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
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Pet Friendly · 30 × 18 ft
🚐12, Loop: Agate
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30 × 12 ft
🚐13, Loop: Agate
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30 × 16 ft
🚐14, Loop: Agate
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30 × 12 ft
🚐15, Loop: Agate
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50 × 13 ft
🚐16, Loop: Agate
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🚐17, Loop: Agate
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60 × 12 ft
🚐18, Loop: Agate
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50 × 15 ft
🚐19, Loop: Agate
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55 × 16 ft
⛺2, Loop: Agate
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🚐20, Loop: Agate
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55 × 18 ft
🚐21, Loop: Agate
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55 × 15 ft
🚐22, Loop: Agate
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55 × 12 ft
🚐23, Loop: Agate
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50 × 12 ft
🚐24, Loop: Agate
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30 × 18 ft
🚐25, Loop: Agate
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45 × 12 ft
🚐26, Loop: Agate
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40 × 12 ft
🚐27, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 50 × 17 ft
🚐28, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 50 × 10 ft
⛺29, Loop: Agate
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⛺3, Loop: Agate
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🚐30, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 35 × 13 ft
⛺31, Loop: Agate
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⛺32, Loop: Agate
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⛺33, Loop: Agate
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⛺34, Loop: Agate
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⛺35, Loop: Agate
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⛺36, Loop: Agate
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⛺38, Loop: Agate
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⛺39, Loop: Agate
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⛺4, Loop: Agate
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🚐40, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 × 13 ft
🚐41, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 × 12 ft
🚐43, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 × 14 ft
🚐45, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 50 × 12 ft
⛺5, Loop: Agate
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⛺58, Loop: Butte
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⛺59, Loop: Butte
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⛺6, Loop: Agate
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🚐60, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐61, Loop: Butte
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🚐62, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long
🚐63, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long
🚐64, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐65, Loop: Butte
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⛺66, Loop: Butte
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⛺67, Loop: Butte
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🚐68, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 45 ft long
⛺69, Loop: Butte
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🚐7, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 35 × 11 ft
🚐70, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long
⛺71, Loop: Butte
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⛺72, Loop: Butte
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🚐73, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐74, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long
⛺75, Loop: Butte
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🚐76, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐77, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 45 ft long
🚐78, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐79, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
⛺8, Loop: Agate
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🚐80, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 65 ft long
🚐81, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐82, Loop: Butte
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🚐83, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long
🚐84, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐85, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 65 ft long
🚐86, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐87, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 65 ft long
⛺88, Loop: Butte
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⛺89, Loop: Butte
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🚐90, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long
⛺91, Loop: Butte
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🚐92, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long
⛺93, Loop: Butte
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🚐94, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long
⛺95, Loop: Butte
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🚐96, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐Group Loop 1, Loop: Group
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🚐Group Loop 3, Loop: Group
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⛺1, Loop: Agate
Tent
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🚐10, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 30 × 18 ft
🚐12, Loop: Agate
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30 × 12 ft
🚐13, Loop: Agate
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30 × 16 ft
🚐14, Loop: Agate
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30 × 12 ft
🚐15, Loop: Agate
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50 × 13 ft
🚐16, Loop: Agate
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50 × 12 ft
🚐17, Loop: Agate
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60 × 12 ft
🚐18, Loop: Agate
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50 × 15 ft
🚐19, Loop: Agate
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55 × 16 ft
⛺2, Loop: Agate
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🚐20, Loop: Agate
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55 × 18 ft
🚐21, Loop: Agate
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55 × 15 ft
🚐22, Loop: Agate
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55 × 12 ft
🚐23, Loop: Agate
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50 × 12 ft
🚐24, Loop: Agate
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30 × 18 ft
🚐25, Loop: Agate
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45 × 12 ft
🚐26, Loop: Agate
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40 × 12 ft
🚐27, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 50 × 17 ft
🚐28, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 50 × 10 ft
⛺29, Loop: Agate
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⛺3, Loop: Agate
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🚐30, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 35 × 13 ft
⛺31, Loop: Agate
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⛺32, Loop: Agate
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⛺33, Loop: Agate
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⛺34, Loop: Agate
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⛺35, Loop: Agate
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⛺36, Loop: Agate
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⛺38, Loop: Agate
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⛺39, Loop: Agate
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⛺4, Loop: Agate
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🚐40, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 × 13 ft
🚐41, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 × 12 ft
🚐43, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 × 14 ft
🚐45, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 50 × 12 ft
⛺5, Loop: Agate
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⛺58, Loop: Butte
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⛺59, Loop: Butte
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⛺6, Loop: Agate
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🚐60, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐61, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐62, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long
🚐63, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 50 ft long
🚐64, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐65, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
⛺66, Loop: Butte
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⛺67, Loop: Butte
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🚐68, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 45 ft long
⛺69, Loop: Butte
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🚐7, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 35 × 11 ft
🚐70, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long
⛺71, Loop: Butte
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⛺72, Loop: Butte
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🚐73, Loop: Butte
RV
Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐74, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long
⛺75, Loop: Butte
Tent
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🚐76, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐77, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 45 ft long
🚐78, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐79, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
⛺8, Loop: Agate
Tent
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🚐80, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 65 ft long
🚐81, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐82, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 60 ft long
🚐83, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long
🚐84, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐85, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 65 ft long
🚐86, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐87, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 65 ft long
⛺88, Loop: Butte
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⛺89, Loop: Butte
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🚐90, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 35 ft long
⛺91, Loop: Butte
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🚐92, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long
⛺93, Loop: Butte
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🚐94, Loop: Butte
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Pet Friendly · 30 ft long
⛺95, Loop: Butte
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🚐96, Loop: Butte
RV
Pet Friendly · 40 ft long
🚐Group Loop 1, Loop: Group
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🚐Group Loop 2, Loop: Group
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🚐Group Loop 3, Loop: Group
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🚐Group Loop 4, Loop: Group
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Reviews
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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.
Cedar Pass icampground is a beautiful spot and the sound of the stream next to it is hypnotically soothing. The campsite facilities were basic, even for forest service standards. It rained at night and my sleeping got wet, which probably unfairly put a damper on my stay.
The campground is conveniently located to the trails and overlooks in the park. Everything was well maintained and bathrooms were convenient. Unfortunately due to some recent heavy rain our water spigot was in standing water. Also, most of the water spigots are water fountains so you have to walk down several campsites to fill something with water. Finally, the wind can get quite strong so be prepared if you are tent camping. Fortunately our tent held im the wind. It was a good campground overall.
Liked the park but the campground is a joke. No privacy just looking at each other. We stayed in at site 12 in a 26 ft trailer and truck. Paved pull off that is not level. Had electricity and water was available at the dump station. With all the land in the park they could make a much better campground. The camp host was also rude.
The campground was quiet with clean restrooms. The night ranger program was excellent! So nice to be at the campground and close to the Visitors Center and Amphitheater. Since there are no trees in the campground, I wish the campsites were further away from each other. Highly recommend the campground.
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Location & Directions for Cedar Pass Campground
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.
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.