Hot week end
DeanandKaren
7/29/2026
Wonderful
Palisades is a wonderful park!!! Well kept and lots to see and do!! Close to other attractions and things to do (if you have to). The only issue I had was having to wait what felt like a long time for staff to clean the shower building. If that's the only negative, it is minimal.
Troy Nielsen
7/28/2026
Overall Experience
4.7
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Too much money for an overnight out of town guest
Cindy
7/28/2026
our stay
madogar85
7/27/2026
our stay
madogar85
7/27/2026
Lovely spot
Camping here was easy and enjoyable. We were in spot 105e, which was a pull thru facing the river, with a single tree and tall grasses. I would say the park was half full, with only one neighbor. We rode bikes daily, around the bike path and exploring the city. We ate at the blue buffalo and the pizza/pub 2 block away from us (both were fantastic, with friendly people and great food). A quick visit, but perfect.
Kmp
7/26/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.7
Facilities
4.6
Great area, lots to do.
Reddawg
7/22/2026
Had a great time
DM
7/22/2026
Great park
Jennifer
7/22/2026
How California of you to charge a 15 dollar entry fee on top of the camping fee
Cali
7/20/2026
Great time for all
BoyMom
7/18/2026
Beautiful Park
Beautiful wide-open park. Spacious and not crowded even when close to full. Best Dump Station we have ever seen in many years camping. Nice bath houses.
Martha G
7/16/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Palisades
2017 coachman
7/15/2026
Mostly Great!
The park is beautiful and well-taken care of. We enjoyed camping here a lot. My only complaint is that when we pulled up to check in, we told the girl working that we needed a park pass because we were camping for two days. She gave us the car passes but never checked us in so we had the campground host and a park employee both come at different times telling us we weren't checked in. She seemed very eager to send us on our way as quickly as possible and wasn't super helpful.
HAL
7/13/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
3.7
Facilities
5.0
Very pleased
Nature lover 111
7/12/2026
Peaceful stay
Loved the cabin seclusion, staff was nice, disc golf was really nice and fun. Views were pretty
Happy camper
7/11/2026
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.8
nice park
nice camp site in newer area, space between sites is nice, no trees though, windy on my visit but I brought a kite so in wasn't all bad, clean site, restrooms and showers. Host very nice, hard worker, always checking something.
mister e
7/9/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.3
Facilities
4.0
nice visit
nice spot, nice visit, nice relaxing stay
mister e
7/9/2026
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
4.0
Facilities
3.8
Whole place smelled like the vault toilets
DC
7/9/2026
A great park!
Jessie
7/6/2026
Palisades Stare Park stay
Jarhead83
7/5/2026
Site switch
I reserved site 72, but when I arrived at the site, decided that site 73 was better. Since none of the other tent sites were taken, I took 73. Instead of telling me I was in the wrong place, Park staff switched my reservation to 73, I realized when I received an email notification.
Chuck
7/4/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great campground well maintained
Jsilvent
7/2/2026
Great Time, Great Park
Jared
7/2/2026
Great campsite through a midwestern hurricane.
Justin
7/1/2026
Beautiful Park!
We loved this park. We biked a lot around the park and loved the river through the cliffs. Our campsite was secluded and we enjoyed our privacy. Hope to come back again soon.
Barb C
7/1/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
overall lovely
Beautiful stop on our way from Iowa to Spearfish. Bathrooms and showers were very clean, the trail along the river with picnic spots are great. It would have been helpful to be able to pay the non-resident fee at the time we checked in at the entry building, rather than having the camp host zooming over to our site immediately after pulling in, it felt almost confrontational, and he told us it would be $60 even though we were only staying in state parks 3 nights of our trip. Broken glass on the road/in the grass near our site.
SnowYogi
6/27/2026
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
3.7
Facilities
5.0
One night wonder
We camped in the Queen campground. The area is wooded and sites well spaced. The bathroom was a little outdated but was horrible.
Bob
6/26/2026
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.8
great park
Beautiful scenic park and area to explore.
Mom
6/25/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.8
Facilities
4.7
Happy with Pali’s lodge
Maria
6/24/2026
Fathers day getaway
H family
6/24/2026
Out of staters not welcome here.
