ADA Not enough ADA sites or Hard surface path to the beaches
We have been camping at Lewis and Clark Campground for almost 50 years (22 of them in a wheel chair) it has been a very well kept area and campsites are spacious some of the older bathroom facilities need some attention. There needs to be more ADA spots available that have hard surface so when it rains you can stay out of the mud and not track in to your camper. Same with access to the beaches it would be nice to have hard surface paths because it's really rough and muddy to get to them. Overall still a nice Campground.
Hammer
7/11/2025
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
4.6
Facilities
3.6
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.8
Facilities
5.0
Chaos
Overall this is a fantastic campground. I’ve been here many times and will continue to come back. One thing that gets annoying is the main boat launch, especially when it is busy. I would love to see the park staff helping to direct traffic more so it doesn’t get bogged down with trucks and empty trailers waiting in line to get their boats out because everybody is waiting to put in. I would suggest maybe have two lanes designated for boats going in and the other two for boats going out. It would also be helpful for staff to walk the line and see who is waiting to get their truck to the launch and retrieve their boat. Maybe have a staff member at the launch communicating with boaters just docking and make a priority list to get them to the front of the line to reduce congestion and wait times. The weekend of the 4th there was a lot of people coming out of the water because of bad weather and almost a tornado. The staff performed really well getting people out of the launch as quickly as possible. Great park great area. Keep it up.
Boater guy
7/10/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.4
Great campground
South Dakota has the greatest state campgrounds!
GrandmaO
7/9/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.8
Favorite campground
TDVT
7/7/2025
Nice Park
duggersd
7/3/2025
Last week.
Happy Camper
7/2/2025
Experience was not as expected.
Our experience was not as expected. We had just checked in to stay the night at our tent site, and it was about an hour to an hour and a half after check-in that we had to take apart our tent and pack up to head to Sioux Falls to take our puppy to the emergency vet. He had stepped on something in the grass near our tent site and wouldn’t stop bleeding. We went to the check-out station to notify the staff about our situation, and all she could tell us was, 'You can go ahead and go.' She didn’t bother to ask if our puppy was okay or if we wanted a refund since we weren’t able to fulfill our reservation, nor did she offer to give us a credit for another day. Needless to say, we were pretty disappointed
Amanda
7/2/2025
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
2.3
Facilities
4.6
Campinginyankton
Retiredman
7/1/2025
This place is awesome
Bill G
6/30/2025
Lovely time
SDcamp
6/30/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Camping at Lewis and Clark
Tony
6/30/2025
Fun time/hot stay
Laura
6/29/2025
Check in/check out
The time that we check in is so much later than necessary. I’ve been coming to this are in the cabins for almost my whole life and they done have anyone come in to clean after we leave. If you set check in time to noon it wouldn’t be as if we waist a whole day waiting to check in.
Annual visitor
6/29/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.8
Facilities
3.5
Quiet hours not enforced
Not happy
6/25/2025
Overall Experience
2.3
Services
3.0
Facilities
3.3
Camper review
Great experience!
Frequent L&C Lake camper
6/24/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Ahhhhh
So relaxing. Our campsite was shaded almost all day. Didn’t have to use the awning. Nice breeze coming off the lake. It was hot out, but we remained comfortable. Too bad we couldn’t stay longer. The grounds were nicely mowed. Birds chirping. I think heaven will be like this.
GC
6/23/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.3
Amazing
Traveler
6/23/2025
Great Stay
The cabin was clean. The view was beautiful right on the water and close to the public beach. Love the trails. The only thing that could have been better is the A/C. We were not supposed to turn it off however the check filter light was on. I don't feel it cooled that well and it's still the beginning of summer.
SDSU Fan
6/22/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Great as always
Love camping
6/21/2025
Stay in Cabin at Gavins Point in Lewis and Clark Recreation Area
This cabin is literally 50 yards away from the bank of the Missouri River. An outstandingly beautiful setting.
T75rsj1
6/20/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Stay in Cabin at Gavins Point in Lewis and Clark Recreation Area
This cabin is literally 50 yards away from the bank of the Missouri River. An outstandingly beautiful setting.
T75rsj1
6/20/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Stay in Cabin at Gavins Point in Lewis and Clark Recreation Area
This cabin is literally 50 yards away from the bank of the Missouri River. An outstandingly beautiful setting.
