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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
Elisa P
VerifiedSeptember 7, 2025 • Stayed at: 76, Loop: Butte
Very beautiful and peaceful
Francine S
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2025 • Stayed at: 90, Loop: Butte
It’s a great location to explore the badlands. The facilities are clean. We had a site with electricity which was great. Love the welcome center, store and the little restaurant is convenient and nice to grab a bite to eat. We had breakfast. Could use some updating if facilities. My shower did not have hot water. I would prefer a door on my shower instead of a shower curtain. Overall great views of the badlands great location!
Francine S
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2025 • Stayed at: 90, Loop: Butte
It’s a great location to explore the badlands. The facilities are clean. We had a site with electricity which was great. Love the welcome center, store and the little restaurant is convenient and nice to grab a bite to eat. We had breakfast. Could use some updating if facilities. My shower did not have hot water. I would prefer a door on my shower instead of a shower curtain. Overall great views of the badlands great location!
Debra I
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 74, Loop: Butte
Our stay in Cedar Pass Campground was short but great. The views on the drive were stunning and the ranger program on viewing the night sky was good too. Bathrooms were clean and functional. We also really enjoyed the fossil cleaning room where people were working and discussed the process with us. Great place!
Sherry D
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 27, Loop: Agate
We absolutely loved camping at Cedar Pass. This was our second time on the same trip, and we are so glad we signed up for staying there on the return home trip as well as the first time going out. The view on 44 coming in was great, and the scenic route was amazing !
We are already planning to come back next year and bring our adult children to see it.
Stephen O
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 12, Loop: Agate
Restaurant and some trails were close enough to walk. Being in the Badlands means no shade at the campground. I think being a NPS property, the sites, shower houses and restrooms should to be updated.
Stephen O
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 12, Loop: Agate
Restaurant and some trails were close enough to walk. Being in the Badlands means no shade at the campground. I think being a NPS property, the sites, shower houses and restrooms should to be updated.
Sherry D
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 27, Loop: Agate
We absolutely loved camping at Cedar Pass. This was our second time on the same trip, and we are so glad we signed up for staying there on the return home trip as well as the first time going out. The view on 44 coming in was great, and the scenic route was amazing !
We are already planning to come back next year and bring our adult children to see it.
Debra I
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 74, Loop: Butte
Our stay in Cedar Pass Campground was short but great. The views on the drive were stunning and the ranger program on viewing the night sky was good too. Bathrooms were clean and functional. We also really enjoyed the fossil cleaning room where people were working and discussed the process with us. Great place!
Aaron P
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2025 • Stayed at: 60, Loop: Butte
Great campground location for being right in the park. Appreciate the sun canopies. Our site was not level, didn't bother us too much in van but could be a problem for more sensitive setups. Not much privacy. Bathrooms very clean. Lots of bats in the area which was neat.
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 5, 2026