We paid for our lot. Paid another fee as an out of stater. THEN after a long travel day, they asked us to unexpectedly pay ANOTHER fee. When I expressed my surprise, they rudrly said I could have my camp fee returned and go somewhere else. Guess out of staters are mot welcome here.
Kathy
6/23/2026
Overall Experience
3.8
Services
2.0
Facilities
4.0
Beautiful place
The hiking trails are excellent. Highly recommend this campground.
2026 SD Adventure
6/20/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Wonderful stsy
The gentleman who checked us in was so polite and informative.
Travato traveler
6/19/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Beautiful well kept camping area along Split Rock creek. Great hiking trails and a nice swim area.
The only thing I had a consern about was the fresh water spigot at the latreen near campsite 96. When turned on, it sprays so badly it’s almost unusable.
John
6/18/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Weather and bad neighbors
It started raining when I tried to set up my tent. I left due to being drenched. The neighbors next to me had dogs that would not stop barking at mine.
urbs42
6/18/2026
Overall Experience
2.5
Services
3.0
Facilities
2.0
Camping
Mama1924
6/17/2026
Clean but no privacy
No trees at all. Noisy trains. Other than that great. Clean.
Jilted
6/16/2026
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.5
Great park
Park is beautiful. Clean bathrooms and showers. Disappointed that they have street lights in the camp ground, made it extremely bright in our tent all night and weren't able to do our normal star gazing.
Camper
6/16/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Palisade
gusbus
6/15/2026
could be better
The "plastic" mattress cover is way too big, makes it hard for full size sheets to fit. I think the floors should be cleaned, swiffer wetjet works great! Cabin #9 check the window to the east, replace the dust pan (dollar store). Had ants, small and regular size ants.
noname
6/14/2026
Overall Experience
4.0
Services
5.0
Amazing!
The park is huge first of all! Tons to do and see. Our cabin was wonderful! Quiet and secluded with all the things we needed - a fire ring, lovely deck, and air conditioning.
Sheri F
6/11/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Fun Weekend !
# Camper
6/11/2026
Palisades
Palisades is a fantastic state park with plenty to do and see. The king campground is newer and still coming into it's own, but is our favorite place to stay.
Joey h
6/10/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Great campground
Moto
6/10/2026
The views were beautiful!
Mrs. W
6/7/2026
Terrific Location
Palisades State Park provides the perfect camping opportunities. There are numerous hiking paths. The Park provides additional opportunities, FREE, such as kayaks, corn hole boards, frisbee golf, etc. Just check out the posters by the shower house, or ask the Host for help. The Host at King Campground makes his rounds frequently and is very helpful. The camping sites at King at very large for bigger rigs. Palisades is located close to Brandon and Sioux Falls if you need anything for your camping experience, or if you need a day to shop. We love the State Parks in South Dakota, the only campgrounds we choose for our getaways. Palisades is one of our favorites, especially now with their expansion.
Stephanie
6/6/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Palisades cabin stay
Gabby
6/5/2026
Great place to camp
Al
6/4/2026
Palisades
Palisades State Park is a very beautiful tucked away park that you should visit. As far as staff goes, Merle is the man! Every time we have visited in the past, Merle would make a quick visit to our site to say hi and go out of his way to make sure everything was good to go for the day.
A. Camper
6/3/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Love outdoors
Great walking paths. Great staff .
Love this state park
6/1/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Best of the west
Becca
6/1/2026
Camping with the girls
Nature ?????
5/29/2026
All is great
B&G
5/29/2026
Great Park
What a gem of a State Park, small but mighty. The short hikes along the river were beautiful. The park was well maintained and the camp host very helpful.
Hawaii traveler
5/28/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Palisades Rocks
Love this park! Beautiful views. Great trails. Only improvement would be if someone could please drive around to camp sites with wood to sell instead of only having for purchase at entrance.
Wally
5/27/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Cabin Camping
SJ
5/27/2026
Great Facilities and Great Park
EricD
5/21/2026
Great Park
Soofooclown
5/20/2026
Quiet, clean, fun
Emily peters
5/20/2026
Great State
Great staff at the Palisades State Park. The camp SD website worked very well securing reservations. We will make this a main attraction for our SD summer getaway plans. Beautiful park, well maintained, professionally managed.
