

Custer State Park is a state gem!

 SoDakResident83
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

North Stockade

 Josie
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Both times I called the reservation center the service was great!

Nina at the reservation phone did an amazing job of finding sites available.
 Happy camper
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

A brief stay in the black hills

Stockade lake South campground is really pretty and has decent facilities. There is no water hookups. Most of the sites are not level. Be prepared.
 Liberty Belle
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.2

Dogs go hiking!

The campground was great and very well maintained. Our cabin was very clean and had good room. Beds were fairly comfortable. The bathrooms were individual rooms with shower, toilet and sink, so very private and very clean. The campground and rest of the park had a lot of trails and easy for us to take our Labradors with us on their leashes.
 Lab Parents
9/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Awesome park!

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
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Very Nice1

 Dirk
9/22/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Grace Cooledge

 Lovecamping
9/21/2025
Overall Experience  4.5

Not even rain could ruin our time at Custer

 Mike N
9/21/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Excellent stay

 Haley
9/21/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Best State Park anywhere

 John Gregg
9/21/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Happy camper

 Happy camper
9/21/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Three night camping at Game Lodge Campground

 Camping from Colorado
9/21/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Iron Cr.

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
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.3

Outstanding

Blue Bell Campground was fantastic. The camp hosts were super friendly and very helpful. Facilities were very clean. Very quiet and a great dump station.
 Desert Rat
9/20/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

First time visitors

 WI-travel
9/20/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Great Park!

The camping cabins were perfect for my family. We really liked the hiking trails near Sylvan lake as well.
 Dog Mom
9/20/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Excellent Visit!

 Texas Turkeys
9/19/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful visit

Beautiful park, we stayed at the stockade north campground. Need to do better with the vault toilets. Also, they ask you to put a sticker on the inside of the front windshield, it stuck to the window and had to use Goo Gone to get it off. Also, the reservation email just had initials to tell us which campground we were staying at. We went in the opposite side of the park from where we were staying. Should put the name of the campground on the reservation.
 Robob
9/19/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.7

Custer state park 2025

 S&M
9/19/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park

I stayed at three different campgrounds. All were clean and well organized. The cabins are wonderful. Clean, attractive designs and free of insects and rodents. The restrooms were very clean, well lighted and hot water for showers. Among the best state campground facilities in the nation.
 Camphale
9/19/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

New Family Tradition

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

Great facility

 LTB
9/16/2025
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.2

Great State Park

Stockade Lake Campground North was a beautiful campground and the location made it easy to take in all the sights of Custer State Park.
 Scott
9/16/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Loved Custer State Park

We stayed in Bluebell campground. It was the nicest site we’ve ever had in all of our camping experience. The site was very large and had an incredible view. The restrooms were very clean.
 Happy camper
9/16/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.3

Always nice in the Hills!

My toaster set off the fire alarm, moved it outside ??. Windows, blinds and doors should be checked after each use. Screen door didn’t close all the way. Had a very enjoyable time in Custer State Park.
 Jill
9/16/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Happy, Happy RVer

The restrooms/showers were extremely clean and maintained. Host Bill was friendly and helpful. Nice trails at Legion Lake.
 Bluejay
9/16/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.2

Great stay

The bathrooms in stockade north were the cleanest I’ve ever seen. I think they cleaned it at least 3 times a day. Overall it was a Wonderful stay!
 Ellen
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.7
Facilities  4.5

Great stay

 Aaron M
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

September cool

 Kiwi Guy
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Amazing Park

We had a wonderful stay at Custer. We stayed at both the Stockade Lake North and Legion Lake Campgrounds. The facilities at both were the best we have com across. We really enjoyed taking with our camp host, Pat, at Stockade North.
 ghresort
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Another great trip!

This was probably our 12th visit to the park....always stay at Game Lodge campground. Tent sites in the past, and now that we're older, cabins. It's quiet, spacious, great facilities and close to the Wild Life Loop. We did have a rip-snorter of a thunderstorm our last night there this year! Thunder shook the cabin! We were definitely glad we weren't in a tent!!
 Alexandcar
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Stockade Lake North Campground

 Proud Iowan
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer Stockade South Cabin

Great State Park! I would just request more hanging hooks, in the shower area. Thanks!
 Mike from SD
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Already planning our next visit.

