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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
Niel C
VerifiedAugust 30, 2025 • Stayed at: 92, Loop: Butte
Drinking fountains shut down, wifi that didn’t provide access to the internet, and fleas/no-see-ums biting our ankles, forcing us to go back inside the camper. Wasn’t expecting much from a place called the badlands, and it delivered.
Troy L
VerifiedAugust 30, 2025 • Stayed at: 76, Loop: Butte
The site was great for our short stay. I t is very convenient and is the second time we have stayed for an overnight at this campground.
Niel C
VerifiedAugust 30, 2025 • Stayed at: 92, Loop: Butte
Drinking fountains shut down, wifi that didn’t provide access to the internet, and fleas/no-see-ums biting our ankles, forcing us to go back inside the camper. Wasn’t expecting much from a place called the badlands, and it delivered.
David G
VerifiedAugust 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: Agate
Its really the views that are the star of the show here. The topography was unlike anything else I have seen. The restaurant at the Cedar Pass lodge was convenient although not a gastronomic delight, but passable. The short "Door" and "Window" hike were the limits of our hiking in the 100+ degree weather. The coin operated showers fully reflected the normal area wide lack of water. Prairie dogs were cute and pronghorn antelope around. Worth a couple of day's visit on a cross country sojourn.
Gwendolyn DeLaine S
VerifiedAugust 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 58, Loop: Butte
Nice clean and safe campground with a great view.
Sophia C
VerifiedAugust 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 18, Loop: Agate
Campsite is really cute and well maintained. Bathrooms with showers are available and seem to be regularly cleaned as well.
Gwendolyn DeLaine S
VerifiedAugust 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 58, Loop: Butte
Nice clean and safe campground with a great view.
David G
VerifiedAugust 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: Agate
Its really the views that are the star of the show here. The topography was unlike anything else I have seen. The restaurant at the Cedar Pass lodge was convenient although not a gastronomic delight, but passable. The short "Door" and "Window" hike were the limits of our hiking in the 100+ degree weather. The coin operated showers fully reflected the normal area wide lack of water. Prairie dogs were cute and pronghorn antelope around. Worth a couple of day's visit on a cross country sojourn.
Sophia C
VerifiedAugust 29, 2025 • Stayed at: 18, Loop: Agate
Campsite is really cute and well maintained. Bathrooms with showers are available and seem to be regularly cleaned as well.
Malorie Q
VerifiedAugust 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 12, Loop: Agate
Absolutely loved our stay here! From the ranger talks at the amphitheater to the morning sun rise! Look forward to being here again!
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