Retired
5/18/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Not good
Jiggydogo
5/17/2026
South Dakota stay
Hiking trails were good, not difficult at all. Good variety. Bathrooms and showers very clean. Campground really clean. Pleasant places to visit.
Linda
5/16/2026
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Palisades Review
Caleb C
5/14/2026
Great time in cabin
Camper12
5/12/2026
Beautiful Tenting
K
5/6/2026
Nice new addition to a landmark park
The new part of the park is pretty bare, given it was farmground just a few years ago. A wonderful job was done to create the camping sites, and the hiking trails that join up with the existing park. Very disappointed that a horse area was never added to the park, as there would be ample areas for horse enthusiasts to enjoy the prairie from horseback. Across Split Rock Creek to the west, there is ample room for horse trailer parking, and horseback trails could easily have been created without interfering with the rest of the park. Palisades Park would have been a nice area for travelers going to the Black Hills to horseback ride to layover for a night, since the entrance is just 6 miles from Interstate 90.
Horse crazy camper
4/30/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Fantastic Stay
Amanda
4/29/2026
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Lovely, well maintained park
We stayed during the off season and washrooms, showers etc. not available. No staff available. How to reserve/pay unclear. Called the reservation line and they were helpful, however they did not elaborate on how the state nickels and dimes campers. State tax, tourist tax, non-resident fee, reservation fee and the another $15 fee to get into a park with no staff and no services available. $30 camp fee turned into $62.71. The park looks lovely and probably is great if services available.
Gavlut
4/26/2026
Overall Experience
4.3
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Early Spring Camping
Camped early spring. Stayed in Kings Campground. It will be very nice once all the trees grow
Marty
4/22/2026
Overall Experience
4.7
Services
4.5
Facilities
4.4
Cozy, but noisy
Campsite was clean, moderately level, and fit my tent well. The fire pit was of good size and the electrical post worked as intended. The overlook was nice. Park employees I spoke to were friendly and knowledgeable. My only complaint is trains. They were traveling adjacent to the park all day and all night causing me to sleep very poorly.
Eric B
10/29/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
4.8
Facilities
4.7
Fantastic Weekend Getaway
Loved the King campground, the facilities were obviously new and up-to-date. Would likely have preferred the other campground if we came in July. Great hiking and views.
Angie
10/27/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.4
Lovely Park
Ashley
10/24/2025
Great Park!
Nebraska
10/22/2025
Tim
Super nice park host. Very helpful and friendly.
Tim
10/18/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.2
Facilities
5.0
Camping at the Palisades State Park
Ricky
10/16/2025
Great Experience
keepitrural
10/15/2025
Amazing Expansion
This was my first time to visit after the 2024 expansion and it is amazing. I stayed in an immaculate new cabin and loved the new bathhouse. The old part of the park still features the pink quartzite cliffs and flowing river. There are many hikes and all are easy and under 2 miles. The only negative was the train line close by that blew its horn at 6:00 a.m.
SDRUNNER
10/14/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Quaint
Trash has got to be more of a priority. We found lots of trash at the campsite and in the trees. Very disappointing having a pocket filled with trash while looking for wood.
John
10/14/2025
Overall Experience
3.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.0
Wonderfully peaceful
Clean level RV site with electric only. Restrooms and showers were the cleanest and best we have ever experienced. Roads were in great shape and provided great bike riding.
Larrythebear
10/13/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.6
Beautiful state park
Kevin
10/10/2025
Great time
TGR
10/10/2025
Great camp site for a tent or 2
Happy camper
10/8/2025
Palisades was our heaven on earth
We camped on site 77 and were amazed with the privacy and facilities. We were across from two cabins. The shower house was located just a short walk down the hill, facilities were clean, modern - overall a perfect experience. The campground was located just few minutes from a small town with all the necessary amenities.
Artcom
10/5/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
LAME
We have been coming here for 10+ years, used to love driving 3.5 hours to go here but not anymore. Teased by the wifi adaptation but not in our cabin, it was a joke. Older cabins 5-6 were rotten roofs with wasp nests and I suggest when you clean the cabin that you bring a leaf blower.