 Meg
9/15/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Serene

 Campbell Cubs
9/14/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Best Park and Camp:)

 Agnes&Chris
9/14/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great

We stayed at State Game Lodge RVpark. We absolutely loved it. Very spacious sites, in a beautiful setting and close to everything. It was also the quietest campground we’ve ever visited and was perfectly secure. We have a 42 ft 5th and found the park very easy to navigate. The campground is also in a great location to visit the attractions, and the shower facilities were very clean. A+.
 Gdiet
9/14/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.3

Center Lake 9 ft clearance restriction -ugh!

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
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Stockade South Campground

 Cap
9/13/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Stay

Paul & Deb did an excellent job of cleaning cabins (we moved once) at the Blue Bell campground. We were able to get some great info on what to see and do while in the park.
 TW
9/13/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.9

OK for two nights

Campsite was okay, although traffic noise on Hwy 16A was quite loud. Bathroom light was way too bright (should be shielded!) and lit up entire campground. Showers are across the Hwy, not a bad trek. Shower door wouldn't latch, Ranger said they are fixed frequently, but best to shove chair against it instead. Nice little hike around nearby lake. Friendly Ranger and fellow campers.
 SurlyGirl
9/12/2025
Overall Experience  3.5
Services  4.0
Facilities  3.7

Phone

 Bob in Colorado
9/12/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful park

This park is beautiful. The staff are knowledgeable, helpful and pleasant. Te South Stockade Lake Campground is lovely. I would love to come back!
 Small Shoe
9/12/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Sylvan Lake

 Rudolph7
9/12/2025
Overall Experience  4.0

Custer

 Advracer
9/11/2025
Overall Experience  4.5

An amazing week at Custer

 BBL
9/11/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful weekend

The cabin was a wonderful place to stay with a/c and a heater and the grounds were great for relaxing and cooking out. We do wish they would have checked the lights in the cabin as the ceiling lights were burned out. The restrooms are the best I’ve ever had in a campground. Thank you for a wonderful weekend!
 Camper at heart
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.8
Facilities  4.7

Review camp Game Lodge

 Camped Game Lodge
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Another Wonderful Stay

 WI Travelers
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Experience

 September
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful!

 TriGal
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

We loved our stay at CSP

Our stay at Custer was wonderful! At the visitor center we got great advice from a friendly ranger. Our site in Stockade Lake North was perfect. Facilities spotlessly clean. Campground host very friendly and helpful. Had wonderful hikes, enjoyed the abundant wildlife and a good lunch at Blue Bell.
 Happy Campers
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Love it!

 Dee
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful!

We loved the scenery and the variety of experiences- kayaking, hiking, driving Needles and Iron MT. And the wildlife.
 LB and Bill
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Ready to come back!

 SD Resident
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful Time of Year

 Colorado Traveler
9/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great park for camping

 Slow hiker
9/9/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Best campground bathrooms ever!

We stayed at Lake Stockade South campground, and I was so impressed with this campground! It was beautiful, quiet, and the bathrooms were the best campground bathrooms I've ever been in! And I've been camping for 35 years. Sometimes I just skip showering when we camp because the bathrooms are gross, but these were so nice and it was so great to be clean while camping ??
 Carrie
9/9/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Little piece of heaven!

 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
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Blue Bell Camp grounds

 GrottenLoper
9/7/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park

We paid for the SD Parks Pass twice. We paid when we reserved the site and when we entered the park. I told the person at the booth we had a campsite and we were still charge for the park pass. The staff should know better.
 Pilot1Each
9/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.5

Best Tent Camping Ever!

This is without a doubt one of the best tent camping campgrounds I have ever camped in. The 6 sites are right on Grace Coolidge Creek. There is not a lot of privacy between sites, but when you are in this environment, it doesn't matter! The tent pads are in great condition. The bathrooms are clean and running water is a plus! Going to sleep to the sound of the creek was amazing!
 Travelynn
9/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful place to Relax

Great place to escape all the noise. Babbling brook right next to my campsite. No light polution and respectful neighbors. No interactions I didn't ask for.
 Bear
9/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Awesome experience

 Ray
9/6/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

We should have stayed more than one night.

