Pet friendly
Playground
No sites found matching your criteria.
No available sites
All sites are booked for your selected dates. Try showing all sites to see booked options, create an alert to be notified when something opens up, or adjust your dates.
Site Details
Select a site to view details
No available sites
All sites are booked for your selected dates. Try showing all sites to see booked options, create an alert to be notified when something opens up, or adjust your dates.
193 reviews
Cottonwood Springs Campground offers an excellent location with friendly staff, and it provides a peaceful, quiet atmosphere with clean facilities. While there are no RV hookups and some sites may feel cramped, visitors appreciate the scenic lake nearby and the opportunity for outdoor activities. Overall, many guests express their desire to return, citing enjoyable experiences and helpful camp hosts.
Based on guest feedback
4.3
Based on 193 reviews
Showing 193 reviews
December 23, 2025 Stayed at: 2, Loop: 1
Excellent location and excellent, very friendly staff. Enough off the highway to keep noise down. Easy walk down to the lake. It was a little eerie that no one was there in early August. No RV hook-ups, but easy access to town of Hot Springs for supplies.
Helpful
December 23, 2025 Stayed at: 8, Loop: 1
Too many cows and cow pies. Bees alover.
Helpful
December 23, 2025 Stayed at: 2, Loop: 1
Excellent location and excellent, very friendly staff. Enough off the highway to keep noise down. Easy walk down to the lake. It was a little eerie that no one was there in early August. No RV hook-ups, but easy access to town of Hot Springs for supplies.
Helpful
December 23, 2025 Stayed at: 8, Loop: 1
Too many cows and cow pies. Bees alover.
Helpful
December 20, 2025 Stayed at: 2, Loop: 1
Nice quiet campground. Please don't cut down any more trees... we like the trees! Electric hookups would be a plus. Still enjoy boondicking here though.
Helpful
December 20, 2025 Stayed at: 2, Loop: 1
Nice quiet campground. Please don't cut down any more trees... we like the trees! Electric hookups would be a plus. Still enjoy boondicking here though.
Helpful
November 24, 2025 Stayed at: 11, Loop: 1
We liked that it was a small campground, 'tucked away in the woods,' so-to-speak. The bathroom facilities & trash facilities were decent. And it was fun having the dam & lake with a shaded picnic area & walking path just a little ways from the campground so we had a nice, scenic place to take our dogs for a walk every day. Had to drive there, but at least it wasn't too far from the campground. (Too bad there weren't camping spots in That particular area.) But we had a very difficult time Trying to navigate our 5th wheel camper and truck into our camping spot, with the other camping spots/campers close to ours. At least ours & (some of the) parking spots were at challenging angles. It took several tries to be able to finally get our camper & truck totally off the street & into our spot.
Helpful
November 24, 2025 Stayed at: 11, Loop: 1
We liked that it was a small campground, 'tucked away in the woods,' so-to-speak. The bathroom facilities & trash facilities were decent. And it was fun having the dam & lake with a shaded picnic area & walking path just a little ways from the campground so we had a nice, scenic place to take our dogs for a walk every day. Had to drive there, but at least it wasn't too far from the campground. (Too bad there weren't camping spots in That particular area.) But we had a very difficult time Trying to navigate our 5th wheel camper and truck into our camping spot, with the other camping spots/campers close to ours. At least ours & (some of the) parking spots were at challenging angles. It took several tries to be able to finally get our camper & truck totally off the street & into our spot.
Helpful
September 10, 2025 Stayed at: 9, Loop: 1
Down a ways down the gravel road. Ranger showed up Farley quickly to check on us. Nice level clean camp sites spot. Very quiet at night.
Helpful
September 10, 2025 Stayed at: 9, Loop: 1
Down a ways down the gravel road. Ranger showed up Farley quickly to check on us. Nice level clean camp sites spot. Very quiet at night.
Helpful
U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Hot Springs Office, P.O. Box 664, Hot Springs, SD 57747 United States
Elevation: 1,217 ft
From Rapid City, SD take US-79 S, turn right onto US-18 W/US-385N, turn left onto US-18 BYP, turn left onto US-18W, take a right on County Road 17/Memorial Road, stay to the left as the road Y's staying on Couny Road 17 and then enter Cottonwood S...
From Rapid City, SD take US-79 S, turn right onto US-18 W/US-385N, turn left onto US-18 BYP, turn left onto US-18W, take a right on County Road 17/Memorial Road, stay to the left as the road Y's staying on Couny Road 17 and then enter Cottonwood Springs by taking a right at the gate.
From Chadron, NE take US-385 N, turn left onto US-18 W/US-385N, turn left onto US-18 BYP, turn left onto US-18W, take a right on County Road 17/Memorial Road, stay to the left as the road Y's staying on County Road 17 and then enter Cottonwood Springs by taking a right at the gate.
Last updated: October 24, 2026
Our team is here to help you find the perfect spot for your next adventure.
Replies within minutes
Population: 3,548
Nearby city: Rapid City, SD
Approx. 48 mi away (straight-line distance)
Elevation: 3,451 ft
Hot Springs, SD
RV Sites