Pissed
10/4/2025
Overall Experience
2.0
Services
1.0
Facilities
1.2
Great trails
Rollin
10/2/2025
Great host
Rollin
10/2/2025
Best weekend ever
Rollin
10/2/2025
Oily mess
We arrived to a black, oily mess. They were applying black oil over gravel when we arrived. Our campsite pad was recently done as well. We had trouble getting up one of the hills with or camper because it was so wet with oil. It was supposedly not supposed to stick to anything but it stuck to everything. Our camper tires, our truck tires. The wet, oily gravel was attached to the underside of both camper and truck. After backing into our site we had to walk on the mess to finish setting up the camper. Our shoes stuck to the oil with every step. We couldn’t get into the camper without stepping on it. Our dog had it on her paws. Every where she stepped inside the camper left oil marks. I can’t believe that they couldn’t wait until after October 1st to complete this work. The Queen campground was almost full for the last weekend of the regular season.
Tessaann
10/1/2025
Overall Experience
3.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
2.6
Great trails
Margaret
10/1/2025
Great park
Margaret
10/1/2025
Love the park but disappointed in maintenance
I love this park but disappointed that no maintenance is being done to control invasive plants that are destroying the park. No burning along the canyon so cedars and buckthorn are taking over.
SD botanist
9/30/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
4.3
Facilities
3.7
Hidden gem
Great state park with hot showers close to Interstate 90, 4 hours from Chicago, 12 hours from Denver, 30 minutes from Sioux Falls. Very scenic walk along Split Rock River. Campsites are not close together. As we pulled into our site the wild turkeys were pulling out. Friendly staff.
Iowan
9/29/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Very nice park
Jane
9/28/2025
Fall fun camping
Very nice campground. My only complaint is I wish that all the family bathrooms would have been open. Two of them were closed 24/7
Regular camper
9/28/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Camping at the Palisades
We camped in the old part of the park for pur second trip this year. Nice shady spots. Also a nice shower house with bathrooms. Loved the hikes you could take around the park.
Faye
9/26/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Great location
Mountain man
9/25/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.7
Overnight stop
A beautiful overnight stop for a last minute decision to break up a long drive. There wasn’t anyone at the office when we arrived around 5:00. We didn’t see any staff or ranger while we were there. We enjoyed a walk to the bridge, the historical marker, and the view.
Luv2camp
9/22/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Facilities
4.8
AOL Campout
Michelle
9/20/2025
Camping trip
It was a great place to visit and camp for a long weekend. My only complaint is that most tent camping sites are too close to each other, and our spot was not very flat for a tent. But we managed and had a great time. The trails were not very long, but the terrain made up for the short trails.
Adventure Life
9/19/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
3.3
Nice stay at Palisades State Park
ken
9/18/2025
Quiet Times
I like the new camping area at Palisades. Room between sites are sufficient, shower house is very clean. Hosts at both camp areas are very nice.
CamperDude
9/9/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.3
Facilities
4.8
Wonderful SD
NE loves SD
9/6/2025
Wonderful place 5 stars
The campsite was beautiful clean and great pricd
Camper women
9/5/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Great Visit But...
Palisades is a gorgeous park with great amenities, proximately to Sioux Falls and helpful staff. Unfortunately my most recent visit did not live up to expectations. There is virtually no privacy or quiet in the tent camping spots in the old section (Queen). Lot of cars drove by in the 3 days I was there and because the main tent spot would've been a muddy mess, I put my tent up in a grassier, level spot closer to the road. It was fine after quiet hours. Speaking of which...I literally had to yell over to the cabin next to me to turn their music down after 11pm. They had it blaring from 3pm on. Quiet times is one thing, but I wanted to unplug and unwind and I shouldn't have to tell people to be considerate of others while CAMPING.
Mulberry Queen
9/5/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
4.3
Facilities
4.0
Great place to relax
Tracy
9/4/2025
Beautiful Park
Camper
9/4/2025
Relax time
Gatogordo
9/3/2025
great stay
we had an RV mechanical issue--the park staff were wonderful in helping us! they were great!
