Please clean bathrms better!
In years past, the bathrooms were immaculate and they are now disgusting. Filthy with dirt along with massive amounts of spiders! There is more dirt than grass at your campsite. Holes around concrete so be careful not to roll an ankle
Kaye
6/30/2026
Overall Experience
2.5
Services
3.4
Facilities
3.2
Love SD parks
Love SD parks
6/30/2026
Very nice park with a couple hiccups
We signed up online for a campsite close to the water, when we got to the park, we found out they changed site numbers. We were no longer close to water. We were able to change area and get a site closer to water. The site wasn’t exactly level so the front wheels of our motorhome were off the ground. The next day was very windy and we feared it would fall off leveling jacks. So we turned the motorhome around and drove straight in. Much better leveling. We had an early morning fishing trip booked so I went to bed early. At 8:15 that night a ranger knocked on our door to tell us we had to turn the rv around and back in. I ask why and he said he didn’t know, just the rule. So you tell me what difference a 25 foot motorhome makes driving in or backing in. It’s 25 ft, both directions. I understand if I were pulling a trailer camper with a truck. I couldn’t drive straight in because my truck would go beyond the pad and onto the grass. But there should be an exception to Motorhomes not pulling anything. So I got out of bed and went through the trouble of letting everything down and turning around. Front wheels off the ground again. The rule is so people don’t damage the ground off the pad I guess, but everyone there with a boat and trailer or extra vehicles park on the grass or wherever. Never saw one ranger care either. You just need some common sense on this issue. My motorhome sat in the exact same place on the pad whether driving in or backing in.
RAOaks
6/28/2026
Overall Experience
4.7
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.8
Cabin R
Cabin R's full mattres was quite uncomfortable. We have stayed at theses cabins before but believe the mattress quality was not as good. Also noticed very tiny ants inside right away. And seemed to always to have to wait for a bathroom.
Camper
6/25/2026
Overall Experience
3.8
Services
4.4
Facilities
4.2
Could have been better
The restroom care has gone downhill this last 3 or so years, showers are aging and not as clean as they used to be. Lots of electric bikes and scooters are making the roads and concrete walking trails very dangerous. This needs to be looked at, evaluated, and rules enforced before someone gets seriously injured! Everything else was as great and clean as it always has been. There is one of the older ladies in the office that needs some customer service classes. She can be abrupt and likes to make you think you may NOT have a reservation if you don't recall your site number. Not a very customer service-oriented employee.
Beech
6/25/2026
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
4.3
Facilities
4.6
family camp
Keith Willis
6/24/2026
Worst website ever
My problem is with your website. I tried multiple times to make a reservation as an out of state resident. The website either recognizes foreign aliens or SD residents. I tried to make an account and couldn't due to your choices. Also the site kept blinking out, not keep ing the information entered and I ended up finally with one days reservation instead of the two that I requested with an out of state pass. I entered agin and went through the process and got the second day and a second out of state pass which I did not think that I ordered. This was a terrible ordeal that took 1.5 hours and I could not establish an account. The park and staff at the site was wonderful as usual. Your reservation portal is horrible beyond relief. Also why do you need increasing amounts of personal data that is of no relevance to you, ie SSN, birth date etc. If you want out of state residents to use your park, and you demand that an account be established, design a website that works. Also, I do not need the second out of state pass that I ordered I guess at a point of frustration with your evil reservation system, and would like a refund on that
Hiker
6/23/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.2
Facilities
5.0
Great faces at Lewis Clark
Thank you for putting power in the center of the group camping sites,
Camper 2026
6/22/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.4
Cabin K 2026
Really enjoyed the location of Cabin K. We had a great 4 days in the park! Weather was great also!
Moparman69
6/22/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.3
Great place to go camping!
Peanut48
6/21/2026
Overnight Stop
Mike
6/20/2026
Beautiful place to camp
Nice and secluded
Al
6/18/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.8
Facilities
4.4
Noisy neighbors
Lovely site, nice bike and walking paths, lots of mature trees, good beaches.
