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Average nightly rates17 total sites · $20 avg/night
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About Buffalo Gap Campground (ND)
Number of accommodations: 17
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2026 Season availability
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Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
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Reviews (111)
What Guests Are Saying
Buffalo Gap Campground offers a peaceful and well-maintained environment, ideal for relaxation and stargazing, especially close to Medora and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Campers appreciated the spacious sites, friendly hosts, and clean facilities, including hot showers. While some noted issues with site reservations and minor maintenance concerns, the overall sentiment is positive, highlighting the campground as a hidden gem for nature lovers.
What Guests Are Saying
Buffalo Gap Campground offers a peaceful and well-maintained environment, ideal for relaxation and stargazing, especially close to Medora and Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Campers appreciated the spacious sites, friendly hosts, and clean facilities, including hot showers. While some noted issues with site reservations and minor maintenance concerns, the overall sentiment is positive, highlighting the campground as a hidden gem for nature lovers.
Review Summary
Matthew H
VerifiedJuly 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: Mandan
Large, level, paved site on the end. Great location. Limited Verizon coverage unless you climb to the top of the hill next to the site. Minimal highway noise at this site (blocked by the hill)
Matthew L
VerifiedJuly 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: Mandan
Love this campground. We like it better than the one at the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt NP. Decent bathrooms and nice wooded sites - a rarity in this area.
Stephen B
VerifiedJune 30, 2023 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: Mandan
The host, Arlene, was very good.
However, the campground can use some attention. The dump station is inoperable, and bushes have been allowed to grow into the road, making passage and parking difficult.
Dana H
VerifiedJune 12, 2023 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: Mandan
Nice and quiet campground. Showers are large and clean with hot water. Stayed early June and there were plenty of sites open. Good spot to stay if you want to get away from the crowds in Medora. Not a bad drive to the NP.
Edward A
VerifiedJune 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 27, Loop: Hidatsa
This campground is so close to the Interstate. I thought traffic would die down at night…not so much. The showers, while thoughtful, had not been cleaned in awhile, every surface was covered in spider webs, spiders and ticks. Two of the four toilets were locked closed. Don’t bother to reserve a site. The sites in the National Park are better and they don’t charge a reservation fee. The only sites that are available for reservation at Buffalo Gap are probably the least desirable sites. We were there over Memorial Day weekend and there were plenty of open campsites.
On the plus side, the accessibility to the Buffalo Gap trail was great.
Vicki C
VerifiedJune 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: Mandan
It would be nice if the sites that were reservation only were better marked. We arrived and there was a RV and a tent in the unit we had pre-paid. There was no ranger or campground host on the premises. We didn't want to just move to someone else's site or stay in the day use area without "permission" so we moved into the "Host" site, hung up a paper plate sign on the post that noted we were not the Host, but explained what had happened and figured that if the host arrived, they could give us direction.
The campground on the other hand, seemed nice and well tended. We do hope to return someday to hike some of the trails. The bathrooms were clean and the sites were roomy. The rating would definitely been higher if there had been someone there in some kind of authority.
John S
VerifiedMay 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: Mandan
Great proximity to Theodore Roosevelt National Park! We camped off-season in the spring. The electricity was turned on but the water was not. Site is close to the freeway, but the hill in between blocked the vehicle noise quite well.
Timothy M
VerifiedOctober 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: Mandan
Nice campground with some trees. Very quiet and very few campers here. Great camp hosts. Bath house and showers were nice. It is a ways from the park though. Would probably stay at the campground in the park if we visit again.
John C
VerifiedOctober 13, 2022 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: Mandan
Lovely small campground. We were up at the top of the Mannan? loop. Good spacing and shrubs between many of the sites. We enjoyed one trail through the grasslands around the lake. Saw quite a few prairie dogs
Rebecca B
VerifiedSeptember 23, 2022 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: Mandan
Beautiful, quiet campground in the National Grassland and near Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Water available, hot showers were a treat, and a dump station. Sites had asphalt pads some level, some were slightly uphill. Campground is close to the highway so convenient stopover with slight highway noise. Nice hiking or biking trail from the campground.
Location Buffalo Gap Campground (ND)
Address:
99 23rd Ave W.
Dickinson, ND, 58601
United States
Buffalo Gap Campground is accessible via Interstate 94, which is approximately 25 miles to the southeast.
Elevation: 788 feet
45 mi drive to downtown Dickinson (about 41 min)
Policies & Rules
General
- Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
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Last updated: September 7, 2026