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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
Zachary L
VerifiedMay 9, 2026 • Stayed at: 67, Loop: Butte
Beautiful and quiet spot. Well maintained.
Jose A
VerifiedMay 8, 2026 • Stayed at: 81, Loop: Butte
Great campground right in the badlands. Be ready for heavy winds if you're pitching a tent.
Britta A
VerifiedMay 7, 2026 • Stayed at: 22, Loop: Agate
Beautiful and quiet campground with clean campsites and restrooms
Gordon Z
VerifiedMay 7, 2026 • Stayed at: 32, Loop: Agate
Nice campground close to many hiking trails.
Bianca B
VerifiedMay 6, 2026 • Stayed at: 85, Loop: Butte
Lovely place, clean bathrooms.
Greg H
VerifiedMay 5, 2026 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: Agate
Campground was great as usual, very quiet at night and great views of the starlit sky. The views are amazing!!
Tori Z
VerifiedMay 4, 2026 • Stayed at: 78, Loop: Butte
Very nice camping, has beautiful views!
Sue S
VerifiedApril 29, 2026 • Stayed at: 2, Loop: Agate
I came out hoping to get my very first photo of the milkyway in the Badlands. This has been a photo that I have been wanting to capture for several years and I was finally able to make it happen. The sky just exploded with stars. I can't wait to come ba k and try again with a different foreground.
Katrin L
VerifiedApril 29, 2026 • Stayed at: 62, Loop: Butte
Very friendly park host. Camp spaces easy to access. Lots of last-minute sites available. We advise making reservations in advance to secure level sites, and those with power. Sites are clean, accessible, and enough space to have privacy between guests. We loved the picnic tables, and dark night sky for unobstructed star gazing. The showers were antiquated and should be updated. Bring your own potable water or filter the available potable water! Overall, a wonderful first night camping in a national park experience for us.
Laura C
VerifiedApril 29, 2026 • Stayed at: 73, Loop: Butte
Beautiful scenery. Great campground hosts. Perfect location for seeing the area!
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
