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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Campground Amenities
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Picnic Table
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Dump station on site
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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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🚐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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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
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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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⛺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
RV
Pet Friendly · 50 × 17 ft
🚐28, Loop: Agate
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Pet Friendly · 50 × 10 ft
⛺29, Loop: Agate
Tent
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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
RV
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
RV
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
RV
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
RV
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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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.
All the sites are pretty close together, essentially in a grass field. There are no trees for shade but all the picnic tables have a little cover over them for shade. There are showers available though I didn’t use them. Bathroom was clean and in the middle of the campground so easy for every site to access.
The campground was a bit austere and when it was full the facilities were overwhelmed, loved the evening Ranger presentations and thought the host was great, TY.
We enjoyed our stay at Cedar Pass Campground. Our site was comfortable, the grounds were clean and very well kept, and the RV dump station was easy to use. The campground doesn’t have shade and is pretty bare, but it’s perfect if you plan to park your RV/trailer/tent and spend your days exploring the park. It’s also super close to the visitor center, and the on‑site store is super close by and great if you forget anything. Overall, a convenient and well‑kept base camp.
The biggest disappointment was seeing all the sites reserved, and so many people not showing up for the night, therefore denying others of the opportunity to stay there.
Great location in the park! Very close to the bathroom with cheap coin showers available. It’s close to the amphitheater where they hold evening ranger programs which was super interesting. Shade over the picnic table was super helpful in July.
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
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