 Visitor from a distant land
9/5/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Great stay

Great park with lots of wildlife. Campground was nice with running creek. Many trails and close to Custer, many restaurants, and shops. Great trails and views. Close to Wind Cave, Mt. Rushmore, and Crazyhourse.
 SPOvan
9/5/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Great Place to Relax

 Horse camper
9/5/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

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 10000000146
9/5/2025
Facilities  2.0

Vacation 2025

 Mbrunno
9/4/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Good visit

 ntphi
9/4/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Stay at the park

The bluebell cabins were really nice and decently priced
 lll
9/4/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.4
Facilities  4.8

Could be better

On the last day when trying to checkout we wanted a shower after packing up…. BUT they clean the bathrooms at 10:30 and told us it would be closed until the checkout time…. There as got to be a better time than right before checkout
 Brad
9/4/2025
Overall Experience  4.0
Services  4.0
Facilities  3.8

Great site

Game lodge campground has always been our family's goto. We stayed in site #18, which is a great location, just one item for safety, the edge of the paved pad is getting a real high drop off to the ground from the campers door side which we understand is from use traffic. Maybe a little maintenance to fill this in some so it's not an ankle twister.
 Neb Campers
9/4/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.4

Family Roadtrip 2025

More beautiful than Yellowstone and we saw a larger variety of wildlife in Custer too. The cabin we stayed in was immaculate and had a great little deck for watching the sunrise.
 Brazil Family
9/3/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

GODS COUNTRY

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!

The park, overall, is a sample of gorgeous landscapes. Our campground at Center Lake was clean and quiet. The people we talked to were all very friendly. The camp hosts were very knowledgable and friendly. Professionals!
 Nick
8/30/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0

Loved it.

Second time staying at Blue Bell cabins. Well kept and nice cabins for camping. Campers are responsible for cleaning up after themselves, campers before us did not do so. Park and staff are great.
 ET
8/29/2025
Overall Experience  4.8
Services  4.6
Facilities  4.5

You need 3 full days!

We stayed at Stockade South campground. Quiet, clean, well spaced sites. Good facilities. Between Needles Highway, Sylvan Lake, the Wildlife Loop, and so on, we needed 3 full days just to scratch the surface of the area. Custer State Park is a must see, equal or better than many National Parks.
 Bernie G
8/29/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Beautiful experience

 Bigfj62
8/29/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Beautiful Park

 Happy Camper
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Perfect peace

 Sdsmurf
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer State Park

 Amy
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Custer state park

The shower house and toilets were very well cleaned at stockade lake campground and the camp hosts were very kind, the camp host at Center lake was (elderly lady) very mean spirited. She made our visit to that lake not very good
 Craig J
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.2
Facilities  4.5

Awesome ??

 Barb
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautifil campground with great amenities

 Sal
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Dump Station NEEDED Stockade Lake area

There NEEDS to be dump Station for StockDe Lake Campground. It not fees-able to pull your camper all the way through the park to dump, especially when you are leaving the opposite direction of the dump station.
 Lauri
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

Perfect Spot

We stayed at Game Lodge and it was the perfect location for our family to visit the wildlife loop, we ended up driving in both mornings and evenings that we stayed, the bison were often just inside the park. We also were happy to find there was plenty of room at our site for our large tent and the kids loved playing along the stream.
 Mn family
8/28/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.0

Great stay!

 K Uhlhorn
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great Park

 738
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Never Disappointed

Custer State Park is absolutely beautiful and the campgrounds are very nice and maintained well. The only possible improvement is to offer WI-FI. I think people would pay extra just to have that option.
 Happy Camper
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.4

Great stay!

 daphm
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Camping at Custer State Park is Awesome

My grandsons and I stayed in Stockade South Campground. I have never seen cleaner bathroom and shower facilities in all of my camping experience. Kudos to those who maintain that campground. Totally awesome.
 A Chicagoan
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Very Pretty, Well Equiped park

 BeagleBagel
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  3.8

Custer State Park Experience

Our family cannot recommend the Custer State Park camping cabins enough! They were clean and convenient, with multiple amenities and beautiful views. Thank you for making our stay so comfortable and memorable.
 Midwest Explorers
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Lovely park, nice facilities

Beautiful campground at game lodge with nice facilities. Camp host was very kind and welcoming. There’s lots of programming through the visitors center, though our brief stay didn’t allow us to attend anything. The programming seemed really cool though!
 californian-explorer
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  3.9

Day of awe

 Glindman
8/27/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great cabin stay

 Garry
8/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Fantastic!

