About Cedar Pass Campground
Number of accommodations: 83
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (603)
What Guests Are Saying
Cedar Pass Campground offers beautiful scenery and a perfect location for exploring the Badlands, with friendly campground hosts and clean, spacious sites that provide privacy. Guests enjoy excellent stargazing opportunities and convenient access to trails and facilities. However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites. Overall, visitors appreciate the campground's charm and its proximity to the park's attractions.
What Guests Are Saying
Cedar Pass Campground offers beautiful scenery and a perfect location for exploring the Badlands, with friendly campground hosts and clean, spacious sites that provide privacy. Guests enjoy excellent stargazing opportunities and convenient access to trails and facilities. However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites. Overall, visitors appreciate the campground's charm and its proximity to the park's attractions.
Review Summary
Donna P
VerifiedOctober 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 68, Loop: Butte
We loved the chance to camp in a national park and use our senior passes and have electricity. We also appreciated the showers available. The only thing is the showers did not have hot water...cool at best. Not sure if we hit the showers at the wrong time, or if the hot water was an issue.
Amy W
VerifiedOctober 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 93, Loop: Butte
Great backdrop of the Badlands, easy stroll to the lodge/restaurant and visitors center (VC unfortunately not open due to shutdown). Flush toilets as well as shower facilities on one of the campground loops. Campground host helped us figure out how to pay, as Recreation.gov was still working to put reservations in (other National Parks Campgrounds relying on self pay boxes). Make sure to hang out and watch the sunset/sunrise play out against the formations, and see the colors change.
Amy W
VerifiedOctober 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 93, Loop: Butte
Great backdrop of the Badlands, easy stroll to the lodge/restaurant and visitors center (VC unfortunately not open due to shutdown). Flush toilets as well as shower facilities on one of the campground loops. Campground host helped us figure out how to pay, as Recreation.gov was still working to put reservations in (other National Parks Campgrounds relying on self pay boxes). Make sure to hang out and watch the sunset/sunrise play out against the formations, and see the colors change.
Douglas G
VerifiedOctober 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: Agate
Nice campground.
Paul S
VerifiedOctober 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 68, Loop: Butte
Great site right in the Badlands. Quiet at night. Dark skies so the stars were brilliant!
Douglas G
VerifiedOctober 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: Agate
Nice campground.
Paul S
VerifiedOctober 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 68, Loop: Butte
Great site right in the Badlands. Quiet at night. Dark skies so the stars were brilliant!
Penelope B
VerifiedOctober 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 40, Loop: Butte
Beautiful campground but be aware that the sites are pull along sites and the length noted for a specific site may not be as long as noted. Also, where your steps come down may end up on the road side and it might not be wide enough to put out a slide.
Penelope B
VerifiedOctober 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 40, Loop: Butte
Beautiful campground but be aware that the sites are pull along sites and the length noted for a specific site may not be as long as noted. Also, where your steps come down may end up on the road side and it might not be wide enough to put out a slide.
Bob H
VerifiedOctober 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 94, Loop: Butte
a Basic campsite with electric not water. Bathrooms clean. Easy access to Badlands.
Location Cedar Pass Campground
Address:
20681 South Dakota Highway 240
Interior, SD, 57750
United States
Cedar Pass Campground is accessible via I-90, with nearby exits leading to SD Highway 240, the Badlands Loop Road, which provides direct access to the campground. Additionally, Scenic Highway 44 connects to the area.
Latitude & Longitude: 43.745 / -101.948
Elevation: 736 feet
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
1PM
Check out time
11AM
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
Safety & rules
- Ensure your campsite is prepared and belongings are secured due to weather conditions.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
