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We had a bad experience here. The site they first assigned us to had deep puddles of water, a couple of inches. We moved to the site next to it. They apparently were aware of their drainage issue as their solution was to put in 6 inches of gravel. We were there a week, the puddles did not go away even though it did not rain. There were also other spots in the park with puddles of water.
So it was very hard to level due to the sinking and ruts in the gravel. Like moving the coach around in the spot so we not leaning so much.
Pulling out was a squeeze between a tree to the left, a dumpster in front and water spigot on the right. Not to mention the sinking in the loose gravel.
The sites are buddy sites but because the water spigot was at the very front of the site, coaches would be next to other with just about enough space for chairs. They wisely put no one in the spot next to us so we parked our toad there to avoid the water in the back of the coach.There were tables badly in need of painting in weedy gravel but not anywhere near where your door or awning would be. This is an older park obviously not built for Class As or fifth wheels. There is a pool that is empty.
One good thing was the WiFi. We could stream most of the time. Could not get any OTA and of course we were in one of the few sites where the tree stopped us from getting satelllite. The other good thing was it was close to the Badlands. We thought of going elsewhere but nothing was available and were gone all day anyway most of the days we were there. So I would not recommend this even for overnight unless you are a smaller trailer or class c.
Open year round, but dry camping w electric after mid-Oct, first come first serve. Pretty empty weekend of Halloween when we stayed. Mostly quiet, some highway noise even inside RV, some folks live behind campground in trailers and there was lots of slow traffic thru the campground, even later at night. Able to dump RV, but they were shutting off the water Oct 31 due to forecasted freezing temps, so definitely dry camping. Not all sites have all amps for hookups, so check the post before you set up. We had to move to a different site because the 20 Amp was not hot and we didn't have our 50 Amp adapter, no 30amp on the post. We had to poke around for a 20amp that worked and move there. Even the 30 Amp didn't work nearby.
Gas station across the street is open but has strange hours in off season, maybe 9-3? Pay at pump appears to work 24 hrs as of Oct 31, 2021.
8 minute drive to entrance of Badlands makes it a good location, would stay here again in fall/winter just for the electric as the park campgrounds are non-electric in the off season.
It was a great location! 6 minutes from Big Badlands Overlook, which is a great view of the sunrise. The park was clean, with easy access. The staff was friendly and they sell a few local items at the front. We did not go in the pool, but it seemed clean and usable. Avoid the gas station a cross the street. It was closed at the time and their card machines were not working.
