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Cedar Pass Campground

20681 South Dakota Highway 240, Interior, South Dakota, United States

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The Badlands

Twilight in the Badlands

Cedar Pass Campground

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About Cedar Pass Campground

Surrounded by the vast, open prairie and featuring expansive views of the Badlands, Cedar Pass Campground is a great base camp from which to explore Badlands National Park. Featuring 96 sites, this seasonal campground is open from late March through mid-October, and is conveniently located within easy walking distance of Cedar Pass Lodge & Restaurant and the Ben Reifel Visitor Center.

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⛺ 1, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 10, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 12, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 13, Loop: Agate RV

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30 × 16 ft

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🚐 16, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 17, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 18, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 19, Loop: Agate RV

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⛺ 2, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 20, Loop: Agate RV

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55 × 18 ft

🚐 21, Loop: Agate RV

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55 × 15 ft

🚐 22, Loop: Agate RV

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55 × 12 ft

🚐 23, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 24, Loop: Agate RV

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30 × 18 ft

🚐 25, Loop: Agate RV

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45 × 12 ft

🚐 26, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 27, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 28, Loop: Agate RV

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⛺ 29, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 3, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 30, Loop: Agate RV

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⛺ 31, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 32, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 33, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 34, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 35, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 36, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 38, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 39, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 4, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 40, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 41, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 43, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 45, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 5, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 58, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 59, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 6, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 60, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 61, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 62, Loop: Butte RV

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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long

🚐 63, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 64, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 65, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 66, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 67, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 68, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 69, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 7, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 70, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 71, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 72, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 73, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 74, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 75, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 76, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 77, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 78, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 79, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 8, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 80, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 81, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 82, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 83, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 84, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 85, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 86, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 87, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 88, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 89, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 90, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 91, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 92, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 93, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 94, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 95, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 96, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 Group Loop 1, Loop: Group RV

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⛺ 1, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 2, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 20, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 27, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 28, Loop: Agate RV

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⛺ 29, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 3, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 30, Loop: Agate RV

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⛺ 31, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 4, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 40, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 5, Loop: Agate Tent

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⛺ 58, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 59, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 6, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 60, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 61, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 62, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 63, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 64, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 65, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 66, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 67, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 68, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 69, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 7, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 70, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 71, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 72, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 73, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 74, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 75, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 76, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 77, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 78, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 79, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 8, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 80, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 81, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 82, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 83, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 84, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 85, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 86, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 87, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 88, Loop: Butte Tent

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⛺ 89, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 90, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 91, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 92, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 93, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 94, Loop: Butte RV

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⛺ 95, Loop: Butte Tent

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🚐 96, Loop: Butte RV

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🚐 Group Loop 1, Loop: Group RV

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🚐 Group Loop 2, Loop: Group RV

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🚐 Group Loop 3, Loop: Group RV

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🚐 Group Loop 4, Loop: Group RV

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Reviews

910 reviews

Summary

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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.

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4.3

Overall rating

Based on 910 reviews

5 stars 57.7% (525)

4 stars 25.9% (236)

3 stars 9.9% (90)

2 stars 3.8% (35)

1 star 2.6% (24)

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John B

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September 17, 2026 Stayed at: 88, Loop: Butte

The campground was excellent. The only thing that there wasn't towels with your hands after you washed them in the bathroom for a hand blower to dry them. Parts of view was great. The Buffalo are great. The host is great.

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Donna M

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September 17, 2026 Stayed at: 76, Loop: Butte

We camped here three nights and loved it! We attended the evening ranger program at the amphitheater and it was great. The night skies at this campground are terrific! We saw the Milly Way right from our campsite.

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Alice V

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September 16, 2026 Stayed at: 1, Loop: Agate

This campground was lovely! Nice, easily accessible bathrooms, potable water and dishwashing sink. The rangers' evening program at the amphitheater was awesome, and the stars were incredible! I will warn that it is difficult to stake in a tent here (and no large rocks around to help) and the winds are no joke at night - even if it doesn't look bad on the forecast, it feels more intense than you'd think. I'd definitely recommend it but plan accordingly!

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Mike T

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September 15, 2026 Stayed at: 61, Loop: Butte

We were at CPCG on a very hot day. We were thankful for the electric hookup. Site was clean and really big. Had an excellent view of the prairie land and the Badlands. We were at Site 20.

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Tammy C

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September 15, 2026 Stayed at: 7, Loop: Agate

The views from the campground are fantastic. The spots are pretty close together but the location is worth it. Book EARLY if you want one of the electric spots. It was 98F while we were there and without AC it was toasty. The evenings cooled off nicely. Lots of hikes in the park, or drive the park loop. We saw Bison, big horn sheep, and Antelope. Plan ahead for supplies, Interior is a small town. There is a restaurant at the Lodge next door.

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Lucas F

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September 14, 2026 Stayed at: 67, Loop: Butte

Overall, this campground is a very nice experience. You get to see the sunrise over the hills, and a bit of the sunset over the Badlands. In terms of the campsite, you get a table and cover, but no fire pit (fire ban). There are a few bathhouses scattered throughout, creating ease of access and a centrally located shower house (quarters only). The facilities were well maintained and nice and warm water out of the shower. The campground was mostly quite (there are a lot of spots which means a lot of people which always mean more noise), it was well maintained and had a nice host running the place.

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James F

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September 14, 2026 Stayed at: 15, Loop: Agate

Two night stay. Great campground. Loved the Badlands. Good views from the site along with excellent night sky.

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Edward H

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September 13, 2026 Stayed at: 80, Loop: Butte

It is a nice campground inside the Badlands. Clean and quiet with beautiful scenery. Enjoyed my night there. Would go again

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Kathy B

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September 12, 2026 Stayed at: 94, Loop: Butte

I liked this little campground. Convenient for touring Badlands and a great view

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gerald s

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September 12, 2026 Stayed at: 82, Loop: Butte

The campground was very good and the bathrooms were clean. There are not trees for shade, but there is a covered picnic table for each site which provide sufficient shade. The Loop drive was awesome and the visitor center is super informative and well done too. The nightly ranger programs were a real highlight. Each night one ranger gave a presentation on an an interesting topic and afterwards another ranger gave an awesome talk about the stars.

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Location & Directions for Cedar Pass Campground

20681 South Dakota Highway 240, Interior, SD 57750 United States

Elevation: 736 ft

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Nearest town

Interior, SD - 2.4 mi

About 5 min to downtown

Highway access

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.

Near Badlands National Park

The closest entrance is: Interior Entrance

Approximate drive: 0.5 mi · 1 min

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.

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Ensure your campsite is prepared and belongings are secured due to weather conditions.

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Last updated: November 4, 2026

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