One down side was our neighbors had about 25 people both saturday and Sunday with 6 cars parked around their camper. A ranger visited them Saturday afternoon to ask them to move their cars from another camp drive but did not enforce the excessive amount of people in the space.
nanastace
6/17/2026
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
3.7
Facilities
5.0
Sister time
Auggie P Doggie
6/17/2026
Same Day Reservations
Overall, I feel the GF&P department is doing a good job with the reservations. We do see one problem. We had a same day reservation and decided to try and extend it at the last minute. Another person had already reserved the spot when we decided this. That is fine, it works the way it is supposed to. We had to change sites. We drove by the site a couple of times the next few days and there was a very small tent set up on it with clearly no one staying there,The tent might have been large enough for a small dog to sleep in it. We here this is happening constantly. People get on the site reserve a spot a few days before the weekend and then just set some little piece of equipment on it to reserve it for the weekend. At minimum they should be required to set up the unit that they are going to camp in.
Lake Dweller
6/17/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.9
Great place to camp
Visited short stint but loved the place. Big sites, well maintained, polite staff. I would highly recommend!
doglvr61
6/17/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Beautifully kept park
River
6/16/2026
Family Fun ... the only complaint ... Mother Nature and her heat and wind.
MickiD
6/16/2026
Camp Fun
Happy Camper
6/15/2026
Camp
One of the prettiest camp sites we have stayed at.
Funny girl
6/13/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
review
camperguy
6/12/2026
Good weekend
Just the too of us.
6/11/2026
happy grandma
We were extremely happy with how clean and nice the park is. We had two cabins and two camp sites. Well spaced out and equipped with what we needed. (electricity at sites and AC at cabins) The cabins were the best.
Grandma D
6/11/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.8
Lewis and Clark same day
Add water to sites
Dion
6/10/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
3.9
Quiet and peaceful
Sage
6/10/2026
Great stay
Chelsea
6/8/2026
Approval rating
Always one of our favorite locations. Staff is knowledgeable and caring and courteous. Great maintenance and upkeep
Bordo
6/6/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Smoke alarms went off
Everything was great, electricity and a/c worked wonderfully but at night the smoke alarms went off multiple times, I believe it was the little bugs getting inside and causing them to go off.
Cabin renter 210
6/4/2026
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Short Title Review
Toilet out of order all weekend and Monday. Toilets are all very short and hard to sit down on for older people (no hand hold assists in stalls). Facilities otherwise excellent.
Archibald12
6/4/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Good experience
Borkie
6/4/2026
Electric bikes on trail
The electric bikes on the bike trail are a hazard. Almost no one is actually pedaling a bike on the trail anymore. I would say 90% of the bikers were on ebikes and they are going quite fast. I know there are rules in place on trails in Sioux Falls for ebikes and I think there needs to be some restrictions on the state's trails and the rules need to be enforced.
Skruffy
6/4/2026
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great stay
We stay there often as it is always clean and well maintained... and quiet for the most part. Lewis and Clark restrooms have always been well maintained, but they are getting older and could use a refresh or updates to help the staff keep them as clean as they have been.
Beech
6/4/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Love this park!
CB Campers
6/3/2026
Great campground. Employees need more training.
When I arrived, I checked in and the person checking me in, did not know what she was doing and did not act like she was trying to learn. There was a seased pro doing three people's jobs. The new girl, did not review anything with me and did not know how to read a map.
The camp activities were a huge hit with my kids at Gavin Point. The programing is great. We always love that.
Then I had a question for another employee about the best and closest beach to swim at, and he was about to make us drive a ways by the boat dock when there was one right behind us that he had no clue about and we could not see until we started walking. So, yes, we could have looked at a map, but it really was not marked on there and we were walking quiet a ways to see other beaches. So I was confussed how someone who worked there did not know. It was our first visit to the campground.
Cabin Dweller
6/2/2026
Overall Experience
3.3
Services
4.0
Facilities
4.6
Quiet place
Mom of 8
5/31/2026
thirsty
We stayed May 19 through May 26. I have no complaints about noise, excess traffic, long lines for water or dumping, or anything major. Only problem I had was the drinking fountains on two of the shower houses were not functional.
indurango
5/31/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.6
Facilities
We love Lewis and Clark. The facility cleaning has gone downhill greatly over the years. The bathrooms are not very clean. Especially those in first come first serve.
Lj
5/30/2026
Overall Experience
3.0
Services
5.0
Simply Amazing
Happy camper
5/30/2026
Happy
Always clean and great staff
Campsite reserve
5/29/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
LOVED it!
