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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
Jeff C
VerifiedJune 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 41, Loop: Butte
Campground reservations much better now that they are done through recreation.gov. Campground is a little crowded, with sites very close. A number of sites are closed due to flooding issues. Be aware that shade doesn't exist, except for small covers on picnic tables (it's the Badlands, there aren't trees). Restrooms are in pretty good condition.
Charles O
VerifiedJune 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 68, Loop: Butte
National parks are the best! So glad that I was ablet o get a reservation in advance.
The star talk with the rangers was well done and they imparted a lot of info.
I'll be back!
Jeff C
VerifiedJune 26, 2025 • Stayed at: 41, Loop: Butte
Campground reservations much better now that they are done through recreation.gov. Campground is a little crowded, with sites very close. A number of sites are closed due to flooding issues. Be aware that shade doesn't exist, except for small covers on picnic tables (it's the Badlands, there aren't trees). Restrooms are in pretty good condition.
Brittany T
VerifiedJune 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 40, Loop: Butte
Beautiful view of the Badlands. Clean restrooms and running water at the bathhouses. The birds are incredible and the view of the sky is amazing. Bad weather hit during our trip and it was intense so prepare accordingly. Wind gusts come fast so items need to be tacked down. The host and Ranger were helpful when my car wouldn’t start.
Benjamin L
VerifiedJune 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: Agate
The campground is nice and tidy and I was greeted well and my spot was already labled. I dont like the lack of shade and privacy at the campground.
Brittany T
VerifiedJune 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 40, Loop: Butte
Beautiful view of the Badlands. Clean restrooms and running water at the bathhouses. The birds are incredible and the view of the sky is amazing. Bad weather hit during our trip and it was intense so prepare accordingly. Wind gusts come fast so items need to be tacked down. The host and Ranger were helpful when my car wouldn’t start.
Benjamin L
VerifiedJune 25, 2025 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: Agate
The campground is nice and tidy and I was greeted well and my spot was already labled. I dont like the lack of shade and privacy at the campground.
Carrie K
VerifiedJune 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 39, Loop: Agate
Beautiful place to camp.
Andrew G
VerifiedJune 24, 2025 • Stayed at: Group Loop 1, Loop: Group
The campgrounds were not great, but a large part of that was due to weather. More importantly, be sure to sell propane connections that are actually compatible with the propane stoves you sell...
This is a pretty basic compatibility issue that was overlooked by your managers.
Marie H
VerifiedJune 24, 2025 • Stayed at: 26, Loop: Agate
Loved our time here, though we got rocked twice in a row by insane storms. So if you’re camping in a tent, beware! The storms do not play. Such a beautiful location though. We could see for miles and miles across the prairie. The shade over the picnic table is brilliant, worked like a charm and also doubles as a great place to dry stuff. The coin showers were a little odd, never had to pay for a shower in a park before, but it mostly worked ok. The water stopped a min or so in and I had a panicked moment as I had no more quarters and was completely covered in soap… but it started up again so crisis averted. My husband says the men’s restroom was very hot, but the women’s was fine. The dumpster was overfull, but it was centrally located. Love that there was recycling on site. LOVED the dish sink, with HOT WATER!! I wish every campground had that. Would absolutely stay here again, even with the storms.
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