T75rsj1
6/20/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Stay in Cabin at Gavins Point in Lewis and Clark Recreation Area
This cabin is literally 50 yards away from the bank of the Missouri River. An outstandingly beautiful setting.
T75rsj1
6/20/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Camping
Happy camper
6/19/2025
Review
Was really surprised about the increase in entrance fee costs
Review
6/17/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
3 day retreat
Kiki
6/13/2025
Great family camping trip
John
6/13/2025
Lewis and Clark
We had a beautiful spot great view of the lake. It was quiet and peaceful.
Rose
6/12/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
A Memorable Family Getaway
Our family of four (plus two dogs) loved our week at Lewis & Clark! We stayed in Cabin E on Gavin's Point, and this was a bucket list stay for our family; we've wanted to make camping here work for years, and it finally worked out this summer.
While cell service was quite spotty, it was wonderful to unplug and get outside! We enjoyed kayaking, fishing, lawn games, frisbee golf, and more. We cooked using a tabletop Blackstone on the picnic table on the porch of the cabin, which worked wonderfully. The porch is wonderful, and since Cabin E is located right on the water, it made for gorgeous views!
The bunk beds were relatively comfortable, and the AC in the cabin was a lifesaver. While a garbage can is provided, don't forget to bring garbage bags with you, as they are not included!
Our only critique is the lack of a mini-fridge. Our children have to take daily medication that needs to be refrigerated, so we had to hustle a bit to ensure that our coolers were flush with ice throughout the week. We made it work!
We're excited to camp again soon. Thank you for a great experience!
GFamSiouxFalls
6/12/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.6
Camper review
Camper
6/12/2025
Short and sweet stay
Gin
6/12/2025
Lewis & Clark
Camper Bob
6/11/2025
Camping
Enjoy camping in Yankton. The bike trails are great and enjoy the friendliness of the staff.
Camping Crew
6/11/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Was a great place to stay!
Sassy
6/11/2025
Review of weekend
Mabbe
6/11/2025
Same day stay
Lindsey
6/10/2025
Wonderful camping experience
Blue Jo
6/9/2025
Peaceful place
Anne
6/8/2025
Beautiful Stay!
HG
6/5/2025
Wonderful Camping Experience
Happy Camper
6/5/2025
Fantastic restrooms !
We stayed in the same day reservation area for the first time last weekend and it was amazing! The bathrooms were the best, big and clean! The bike trails and hiking are wonderful as welll!
Teddy time
6/4/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Great stay, great beginning to Summer2025
Kevy
6/4/2025
Perfectly manicured
CLH545
6/4/2025
Peaceful but SO unlevel
The pad on Campsite 211 is extremely unlevel and the whole site is uneven. The firepit is almost impossible to sit around because it's so unlevel. The site is shady and pretty with trees on one side. It's close to the restroom and lake path, but I would absolutely find a different site to reserve.
Camper2004
6/4/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
4.8
Facilities
4.2
Perfectly on par every time!
Shiner’s crew
6/1/2025
Great park
Jake
5/30/2025
Great Stay!
The lady that checks for your park sticker at the front gate is so cheerful and fun! She brightened my day when I arrived on the weekend. The facilities are very clean and nice.
MO
5/30/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Noise
Our stay was somewhat exhausting. We had a group of people who liked to party at all hours of the night. We had young ones and they were not able to rest well. We didn't say anything about it the first night but the second night it was worse. So we did say something to the staff and they came by to talk to the group and it did help. But, why did we have to say something there was no one that drove by late at night to follow up on the noise and partyers until we said something.
Lee Ann Franklin
5/30/2025
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
4.6
Facilities
5.0
memorial day weekend
Brandon
5/29/2025
Memorial Day fun
We loved staying at Lewis & Clark. The cabins were clean, the bathrooms were extremely clean. I felt like they were patrolling the area often. Overall a great experience
Memorial Day Campers
5/28/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Relaxing Overnight at the Lake
Enjoyed our brief stay in a camper cabin near Gavin’s Point. Despite the fact that the park was full of campers, we experienced a quiet and lovely evening at the lake. Bathrooms with water and flushing toilets were a bit of a walk, but the pit toilet facilities nearby were very clean. The cabin is basic, but also cozy and very clean!
Camper2025
5/28/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.5
Facilities
4.8
Camping weekend
Love this campground! Would like to see 50 amp sites and full hook-ups. Sites are big, grounds are well kept and love the trails.
