Smallmouth bassin

 ArkiSM
10/13/2025
Overall Experience  4.3

Lovely State Park

 Skruffy
10/1/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Nice Place - Staff Not Really Responsive

 GeorgiaHD
10/1/2025
Overall Experience  4.0

Roy Lake review

 Roy lake camper
9/30/2025
Overall Experience  4.3

Beautiful Park

 Lezlee Koch
9/29/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Where are the yard lights??

We have been camping at SD state parks for 35 years. Always have enjoyed our visits. There have been many improvements. However removing the yardclights in the parks this summer is concerning. Several times in the evenings there have been young children going to and from the restrooms and down the driveways alone. And we have witnessed young male adults hanging around the unlit restroom areas on several occasions. This is not safe and is very concerning. Please at least light tge outside of the restrooms and some of the pathways.
 Momof4
9/8/2025
Overall Experience  3.8
Services  4.8

Beautiful Park

 Lezlee Koch
9/8/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Labor day weekend Roy lake state park

The kiosk for state park pass is a joke and not user friendly. The app to make reservations or buy licenses is completely useless now as it didn't work at all. I had ro call to make reservations and buy licenses in person. The park is self was great. Cleen and well taken care of. It would be nice if there was better signage saying that park passes are available at thw store during business hours. . Park staff was very friendly and helpful when you asked for help.
 Prosupermag
9/6/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  3.8
Facilities  4.0

Late Summer stay

Clean and well-maintained park. Lots of oak trees in the East campground; the campsite driveways were mostly clear of them so the acorns did not drop on our RV (thank you). The gravel driveways were mounded up several inches which made it challenging to place chairs on the sides of the camper.
 JK
9/1/2025
Overall Experience  4.3
Services  5.0
Facilities  4.8

Roy Lake did not disappoint!

 DK from MN
8/25/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Rainy

 Happy camper
8/24/2025
Overall Experience  3.8

Wonderful stay despite the weather

 Missy
8/19/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Safety Issues

Roy Lake is a beautiful park, and we always enjoy our stay. This trip there was a safety issue in the shower house on the west side campground, west shower house. The motion lights (which are by the walk in door) turn off while people are in the showering, causing darkness and a safety risk. Please consider LED light with a possible light switch by the showers. Also, the water in the showers was all over the place...really hot then really cold, no just a warm temp. Garbage dumpsters have been moved to resort and dump station areas, which is not convenient, and most people drive to dump their garbage...missing the centrally located dumpster. We enjoy our time at this park, hoping upgrades/changes can happen.
 4Dobs
8/18/2025
Overall Experience  3.8
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.0

Experience

Their garbage set up is awful. A person has to walk so far to empty your trash. Very inconvenient.
 Sal
8/15/2025
Overall Experience  2.5
Services  3.4
Facilities  3.5

Days of Summer

The weather was sketchy. We live close to Roy Lake and returned home during a storm, but camper neighbors spent time in the Comfort Station during the storm. (I realize you can't do anything about the weather, but it did impact our stay two nights) The Comfort Stations were very clean. Some campers brought pets and at one point, there was two dogs chasing each other -- one definately out of control of the owner. The staff at the Lodge were very helpful. Since we live in the immediate area, having to make reservations 90 days in advance is disappointing--many times the nicest camping pads are taken. :(
 Local camper
8/11/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  4.3
Facilities  4.6

Awesome weekend!

I don’t know how you got rid of mosquitoes but it was AMAZING camping not getting eaten alive!!! Thank you!!! We had an amazing stay with all the outdoor activities the park provides!
 Watertown
8/7/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

Great Experience

 H2O Vistor
8/7/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Awesome!!

The entire park is a wonderful experience. Everything from the beach to the playground to the campsites to the bathroom facilities are well maintained and very clean. The store is well stocked with necessities and all types of equipment you can either rent for very reasonable or even free! We visit several times a year and have never had a bad experience. Highly recommend for all ages.
 Family adventures
7/23/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  5.0
Facilities  5.0

campfish

the workers need too pay more attention to the things that are needed for example the need of T. P. in the confort stations instead of being empty for over a day.
 campfish
7/21/2025
Overall Experience  3.8
Services  3.8
Facilities  4.1

Wonderful

 Happy Camper
7/19/2025
Overall Experience  4.5

After the 4th

I would like to see the camp site paved. We have camped at Roy since the last middle of thr 80's. Thing have been upgraded nicely except the sites. We also camp Richmond and Mina plus Farm Island, Lake Louise. They also are paved. Oh Custer State Park 2 weeks yearly. Sure would be nice.
 Roy visit
7/18/2025
Overall Experience  4.5
Services  4.4
Facilities  4.2

Relaxing lake time

 Moola40
7/16/2025
Overall Experience  4.8

Roy Lake on the 4th

 GSquare
7/10/2025
Overall Experience  4.3

4th of July week at Roy

 Legend
7/10/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Easy

 Davesway
6/24/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Wonderful Place

 FussyFamily
6/18/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Beautiful and quiet

 Jurassic_Camper
6/12/2025
Overall Experience  5.0

Deferred maintenance

The sites need to be leveled better and the electrical was only partially working.
 Vkoll
6/4/2025
Overall Experience  3.0
Services  3.0
Facilities  3.6

Great variety of fish

The camp ground is nice and clean. Our site was pretty level with a partial lake view. Only complaint was the restroom didnt have toilet paper for 2 days. So bring your own. Restrooms were clean.
 VickiK
6/4/2025
Overall Experience  5.0
Services  4.0
Facilities  4.5