This is a beautiful place. Loved the sunset colors and the quietness of the park.
LTheresa
5/27/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Missouri River vacation
Gypsy Girl
5/22/2026
Nice site...but
The site was absolutely wonderful! The comfort station was clean. My only issue has to do with the refund policy. Last Sunday night, the lake area was in a 3 out of 5 risk for severe weather. For our safety, we decided that it would be best to leave. I went to the office to see if I could get a refund. I was told that since I missed the 24-hour window, i could not get a refund. I get it...there have been folks in the past that abused the refund policy...but there should be a special circumstances allowance (like a hugh threat of severe weather) so that refunds could be issued in advance of severe weather. I am hopeful that you will give consideration to this circumstance and issue a refund.
Camper65
5/21/2026
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
4.0
Facilities
4.1
It was wonderful
It was spacious grassy land between sites which were on paved parking spots. Many were facing the water. The paved bike/walking path around the park was fantastic and well used by many. We wanted a different site than the one we were given when we registered on line and easiliy changed it by calling the reservation line again. The lady in the office was helpful and friendly.
Spacelady
5/19/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Lewis & Clark
We really like this campground. We moved to SD in 2002 and the decision of SDGFP to take over management of Army Corp areas we one of the smartest decisions to be commended. Great job! We also reserved Thursday so we could arrive earlier than the 4pm check-in time on Friday. One thing that could be improved: I remember being able to see a picture of campsites. I like that. In todays world there is no reason not to have this for all campsites. Also the campsite we selected was mostly dirt and not grass. If it would have rained it would have been nothing but mud. We would have easily selected another site if we had known. It would be helpful to be able to update a description of each site to include updates such as conditions, recent construction. etc.
Refugee (retired)
5/15/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.6
Nice View
Phil Busby
5/12/2026
Lovely and Quiet
MandaLamb
5/10/2026
Park improvements.
VolunteerJW, we're off season travelers and always injoy seeing improvements. i
5/4/2026
Camping at gavins
Very clean bathrooms and camp ground. Just wish there wasn't an extra charge for out of state people.
Jeremy
4/30/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great
Tdpts5dnn
4/29/2026
Clean great experience
Sweeney fishing
4/29/2026
Love camping at Lewis & Clark!
We have camped at Lewis & Clark for about 40 years and have NEVER been disappointed with this park. It is kept immaculately clean...mowed all the time and the Rangers & Staff at this park are very helpful!
Camping Fun
4/26/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Cozy spring weekend
Nick Severson
4/23/2026
Love SD State Parks
First time staying in the same day section.
KP from Fort Calhoun
11/10/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Pierson Ranch
Sffromsf
10/31/2025
Need dump station equipment upgrade
Dump station is far below standard ofnitgervosrjs,
Nana4400
10/28/2025
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
4.0
Facilities
2.5
Bathrooms
We were in first come first serve. No Bathrooms!!!! The area was quite full but the bathrooms in our area were locked.
Lj
10/16/2025
Overall Experience
3.3
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Lovely
fethfam
10/16/2025
Lewis & Clark Stay
Camping sites are so spacious! Love the views.
Mark
10/15/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Best Park in South Dakota
South Dakota has many great parks and recreation areas, but this by far is the best one in the state as far as Im concerned! I really cant say enough good things about Lewis and Clark. There are miles of trails to hike and water activities to participate in. The campground is clean, the sites are not crowded, and the shoreline campsites offer magnificent views. If you have not been to Lewis and Clark yet, get there ASAP!!
Krazy Kamper
10/12/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Beautiful place
Happy camper
10/12/2025
A Real Gem
The Lewis And Clark Recreation Area is such a great state park. A beautiful setting and plenty to do. Extensive Bike and walking paths, hiking on the Gavins Point Nature Trail is a must. Restroom and shower facilities were extremely clean and constantly checked by park staff. Speaking of Park Staff, we had great interaction with the staff at the welcome center. Very friendly and knowledgeable . Light a campfire and watch the sun go down. 5 Stars all the way around.
Green Acres
10/10/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great changes in the Yankton Section of Lewis & Clark.