Robin S
5/23/2025
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.8
Was really quiet and nice
Tim
5/15/2025
Great start
Great first experience camping in SD state park, clean, well maintained and beautiful scenery.
SDnewbies
5/15/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great
Happypappy123
5/15/2025
May Stay
Was a little surprised by the out of state fees.
Farmer 1
5/14/2025
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
4.0
Facilities
3.8
Great views
Jeff E
5/14/2025
Great stay!
2minidoodles
5/13/2025
Early May weekend
Marie
5/9/2025
Camping great... Fishing???
Camping out of state park license seemed to increase substantially. Park as always was clean and lots of accommodations for walking, biking, and hiking. Late April is early so there were a few of our regular stops closed for the winter yet. If wish there were better fishing locations for bank fishing, we don't own a boat and love to fish but the Dam is difficult and not all that productive. Yankton lake gets weedy and doesn't produce that much opportunity to catch fish.
BEECH
5/9/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Excellent experience
Skruffy
5/8/2025
Excellent
Mykidsmom
4/30/2025
First Timers
HappyCampet
4/30/2025
Off Season Camping
GTriplet
4/22/2025
Reservation system can be sketchy!
I made this reservation and then tried to change it (shorten it by one day). The website suddenly had some glitch and said my card (which is good) wasn't good and I couldn't get my refund. I wasn't able to cancel it, either. I've been told 5 or 6 times that I could get this reservation cancelled and get refunded. That was weeks ago and still no refund. (We made a different reservation on a different site and had a wonderful experience, by the way.)
southdakotaaveragejoe
4/17/2025
Awesome weekend
Nice quiet weekend was very enjoyable. Campground host Jerry made our stay even better by stopping by & visiting each day!
Ochcjo
4/17/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.7
Facilities
5.0
Ticketed fo having a current park entrance sticker
I would prefer this review not be posted. Since we received a survey, we decided to comment on an experience that occurred. Upon returning to our vehicle after hiking one of the nearby trails, we found a patk ranger had ticketed us for not having a vurrent park sticker. Our vehicle had a 2024 sticker, which says tight on it that it expires May 17, 2025. The ranger was still there and we asked him why he ticketed us for a valid entrance sticker. He said he did not know when i expired but assumed since it said 2024, we were in violation. We are nit sure if this individual did not have proper training or if he did not pay attention during his training. In either case, it is not a good idea to have someone enforcing tules when they don't know what the rules are.
Skruffy
4/16/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
2.3
Facilities
4.0
Fall in Yankton
LLU
1/28/2025
Noise
WITHOUT ANY WARNING/ALERT ON PARK PAGE, LEARNED THERE WAS ASPHALTING OF THE BIKE PATH; ROAD MAINTENAINCE, ETC. WE WERE BLOCKED FROM EXITING THE PARK WHILE HITCHED TO CAMPER AND HAD TO BACK DOWN THE ROAD TO FIND ANOTHER EXIT. NO WARNING ABOUT ANY OF THESE ISSUES WHEN CHECKING IN.
Arizona Game Warden
11/3/2024
Overall Experience
3.0
Services
1.0
Facilities
3.0
End of October cabin stay
Oreomonger
11/2/2024
5 day stay
PETE
10/26/2024
Great camping
Nebraska neighbors
10/24/2024
Great weekend
Jen
10/23/2024
Beautiful stay
Outdoor enthusiasts
10/22/2024
Late Season Suggestion
We always have a great time at Lewis and Clark Campground. It's well kept, nice space, and great views from about any spot. A suggestion for late season campers like ourselves, would it be possible to denote which bathrooms have been shut down for winter similar to how the spots are "booked"?
SD Millenial Camper
10/21/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.0
Facilities
5.0
Our favorite place to camp
We love camping at Lewis and Clark. It’s always clean, peaceful and relaxing. The staff is always friendly and very welcoming. The restrooms are always clean also.
Lannings
10/18/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Dump station traffic jam
Lewis and Clark Recreation Area is one of our places to camp, that is if we can secure a site. The park was in great condition and the facilities are pretty clean. My only issue with this particular outing was the traffic jam at the dump station. For wat ever reason on side of the station was closed. A bit to early to start closing the stations down.
Montana madman
10/17/2024
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.0
Facilities
3.8
Fall camping
Skruffy
10/17/2024
Great campgrounds
SD Friends
10/14/2024
Retired
Retired
10/11/2024
Lake Yankton suggestion
Lewis and Clark is always nice.
