Cook Lake Rec Area

This site is very difficult to find and get to. Must travel about 20 mi on dirt roads with very few directional signs. Choose your own adventure because the signage was so bad. Better to travel in daylight to find the site due to the roads and abundant deer. We were tent camping and reserved a non-electric site but the site seemed set up for RVs as the only spot for a tent was right behind your car and down from a hill. Bathrooms were dirty with no TP and you had to walk through tall grass or another campsite to get to it. Many RVs with loud generators late into the night. You do not want to have to come and go from this site.

I'm not much for campground normally; I prefer dispersed camping away from people. However, this campground is very nice with good amenities. The best part is the 4+ mile hiking trail that starts right in the campground. There was the obligatory camper that ran a generator most of the day but other than that our stay was nice.

Really nice sites and friendly host! Great swim area and awesome fishing at dusk.

An excellent location with a wonderful park like feel throughout. The site was well kept and in excellent condition structurally.
A great find for us who only live 3 hrs. away. Jim is a great and caring host.

Lovely little campground in the Black Hills. Host was on-site and checked us in. The campground was clean and nicely wooded.

Not enough swimming area

Great place to camp with kids. The lake is a blast to swim and kayak in. Good fishing for blue gill and catfish

We had a very quiet week and the fishing and kayaking was great. I didn't agree with fires in fire pits because the smoke drifts into other campers camp. The new dam looks great and I've been coming to Cook Lake since the 60s. It was very different then and I also disagree with not opening the lower area to camping.

Quiet area. Brian is a great camp host.

We love Cook Lake, but this time was was not so good, due to no camp host. I reserved 2 sites, 1 was not posted at all, there other posted wrong. When hosts from another campground showed up days later, they were VERY rude.