Taking out the bushes and replacing them with small trees was an awesome improvement. Just inside the Yankton section and around the #400's sites made such a positive improvement. These locations are now so much nicer and it opened up the area, great job making that change!
BEECH
10/9/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Fall
Nebr camper
10/6/2025
Clean up
We have stayed here many times over the years. This was the first time we encountered trash on our site, and an absolutely filthy shower house. Do better, even at the end of the season.
Snowhyte
10/3/2025
Overall Experience
1.8
Services
4.0
Facilities
2.1
Fall Weekend
We stayed in Gavin’s Point and although we still love the camp ground this time the bee’s were horrific. We couldn’t even eat without them flying in our food or face. My husband was stung multiple times. We had to end up spending money on a screened in canopy to get some relief. We did mention it to the registration desk nut was told there was nothing that could be done. We understand they are part of nature, but a heads up on the website .
Bernitt08
10/3/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.1
Great Stay
DavidC
10/2/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
first review
The park is very nice to stay in. The sites are large. However, I would like to see an upgrade to 50amp service.
Boots
10/2/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.6
Horse camp
Loved the horse camp, clean shower, nice pens, trails have some rocks but very nice for barefoot riding, beautiful views of the lake on the hills riding, would like a better map system but paper map from park office did its job! Part of the adventure i guess!!! 10/10 recommendation
Trailridergirl
10/1/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.4
Facilities
4.2
Love Lewis & Clark State Park!
We love the park, the views of the lake, the bike trails, and all the fun campers we get to meet!
BeckyPrk
10/1/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
ThankYou
ThankYou
9/27/2025
Great-but holy yellow jackets
Absolutely love this park and will be back again. It's worth it to get the electrical sites if you want a great view. But the regular sites are great. The only issue we had was with yellow jackets! I've never been swarmed like that before. Thankfully the staff tried to help and only 1 sting happened, but I've never had that issue before, so I will be back again!
Ash
9/26/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
4.6
Facilities
4.7
Camping weekend
Shared a wonderful weekend at Lewis and Clark with our children and grandchildren. Campground staff were very friendly. The cabin was immaculate and we liked the private bathroom and shower. Our grandchildren enjoyed the playground and had wonderful afternoon playing in the sand at the beach. We even saw an Eagle. The bike/walking trails were very nice. We liked being able to bring our dog with us. The scenery is so beautiful. Was a truly relaxing weekend.
Teresa
9/24/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Always better than NE! I live 3 hours away in NE and always tweak my days off so I can have time to come here instead of my local state parks. I don’t mind the out of state fee! SD is the standard!
Sarah
9/22/2025
Fun Time
Weeezie
9/22/2025
Restful stay
JWM
9/21/2025
Great weekend
Mpeter76
9/18/2025
Great campground
Bryce
9/18/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.5
Facilities
4.3
Mini Vacation
Bear
9/18/2025
Camper
Beautiful campground. Lots of space and well maintained.
Camper Girl
9/18/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Retirement
Happy camper
9/18/2025
Dump station hoses
Dump station hose should have the threaded end so Campers can flush their systems. All other State parks have hoses that don’t have ends cut. Plus hose so short you couldn’t use it at all! Maddening!
Camper4500
9/15/2025
Overall Experience
3.5
Services
4.0
Facilities
3.4
Fantastic stay
shannonrecycles
9/7/2025
Great camping
Echo
9/2/2025
August
Love kayaking west from Gavins boat ramp. Sad to see the zebra mussel infestation along this path. We picked up a thank you bag+ of garbage, sad, wish people were more responsible. Enjoy weekday camping. Beaches are mostly clean, wish they would cleanup the seaweed a bit more often.
SD camper
9/1/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.2
Camping with grandson
Some of the comfort stations could be refreshed. Having not been to L&C in over 20 years, the signage for potable water is very lacking. That could be improved.
GrandpaW
8/28/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
3.4
Facilities
4.0
Lewis and Clark Lake Camping
Lewis and Clark is certainly one of the best state parks in South Dakota. Since last year they have increased the electrical hookups from 30 amps to 50 amps in the sites we stay at annually.
Phil
8/28/2025
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
5.0
Facilities
3.7
Awesome Overnight camp
The horse pens are the best we’ve ever encountered. There is a flush toilet and a shower. We will be making this our new layover when traveling to the black hills
August25
8/27/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great stay
Great facilities and very well thought out park for traffic flow. The aquarium and hatchery was a great time.
