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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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 However, some reviews mention outdated showers and occasional cleanliness issues in the bathrooms, as well as a lack of shade and privacy between sites.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
Carter H
VerifiedDecember 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 29, Loop: Agate
Absolutely wonderful experience. Very well maintained campground with easy access to facilities, friends, and most importantly trails. This was my friends and I's first time camping inside of a national park and it was wonderful. Brian was an amazing human being who greeted us and talked to us each day. The view in the morning from this campground was otherworldly and makes the trip itself worth it. It is a very convenient spot as you are able to have your car, but also have the bathrooms right by you. Never had any issues with wildlife. One of the best parts from this spot is the stargazing. My friends and I once it got dark enough went and laid outside our tent and could see everything including the milky way. Absolutely wonderful experience, stress free, and easy. Really cool as you can come and go as you please and you know exactly which spot is yours as it has your name. Recommend this for ANYONE, DO IT! We're college kids and we managed to have the time of our life here and not get in any trouble.
GAYLE B
VerifiedDecember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 38, Loop: Agate
Nice sites, park was clean. Bathhouse well maintained, Campground exceeded all our needs. Would like to return and stay longer,
GAYLE B
VerifiedDecember 4, 2025 • Stayed at: 38, Loop: Agate
Nice sites, park was clean. Bathhouse well maintained, Campground exceeded all our needs. Would like to return and stay longer,
Bill S
VerifiedNovember 16, 2025 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: Agate
The campground is very conveniently located and it's very nice to have showers. There however, is a real parking problem, in that there aren't parking spaces.
Everyone has to literally park on the side of the drive through. For fire escape reasons that requires everyone to face their vehicles the same direction. If your camper has slide outs (as ours did) it then sticks out into the driveway. Essentially.There is no camper parking.
Bill S
VerifiedNovember 16, 2025 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: Agate
The campground is very conveniently located and it's very nice to have showers. There however, is a real parking problem, in that there aren't parking spaces.
Everyone has to literally park on the side of the drive through. For fire escape reasons that requires everyone to face their vehicles the same direction. If your camper has slide outs (as ours did) it then sticks out into the driveway. Essentially.There is no camper parking.
Kisha B
VerifiedNovember 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: Agate
We love this campsite! Came twice in one summer with our two dogs. We did get hit by a storm the first time and we camped inside our SUV. We saw other tents get blown away and a couple of things we left out when the storm started had to be recovered from many feet away in the morning. Despite that, it was a wonderful time and stunning views inside the Badlands.
Kisha B
VerifiedNovember 15, 2025 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: Agate
We love this campsite! Came twice in one summer with our two dogs. We did get hit by a storm the first time and we camped inside our SUV. We saw other tents get blown away and a couple of things we left out when the storm started had to be recovered from many feet away in the morning. Despite that, it was a wonderful time and stunning views inside the Badlands.
Mark L
VerifiedNovember 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 6, Loop: Agate
While it was difficult to book 2 nights in a row, I did get 2 nights with separate sites. It was my first time visiting the park and the sights were great,
Mark L
VerifiedNovember 9, 2025 • Stayed at: 6, Loop: Agate
While it was difficult to book 2 nights in a row, I did get 2 nights with separate sites. It was my first time visiting the park and the sights were great,
Monica G
VerifiedNovember 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 92, Loop: Butte
Very open, no trees or barriers between sites, but if that is what you expect, it is a great place to camp to explore the badlands. Beware. it can get really windy!
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
