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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
diane S
VerifiedJuly 23, 2025 • Stayed at: 63, Loop: Butte
excellent location and site was well equipped.
Doug H
VerifiedJuly 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: Agate
Very convenient location. No shade or showers.
Doug H
VerifiedJuly 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: Agate
Very convenient location. No shade or showers.
Jennell T
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: Group Loop 2, Loop: Group
The Badlands visitor center was fun. The movie that introduces the national park was engaging for all my kids. The weather in the park the day we were there was volatile at night and did break a part of our tent. I would encourage people who will be tent camping to make sure they have a tent that is built for strong winds or be ready to sleep in your car if the winds get a bit crazy. The bathrooms were clean and water was easily accessible. We did the large loop scenic drive while we were there and enjoyed seeing prairie dogs and burrowing owls, along with bison and antelope. There are many places to stop and do short hikes or engage with park rangers. The scenery is unique and beautiful.
Sarah B
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 26, Loop: Agate
Views were incredible and the bathrooms and showers were a bonus.
Sabrina R
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 88, Loop: Butte
RV parking is in the street, which limits room for driving through the campsite. Tent camping at our site (88) was challenging because of the lack of flat ground. The restrooms/showers were clean and functional. The view was great and the campground is close to the Visitor Center and Lodge.
rebecca B
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 88, Loop: Butte
Not much of a surprise, but there was no shade at all at the campsite aside from a partially shaded wooden cover that wraps over the picnic tables. The ground was quite tough and hard to set up my tent on. None of the nearby water pumps worked while I was there, so my only source of water was from the bathroom :(
Jennell T
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: Group Loop 2, Loop: Group
The Badlands visitor center was fun. The movie that introduces the national park was engaging for all my kids. The weather in the park the day we were there was volatile at night and did break a part of our tent. I would encourage people who will be tent camping to make sure they have a tent that is built for strong winds or be ready to sleep in your car if the winds get a bit crazy. The bathrooms were clean and water was easily accessible. We did the large loop scenic drive while we were there and enjoyed seeing prairie dogs and burrowing owls, along with bison and antelope. There are many places to stop and do short hikes or engage with park rangers. The scenery is unique and beautiful.
Sarah B
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 26, Loop: Agate
Views were incredible and the bathrooms and showers were a bonus.
Sabrina R
VerifiedJuly 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 88, Loop: Butte
RV parking is in the street, which limits room for driving through the campsite. Tent camping at our site (88) was challenging because of the lack of flat ground. The restrooms/showers were clean and functional. The view was great and the campground is close to the Visitor Center and Lodge.
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
