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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

Big Horn Sheep

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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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83 total sites

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2026 (Current year)

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Picnic Table

Picnic Table

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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

🚐 14, Loop: Agate RV

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30 × 12 ft

🚐 15, Loop: Agate RV

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50 × 13 ft

🚐 16, Loop: Agate RV

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50 × 12 ft

🚐 17, Loop: Agate RV

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60 × 12 ft

🚐 18, Loop: Agate RV

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50 × 15 ft

🚐 19, Loop: Agate RV

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55 × 16 ft

⛺ 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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50 × 12 ft

🚐 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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Pet Friendly · 55 ft long

🚐 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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⛺ 1, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 10, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 12, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 14, Loop: Agate RV

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50 × 15 ft

🚐 19, Loop: Agate RV

55 × 16 ft

⛺ 2, Loop: Agate Tent

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🚐 20, Loop: Agate RV

55 × 18 ft

🚐 21, Loop: Agate RV

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55 × 12 ft

🚐 23, Loop: Agate RV

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🚐 24, Loop: Agate RV

30 × 18 ft

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🚐 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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⛺ 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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🚐 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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🚐 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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Kylie M

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July 14, 2026 Stayed at: 8, Loop: Agate

Very clean and organized camp ground. The showers weren’t amazing but they’re good enough for camping. Would definitely recommend some strong bug spray, the mosquitos out there are no joke.

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Sheldon P

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July 15, 2026 Stayed at: 87, Loop: Butte

Campground has beautiful 360 views of the Badlands. The sites are really just pull-offs or turn-outs along the campground road. Can be tight if campground is full. Convienent to be right in the national park. Water and dump station is at front of campground.

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Charles M

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July 15, 2026 Stayed at: 25, Loop: Agate

Great location. Easy access and good amenities. Windy when we were there. No shade. Good spot.

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Brad M

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July 16, 2026 Stayed at: Group Loop 4, Loop: Group

Our Boy Scout troop was absolutely amazed at the Badlands. We loved the open hiking and exploring policy. Beautiful views and trails. The staff was helpful and friendly. We would love to come back and spend a little more time at the Badlands.

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Daniel A

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July 17, 2026 Stayed at: 32, Loop: Agate

The roads are terrible. Be careful.

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Melissa S

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

Very close to bathrooms and an easy walk to the amphitheater for the ranger led night program.

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Amy B

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July 18, 2026 Stayed at: 6, Loop: Agate

Great campground with a great store minutes away. We loved our stay.

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PAUL S

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July 20, 2026 Stayed at: 2, Loop: Agate

The campground is open with great views of the surrounding area. In July it was hot and very breezy so be sure to guy out your tent. Restrooms & showers are clean.

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Kate o

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July 20, 2026 Stayed at: 58, Loop: Butte

Staying within the park is amazing for being able to hike later in the evening and early mornings when the heat is lowest! It is also great for attending the evening shows in the amphitheater. We tent-camped here on an incredibly hot weekend and the lack of shade in the campground caused us to leave a night early, but it's just the nature of the landscape, no fault of the campground. We hiked in the evening and got to the Notch trail FIRST of anyone in the morning, the moment the sun rose, and were able to still enjoy the landscape and trails despite the 110 degrees! We also hiked Castle at about 6:00 a.m. and were grateful to have started so early! Our site (58 Butte) was beautiful and I highly recommend getting a site in that area, or anywhere on the outer loop. There were parts of the campground so clogged with campers parked right on the road, and I'm so grateful we had such a peaceful setting!

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Betty G

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July 21, 2026 Stayed at: 73, Loop: Butte

Easy all the way around. Easy to check in, access to Visitor Center, access to evening program at Amphitheater, and the scenic drive. Lovely vistas from the campground as well.

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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.

Safety & rules

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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