 Josh
8/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Review of BBC5

I have family of 5, having 4 beds in the cabin was awesome having room for everyone.
 Sichmeller
8/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great visit

Overall campgrounds are very well maintained and have top rate facilities.
 Mike
8/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.8
Facilities  4.8

French Creek Horse Camp

Great campground it would be nice if they would finish the water spigots around the camp
 WI Horse Wizard
8/26/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful State Park

 Johnboy
8/25/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Quick overnight at Stockade Lake North CG

 1tim48
8/25/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great park

 LawiH
8/25/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

French Creek Horse Camp

 MacChan
8/25/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Excellent!

 Kenai
8/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

3 days camping and exploring the Custer area

This was the nicest state park I’ve ever visited. We loved the Needles and Mountain View Highways. It’s a beautiful area. The South Stockade campground was a good size and the facilities were clean and the temperature inside was great morning and afternoon. Our only complaint is that the tent site was not level which made it difficult to move around inside the tent.
 Donna
8/23/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.6

Wonderful!!

Lots of space between sites. Wonderful camping experience.
 TomZ
8/23/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Blue Bell

 Happy Camper
8/23/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Tent Camping was fantastic

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

Park Name

It is disappointing that the park is named after Custer. A Native American name would be much more appropriate.
 Jay
8/23/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.2

Great campground

Very clean campground, plenty of shade trees, showers, creek nearby. Saw a herd of mountain goats! The only thing that was lacking was a place to wash dishes.
 AndyW
8/22/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Beautiful park

We stayed at Center Lake campground and it was quiet, beautiful and well-maintained. The Needles were an amazing drive! All very stunning.
 NCtraveler
8/22/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.2

We’ll be back!

 Colorado Traveler
8/22/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Great stay

 TroyPistachio
8/21/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Relaxing Weekend

 Tom Stewart
8/21/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Quiet Small Campground

This our 3rd time camping at Stockade South and we always enjoy the stay. The grounds are well kept and the shower house is clean. Several of the camping pads need to be replaced or worked on due to erosion. Some visitors have to be extremely creative to get their camper level.
 Jim
8/21/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  4.0
Facilities  2.6

Custer State Park Doesn't Disappoint

 SavedByGrace
8/21/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Perfect base camp for our family!

Our stay at Gamelodge exceeded our expectations. We booked it hoping for just a simple place to sleep between our hikes and activities. The cabin was clean and had better amenities than expected. The porch was nice and had an outdoor outlet which was handy. The picnic was nice and large and the firepit was nice with a grate. It perfectly met our needs. The facilities were clean and conveniently located. The staff was friendly and helpful. Overall the campground was quiet and felt very safe. We enjoyed the access to fishing also.
 Dana
8/20/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.8
Facilities  5.0

Camp site is great, website is difficult to use

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

This was a great pull-through site. The picnic table and fire pit were down the hill from the campsite but that was no issue for us. It is a slight grade going down.
 Roger
8/18/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Pine tree lined campground

 Amy
8/18/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Awesome Park

The park itself is very beautiful and the wildlife is abundant and beautiful. The only thing I didn’t like was the 7 day entrance fee. I was only staying for two days and on top of that I had already paid for my camping but I couldn’t go in and claim my already paid for camp site without paying the 25 dollar entry fee a little ridiculous I think
 Narley51
8/18/2025
Overall Experience  3.3
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.7

Joysi

We stayed in Stockade South Cabin#3 this past week and are amazed to see the cabin exceeded our expectations. It was very well maintained with separate AC and heater. The showers and bathrooms are well-lit and very well-maintained and kept clean at ANYTIME of the day and night as well. All though the camp site is more than 2 miles inside from the main road, its very well maintained and is within walking distance to the lake itself. Highly recommend and would prefer to return anytime.
 JoySri
8/18/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0