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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
Kendall S
VerifiedJune 23, 2025 • Stayed at: 58, Loop: Butte
This campsite was great. There was plenty of level ground for a tent. It backs up to a nice grassy area with tons of birds and a creek. I did not go down to the creek, but I could hear it. Bathrooms were close and parking was on site. There is a restaurant nearby as well.
Jeannette C
VerifiedJune 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 95, Loop: Butte
Wonderful campground that is close to the lodge, visitor center, and trails. We enjoyed the evening ranger talks every night, which gave us perspective on the landscape and the night sky over the Badlands.
Jeannette C
VerifiedJune 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 95, Loop: Butte
Wonderful campground that is close to the lodge, visitor center, and trails. We enjoyed the evening ranger talks every night, which gave us perspective on the landscape and the night sky over the Badlands.
Patrick F
VerifiedJune 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 30, Loop: Agate
It was more of a large field than some of the less concentrated forest campgrounds.
Patrick F
VerifiedJune 21, 2025 • Stayed at: 30, Loop: Agate
It was more of a large field than some of the less concentrated forest campgrounds.
Sue B
VerifiedJune 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 59, Loop: Butte
The campground didn't have campsites per se. All that was provided was a numbered parking space along a road, with vehicles parked end to end along it. The grassy areas along the road were all roped off, so they were off limits to use.
Sue B
VerifiedJune 20, 2025 • Stayed at: 59, Loop: Butte
The campground didn't have campsites per se. All that was provided was a numbered parking space along a road, with vehicles parked end to end along it. The grassy areas along the road were all roped off, so they were off limits to use.
Jessica E
VerifiedJune 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: Agate
My teenage nephews and I loved this campground so much. We had site #3 and we had only one site next to us. The views were great all around. The restrooms and showers were a bit of a walk but that wasn’t an issue for us at all. The amphitheater is in close walking distance to the campground and we were happy to attend a ranger-led program at night. Our site was large and open.
Jessica E
VerifiedJune 19, 2025 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: Agate
My teenage nephews and I loved this campground so much. We had site #3 and we had only one site next to us. The views were great all around. The restrooms and showers were a bit of a walk but that wasn’t an issue for us at all. The amphitheater is in close walking distance to the campground and we were happy to attend a ranger-led program at night. Our site was large and open.
James P
VerifiedJune 18, 2025 • Stayed at: 24, Loop: Agate
Nice, open campground. Restrooms very clean. Camp host was very nice and personable. 🙂
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
