Beauty
Blackbox
9/17/2026
our stay at the campgrounds
park is very well maintained, the restrooms are pristine as well, the camp staff goes above and beyond courteous. Love the walking trails
MAF
9/16/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Poinsett State Park
Fred
9/15/2026
Shower
The water pressure in the showers was awful near site 72. Could barely get wet.
Hunter
8/20/2026
Overall Experience
3.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
3.7
Lake Poinsett
Gabby
8/19/2026
Beautiful Park!
We camped with friends as we are not from this state. This park is a beautiful place to cam! We thoroghly enjoyed our stay and if this is representative of all South Dakota State Parks, we will certainly not hesitate to use the South Dakota Park system!
Hammer1
8/13/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Nice camp ground
JD
8/3/2026
Great Campground
Wes
7/30/2026
Amazing
It was my first time solo camping in a tent and it was an amazing experience here at this state park.
msartell
7/22/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Quite Campground
AABBN
7/22/2026
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
5.0
Facilities
3.0
Always Fun, Clean and Relaxing
New to South Dakota
7/17/2026
Weekend
When we arrived to our site, our 30 amp service did not work. I called the park office to ask for help. I was told she was alone currently, but when the other person got back from her dinner break, someone would be out to assist. I waited for an hour and called again. The office attendant stated that someone was on the way. 30 minutes later, help arrived. The older woman with purple glasses apologized for the electrical failure but offered to loan us a 50a to 30a adapter. I was grateful and agreed that would work just fine for us. She then told me it would be another 30 minutes because she needed to complete her rounds first. I didn’t feel like she was making my family, including my two daughter(4 months and 18 months old.) We had already been there for two hours at that point on a 98 degree day. Not an ideal situation for my young family. About 20 minutes later, a park maintenance worker came with the adapter. He was very polite worked with urgency to resolve our issue. He stopped by again on Saturday to check on us and to replace the faulty breaker for the next campers. Unfortunate experience with the woman with the purple glasses that got our weekend off to a rocky start.
Toyhauler05
7/15/2026
Overall Experience
3.5
Services
3.0
Facilities
2.0
Great Experience
We had a problem with our electrical box and the staff was very prompt to get the problem taken care of.
Campers 2026
7/13/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Nicely kept, quiet park.
Good Park
6/25/2026
go camping
Always a nice stay, even when the wind is off the lake the upper portion of the main campground is comfortable and only breezy. The new archery range was a nice addition, would have brought my bow if I had noticed it was there when I made the reservation.
I do wish the 90 day reservation window was shortened to 30 or even 45 days, so I didn’t have to plan my stay so early in the spring/winter.
yehaw
6/24/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Relaxing time
Retired travelers
6/12/2026
Great Camping
We had a great spot down by the water! The weather was beautiful & we had our own area of the beach. The one complaint I do have is they only have 2 bathhouses & the one closest to us you access by going up a bunch of stairs. The stairs are all different sizes & are very dark. I almost fell coming down them after my shower that night. Motion lights on or by the steps would be great. Otherwise we loved it!
Rae Jean
6/10/2026
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
4.5
Facilities
4.8
Parking fee??
We had to pay a $30 fee for the vehicle we pulled our camper with! I understand a parking pass for an additional vehicle, but for the vehicle you pull in your camper with? That should be bundled into the camping fee. I have never experienced this before and its rediculous. On the plus side, the showers were the cleanest i have seen at a state park.
Vacationsforlife
6/3/2026
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
4.3
Facilities
4.5
Lake Poinsett campground 2.We came as a family 4 different spots. Women’s bathroom toilet would leak when flushing it. water Spicket by the swim area was leaking. Kids loved making dream catchers
Socks
6/3/2026
Great place to camp
CamperGuy
5/25/2026
Nice campground
Would have been nice if the grass was mowed and the dandelions sprayed!!
Rich
5/20/2026
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
3.9
A lovely wknd at Poinsett
Sdsunset79
5/20/2026
Fall camping
retired camper
10/3/2025
Great Stay
Those new sites all be it unconventional(118) this site had great shade, shoreline access was awesome and the new archery range was a great addition. You can tell staff care.
Happy Camper
9/24/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Cabin camping
Partee
9/22/2025