About Cedar Pass Campground
Number of accommodations: 83
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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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
Bill L
VerifiedAugust 6, 2025 • Stayed at: 60, Loop: Butte
This camp was,,, phenomenal! So, so easy to get to and then,,, just enjoy. WALT Disney is jealous!!
Alexander S
VerifiedAugust 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: Agate
Great campground with wonderful panoramic views of the Badlands!
Michal O
VerifiedAugust 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: Agate
The noise level from AC units and generators is not our idea of a National Park experience. Quiet time was not enforced either :-(
Alexander S
VerifiedAugust 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: Agate
Great campground with wonderful panoramic views of the Badlands!
Michal O
VerifiedAugust 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: Agate
The noise level from AC units and generators is not our idea of a National Park experience. Quiet time was not enforced either :-(
Catherine U
VerifiedAugust 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 89, Loop: Butte
We camped at the Cedar Pass Campground, and you can’t beat the excellent location inside the park. Be prepared with your leveling blocks (some sites are very uneven/sloped), and expect no privacy, as the sites are basically all along the campground loop road, and the grassy areas don’t have trees for privacy. Some sites might be muddy.
Some spots are electric, some not. Flush toilets. Coin showers. Picnic table with shade cover. No fires. Nice big outdoor dishwashing sink.
The water fountains didn’t seem to work, but the visitor’s center is close and has water refill fountains inside.
There was LOTS of wind, but hardly any bugs. The first night, we had a non electric site, second night electric. It was June. Mornings were cool, then hot in the afternoons. We saw bison, hiked several trails (highly recommend the Notch trail), and went to a fossil presentation.
This park is great if you have little kids who like to climb and/or look for fossils. In many parts, you don’t have to stay on trails, but you do have to look out for rattlesnakes.
Candace P
VerifiedAugust 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 73, Loop: Butte
Although the views from the campground and the surrounding scenic drives were incredible, the campground was full of flies and made it impossible to be outside because of them. I was fortunate enough to have a camper trailer and electricity so that I could be inside during my 2 day stay. This was not ideal, as I going camping to be outside with nature. I am an experienced camper and have never come across a situation this uncomfortable. The garbage should not be in close proximity to the campers and needs to be placed well away from campers. A short walk to dispose of garbage is a small inconvenience to the price we paid for dealing with all the flies. Please consider this request for future campers. I will not be back.
Catherine U
VerifiedAugust 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 89, Loop: Butte
We camped at the Cedar Pass Campground, and you can’t beat the excellent location inside the park. Be prepared with your leveling blocks (some sites are very uneven/sloped), and expect no privacy, as the sites are basically all along the campground loop road, and the grassy areas don’t have trees for privacy. Some sites might be muddy.
Some spots are electric, some not. Flush toilets. Coin showers. Picnic table with shade cover. No fires. Nice big outdoor dishwashing sink.
The water fountains didn’t seem to work, but the visitor’s center is close and has water refill fountains inside.
There was LOTS of wind, but hardly any bugs. The first night, we had a non electric site, second night electric. It was June. Mornings were cool, then hot in the afternoons. We saw bison, hiked several trails (highly recommend the Notch trail), and went to a fossil presentation.
This park is great if you have little kids who like to climb and/or look for fossils. In many parts, you don’t have to stay on trails, but you do have to look out for rattlesnakes.
Candace P
VerifiedAugust 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 73, Loop: Butte
Although the views from the campground and the surrounding scenic drives were incredible, the campground was full of flies and made it impossible to be outside because of them. I was fortunate enough to have a camper trailer and electricity so that I could be inside during my 2 day stay. This was not ideal, as I going camping to be outside with nature. I am an experienced camper and have never come across a situation this uncomfortable. The garbage should not be in close proximity to the campers and needs to be placed well away from campers. A short walk to dispose of garbage is a small inconvenience to the price we paid for dealing with all the flies. Please consider this request for future campers. I will not be back.
Sam S
VerifiedAugust 3, 2025 • Stayed at: 27, Loop: Agate
This is a good campground. The spaces are a little closer together than I would have preferred but it's still a good location with good facilities: there are showers for a cost as well which is nice.
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