Brian
8/27/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Stay was great!
Kaci
8/27/2025
great bike trails
Biker
8/25/2025
L&C Campground
Campground is clean & awesome as always. Ill be back for our annual visit. Two annoyances: There should be a larger penalty for canceling. Too many reserve multiple visits & cancel last minute, taking away opportunities for others to get in. And - it's ridiculous to have a $15 per day entrance pass... Enough said !
Me
8/25/2025
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
4.6
Facilities
5.0
Great Park and stay was nice.... Just one thing though...
The only complaint is you NEED to have black tank flush connections at the dump stations. None of the dump stations within L&C Park, nor the dump stations that are a bit down the road, east of the park entrance, have the proper black tank flush connections. This is a big issue that must be addressed and corrected. Other than that, no complaints.
Lee
8/23/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
3.8
Love this park
Camp8q9
8/23/2025
Sensitivity to scents caused asthma attack
I’m allergic to many scents. There were 2 room fresheners in my cabin causing an asthma attack when I opened the door. I’m not allergic to vanilla & knew from past experiences that it absorbs unwanted odors. It was midnight before I could go in the cabin to sleep. It took 2 days withe vanilla & windows open to clear the odor enough not to set off my asthma. I could detect underlying cigarette smell
Colleen
8/22/2025
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
4.5
Facilities
3.7
Survey
Love camping
8/22/2025
Beautiful campground
David J
8/22/2025
Great place to camp
Lewis and Clark has everything we love—great lake view, great walking and bike trails, and overall great place. Two things I think can be improved on. We had a neighbor who tied their dog to a tree and then left. Dog barked all day. Ranger said they would talk to them. The other issue I have trouble with is when people reserve a spot in the same day camping, they have until 10:00 pm to get their camper there. Several spots just had tents setup overnight. I didn’t think this was allowed. This is frustrating to us as these were good spots that could have gone to someone who could get their camper there on time.
Camper
8/21/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Excellent Family Camping at the Lake
Great campground to stay at in order to access Lewis and Clark Lake. We drove in from Denver to meet family (and the boat) coming from MN. The enforcement of the campsite rules around vehicles and accessories was not well enforced, which is either a benefit or detraction depending on your view. Beaches had been recently re-built or graded which was great for the kids, but the zebra mussel shells are very prevalent. Nearly all of us came away with cuts during the weekend. Only real complaint is that the bathrooms were cleaned pretty superficially with a lot of grime/sludge buildup in the corners of showers and floors. Despite the 8 hour drive from Denver, we're planning a return trip next summer. Thanks!
JLoCO
8/20/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.5
LOVE SOUTH DAKOTA PARKS
BOO BOO
8/20/2025
Good Outing
Slenk
8/17/2025
Great cabins with an awesome view! Trails come right by cabins A-F! We did see way too many pocket gophers and even a RAT under cabin D!!!
Rocky Bell
8/16/2025
10/10 will DEFINITELY be coming back!
love2camp
8/15/2025
Amazing Adventure
Sadie
8/14/2025
Wonderful trip
The park is always clean. The facilities are also clean. Staff alway seems welcoming and friendly.
The beach we used was freshly combed, which just gave a nice appearance.
Just Us
8/13/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Outstanding place to camp, relax, and enjoy with the family
LPNEBRASKA
8/12/2025
Nice place to camp!
Great place to meet up with family and spend a few nights together! We used a group loop and it was a nice private area. One thing they could improve is the group loop bathrooms. Showers were a little too grimy for me! Grass could also be cut a little shorter!
Rocky Bell
8/12/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Copa Camping 2025
Papalags
8/12/2025
"Copa Camping 2025"
Papalags
8/12/2025
Hmmmm
We were camped too close to a site that had 9 tents, 5 vehicles, and approx 50 people. Yes.. on one site. Some kids darted in and out with cars going too fast. Once with 2 on the roof. Music was too loud several times… how can this be allowed??
JD
8/11/2025
Overall Experience
3.0
Services
3.4
Facilities
4.0
Great parks
K and B
8/9/2025
Very Happy
Snape
8/6/2025
Well staffed and well run!