Happy Camper
10/10/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
My favorite place to camp
SK
10/10/2024
Beautiful weekend
Staff was very helpful
Happy camper
10/4/2024
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.8
Great Vacation
Great camping experience. Park was well maintained, employees we spoke with were quick to help. Traveled from Missouri up to Yankton to spend time with our son. Had a great week.
Dave
10/2/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Lewis & Clark stay
The Swedes
10/2/2024
Why Bother?
I filled out a survey from my last time and had some valid comments. I said I would like to be contacted. No contact--hence the title of my review.
duggersd
10/2/2024
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.4
Best Camping place
Great trails and great campgrounds !
Happy camper 29
10/1/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.3
Cabin m
It would be really nice if the cabins had a small dorm size fridge. Other than that it’s a great place to go and will be returning
Schineon
10/1/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Lewis and Clark
The staff, Facilities, price, Trail, along lake, from east, to the Gavins, South Dakota , does it right!!
TD
9/29/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Nice stay
Hawkfans
9/28/2024
Love the atmosphere, too many that don’t follow rules however
We love most things about this park. The last several times we’ve been here however it seems other campers don’t follow the rules. Not only is there always multiple dogs without leashes, there have been times there are non worker vehicles on the bike trails. When you come up over a hill and see a random car driving towards you, not the best feeling. Our girls pointed it out on several occasion this year.
FamilyCampers
9/28/2024
Overall Experience
3.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.6
Love SD
The Gavins Point section is simply the best place to be along the Missouri River. You dont need to do anything all day but stare at those bluffs. The park as a whole is clean and welcoming. The camping spots are ample and theres enough distance between sites so that u cant hear conversations. The park is close to the dam and fish hatchery. It has a great trail system for walking and biking. We practically also had the beach to ourselves.
Mulberry Girl
9/25/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great site!
Camper1234
9/25/2024
Lewis and Clark Camping Trip
What a wonderful camping trip for my family and me. The cabin was very clean and cooled down. Park staff drove through often which made us feel safe. The check in staff were friendly and helpful. The Fall event was fun to attended. So glad dogs are allowed in some of the cabins. Now our whole family can enjoy the camping experience!
Sdnat
9/25/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Weekend Camp Trip
Happy Camper
9/23/2024
Great weekend
coop4
9/23/2024
L&c
Park ranger waa a little gruff that we didnt check in at gate. Every other time have campes there there wasnt a need so waant aware we needed to this time. Kind of ruined the whole day.
KRH
9/18/2024
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
3.7
Facilities
4.0
Beautiful Park, but...
The park is beautiful. It is really nice seeing the geese, deer and turkeys walking through the park. It was a nice quiet weekend. When choosing to leave, I bypassed the dump station due to people dumping their trailers. I chose to go to the dump station located between L & C and the Marina. What a piece of junk! Dumping was fine, but when trying to run the rinse water to clean out the gray and black tanks, it was impossible to connect. It is bad enough the connections in the main parks are cut off (why?), but at least I can connect my own hose. An employee stopped by and when mentioned, he said it was from the 1960's. I figure with what is paid, the park could afford to update. And it would not hurt to have a connector so a person can clean their tanks.
duggersd
9/18/2024
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
4.7
Facilities
3.7
Weekend getaway
Lb09
9/18/2024
Stayed at site 205 Lewis and Clark
We stayes at site 205. We chose not to have a camp fire because the Juniper bush was hanging over the ring. Recommend moving the ring or cutting back the bush. We loved how many trails the park had for bikes and walking. Brought paddleboards but it was way too choppy and boats get too close to the swim areas.
Stayed in site 205
9/18/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.1
LOVE SD
Campfire
9/17/2024
September stay was great
Airstream 1
9/17/2024
Happy Place
Lewis and Clark Recreation area is a gem. It was well cared for and rangers are visible and accessible. The shower houses are cleaned regularly. It is a laid back environment.
Big Ed
9/12/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
camping fun
megabowler
9/11/2024
unlucky weekend
my leveling jack broke right away so i spent all day trying to fix it but no luck.
so at about 5 i got the camper where it could travel and head home never even getting to spend the nite or any time at all there just a bad luck weekend
but that being said the staff was very friendly i did use the bathroom was every clean very nice camping site over all i think it could have been a awesome weekend if not for bad luck anyway i am very much looking forward to getting things fix and going back many times i hope
me
9/11/2024
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
September camping
Tah625
9/11/2024