Sam
9/3/2025
Lovely
The staff were wonderful, our site was lovely, the bathrooms were clean, and the park is beautiful!
Siren
9/3/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
State Park Rip off
Screen NAme
9/1/2025
Unexpectedly beautiful park
Tira
9/1/2025
Scenic Overlook
Great staff, hiking trails, and campsites. Clean washrooms in newly opened camping area but not a lot of shade yet.
Wally
8/26/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.8
Facilities
4.4
Great Spot for a Quick Nature Escape
Our campsite was great — clean and comfortable. The bathrooms were well-kept, and we really enjoyed the hiking with plenty of scenic trails to explore. We liked seeing the playground and thought it’d be perfect for when we bring the kids next time. It’s also super convenient being so close to Sioux Falls. The gentleman who checked us in was very kind and welcoming. Loved having no phone service — made it easier to unplug and relax! The only things we would have liked was a better visual or layout when reserving our site online — it was hard to tell exactly what we were getting.
Also, it would’ve been helpful if, when we checked in, the staff gave a quick overview of the park — like where to find bathrooms, where we could buy things like firewood or souvenirs (if available), and a brief rundown of the trails or park features. We know we could’ve asked, but a simple welcome or orientation would make new visitors feel more informed and aware of what the park has to offer.
Bob
8/26/2025
Overall Experience
4.5
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Very nice park
Glmunster
8/21/2025
Fun Times
Viking Fan
8/18/2025
Perfect Camping Spot!
Wonderful location and perfect camping experience! The park was great with wonderful walking & hiking trials and nearby to additional parks and historic locations. We loved our camp site and the new facilities in the King’s Campground. Our only issue was that they mowed during our stay without notifying us, and we had grass clippings all over and into our tent. Otherwise, a great camping experience with few bugs!
Oh and don’t purchase your parking passes online, we never received the information and ended up paying for our parking passes twice.
Rachel
8/17/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
4.3
Facilities
5.0
Beautiful park and RV camping
Amy
8/14/2025
Just What I Wanted
Fabio
8/13/2025
Overall happy except for campsite
I enjoyed the park. The only negative feedback I have is that I paid extra for an electric spot but the outlet at our site did not even work. $20 more for an electric spot when I ended up with a nonelectric spot anyways.
SingleMom
8/13/2025
Overall Experience
3.3
Services
3.3
Facilities
4.5
Love
The park is beautiful, clean, and has plenty to do without ever leaving - swimming, hiking, room to ride bikes, rock climbing. We went to Garretson to explore the Devil’s Gulch park which is also beautiful. Make sure to pay for your parking passes as it’s not included with the price of the campsite. We thought it would be nice if one pass was included within the price of a campsite.
mgs111
8/13/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.9
Short Stay
Scott Goodloe
8/10/2025
Awesome
What a beautiful park brand new restrooms, and 2 showers. what a nice camp host ??, we had a wonderful stay.
Cupcake
8/10/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
All good
Campground hosts greeted me and were both helpful and enthusiastic about the area. Restrooms were clean, paths were well kept and walkable. Lovely wildflowers and water.
CK
8/7/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
A peaceful pause at Palisades
We made a quick stop at Palisades State Park. It was a peaceful break with beautiful rolling hills, wildflowers in bloom, and quiet hiking trails near the water. We ended the day with a relaxing campfire—short stay, but worth it for the calm and scenery.
JnMAdventures
8/7/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
5.0
Great weekend
Jayco 23B
8/6/2025
Good time!
Cabin was great and located in a nice spot. C5 Park seemed well patrolled by park staff. Nice bundle of firewood for $7. Great trails and views and plenty of other things to do in the area.
Dan V from Winona
8/6/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
5.0
Facilities
4.5
Love the Palisades!
Camp host very friendly. This is a great place to camp.
Squirrel
8/4/2025
Overall Experience
5.0
Services
4.6
Super nice park & staff
Deputy Dawg
8/3/2025
Cousin Camping
Very clean well kept park, only two years old so not much for tree cover
Visiting South Dakota
7/31/2025
Overall Experience
4.8
Services
5.0