LocalSDresident
8/6/2025
I’ll Be Back
Even though there are numerous camping spots the sites are spacious and private. We biked the trails and the were well maintained. Lovely rec area.
GusBus
8/3/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.0
Facilities
4.3
The increase in park prices we thought there would be improvement but the bathroom and shower were horrible,we ended up on occasion taking showers in our camper,be coming up to lathe park for over 60
Annual Trip
Omaha Annual Trip
8/1/2025
bike and boat summer va-ca
We have been coming to Lewis & Clark about this time of year for 20+ years. We often choose to come during the week because it is less crowded. Typically, the restrooms have been much cleaner. Even going to use the facilities right after workers left, it looked as though the cleaning was not as thorough--floors and shower areas not as clean.
Scarlet &Cream
7/31/2025
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.6
Please Slow Down
I'm 74 years old and starting taking my kids here each year since 1977. I love this place. We are from Nebraska, but come to the South Dakota side because of how well maintained your campground are. We love what you do and what you provide.
Unfortunately, I had to cry multi times out of fear during our stay. This has never happened before. There were people driving a south Dakota park truck that were driving so fast. I can't believe they would drive that fast while there were so many young children walking around. We stayed in one of the group lots, and they were obeying the rules and just walking on our group loop road only back and forth from our camper to the camp fire. The person driving actually speed up after we yelled for them to slow down. I just can't believe this happened.
GrandmaOlmer
7/31/2025
Overall Experience
3.3
Services
3.0
Facilities
2.9
Good experience
ckl
7/31/2025
SLOW DOWN PARK WORKERS
Love our yearly camping trip here. First time I've had an issue. Multiple nights during out stay in the Group Loop section, park rangers in trucks came barreling through going way to fast to see children walking in our group loop. I have 2 small girls and they were very scared.
Kurt Olmer
7/31/2025
Overall Experience
2.8
Services
2.8
Facilities
3.2
Speeding Park Rangers at Night
We've been coming to this location for 47 years. I've never complained before, however during this visit on both Friday 7/25 and Saturday 7/26 the park ranger on duty drove through Group Loop B at a very high rate of speed. We had many small children going back and forth between the campfire and their campers and this was very scary and dangerous. Our group had no issue with a park ranger doing a drive by, we only had issue at the extreme rate of speed in which they drove in the dark with so many walkers and small children around. To be clear, this was before 11pm.
N Olmer
7/30/2025
Overall Experience
3.0
Services
3.2
Facilities
3.1
out of state charges @ safety concerns
disappointed in the fact that sd state parks are discouraging out of state visitors by adding charges to booking fees and permits fees.
also there needs to be some regulations on electric scooters and bikes that very young children are riding and young people operating side by sides and golf carts that obviously are not premitted to drive.
also could not remember site number and the staff said they could not look up our name, only site number. we did take a screen shot and remembered that on our phone. we've never had that happen before. beencamping in sd state parks for approx 30 years. very disappointed in this experiance
red october
7/30/2025
Overall Experience
3.3
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.5
Wonderful Experience!
Happy Camper
7/30/2025
Great campgrounds
Jodi
7/25/2025
Beautiful campground!
Love camping!
7/24/2025
Outstanding facility
Netguy10
7/24/2025
Grandkids and Us
This is an amazing facility for camping. The park is clean and sites are spaced a good distance apart. Overall it is a great park to camp at. However, there are some complaints. If children are camping, be conscious of the roads inside the park. There are many golf carts and side-by-sides driving around. Many by youngsters. There is a problem with dogs. Often there is dog waste at the campsite, dogs are not on a leash and they have come after me, and owners bring their dogs into the showers and restrooms.
Longtime Camper
7/24/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.6
Not what it used to be
Been camping at Lewis and Clark for many many years. I've noticed the last couple years that the cleanliness of the restrooms has diminished a bit. I'm sure that the age of the facilities has some impact, but I don't think the time spent in each restroom to get them 100% clean still happens. We stayed in the Yankton section earlier this year and the same cobweb coming from the exhaust fan in one restroom was still there... three weeks later. South Dakota parks are definitely the cleanest and most well taken care of, and restroom condition was the main reason we don't camp in Nebraska, Will always be our park of choice so this isn't a deal breaker, just some feedback to hopefully make things better. Love SDGF&P!!
BEECH
7/24/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.6
Nice park. Rodent problems.
L&C is an amazing park. The one downside is they have a serious gopher problem and it's disgusting. The gophers are far too comfortable with guests and went as far as trying to chew through our tupperware. I will be bringing my kids BB gun the next time we come and killing all of the gophers at our site.
Bob Johnson
7/23/2025
Comments
I personally think the comfort stations need to be updated, Wi-Fi signal needs to be improved and additional boat docks need to be added. All the sites that we have stayed at have been good, but just some of these other things need to be addressed.
BigAl
7/23/2025
Overall Experience
3.5
Services
3.8
Facilities
3.6
Nice park but a bit expensive for a state park
This is a beautiful park. Nicely shaded, clean, and spacious. I found the park expensive for a state run park. $10 extra a night for non-resident plus another $15 per night for our vehicle. We have a fifth wheel. Also, I didn't like the fact that the extra vehicle charge was charged upon arrival. Either I missed that online or it's not there. I the case of the latter I find that in bad faith.
Catherine Holliday
7/23/2025
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.3
Just what we needed
We stayed in one of the camping cabins and it was perfect! The park was nice and quiet, very relaxing. Even though we didn’t have the best weather, it was still an amazing time!!
Kaufman
7/21/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Happy camper
Nice campground. The park could use more cabins. We camp there as a large family get together and would be great if there were more cabins for family members that do not have access to campers.
Rusty
7/20/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great place to stay
It would be even better if you had full hookups
Danno
7/20/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.8
Old bikers
Old biker
7/20/2025
Great cabin with a wonderful view
dtIA
7/17/2025
Great Place to Camp
dtIA
7/17/2025
camp sites
john deere
7/17/2025
Great campground with some newer individual restrooms and water fill station are great improvements.
The new water fill station and newer individual family style shower/bathrooms are great additions. The staff does a great job helping out with any information or questions you may have. The bike trails are some of the best around, but new electric bikes may require a speed limit. I would like to see some of the holes made by ground squirrels and other animals filled, some are deep and a lot of them, we had two in our group sprain ankles. Would also like to see a larger or additional courtesy dock as it gets quite congested and the west dock at midway dock cleaned or dredged out so it could be used potentially for jet ski purpose, would be great. Lastly would love to see all 50-amp option electric spots, vast majority of campers today require this so is restricting at times for spots. Overall, this is a wonderful park with great amenities and activities to choose from. Thanks to the staff for all their work and efforts to keep the park so nice.
John
7/17/2025
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
4.5
Facilities
4.0
Pretty Park!
There were only 3 dump stations that the huge park had to share. Some very rude people were yelling and swearing at others due to wait. Huge line.
Had no idea where to find rental equipment, no one told us it was available
LA
7/16/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.0
Great Experience
First-time at Lewis & Clark. It was the nicest Campground we ever stayed at. We had a flat on our camper and the park host and staff came to our rescue. Thanks Ed & Luke.
Rookie Camper
7/16/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
30 years of happy camping at Lewis and Clark
We have been camping annually with our friends at Lewis and Clark for 30 years. The park is one of the best we have ever stayed at. Keep it up.
Relaxed Camping with Friends
7/16/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.3
L&C park fan
Trevcat
7/16/2025
Water puddle
Site 228 - Rain creates a muddy lake on the pad right where our camper stairs are. I had to buy a squeegee to clean off the pad so we didn’t walk in mud a d water to get in our camper. Needs drainage corrected
Me
7/16/2025
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
3.6
Facilities
3.3
Great time camping
STACKED
7/16/2025
Awesome stay!
What a great place to stay. Didn’t like the additional $10 for out of state resident but I would not hesitate to stay again.
Iowa
7/14/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
3.4
Facilities
5.0
Vacations
Camping
7/13/2025
Great campsites
KimPossible
7/13/2025
Tree trimming
There is not a bad site in any of the Lewis and Clark camp grounds. There is nice grass around the paved site (not just mud). Also plenty of mature trees and shade, the only improvement would be trimming dead branches. There wasn’t any storm or wind and we had a 5” diameter 14’ long Cotten wood branch fall on our truck and camper leaving some nice dents in the hood and scratches.
Jensen family
7/12/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
3.6
Facilities
5.0
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