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Sage Creek Campground is a free, first-come first-serve campground with 22 sites located on Sage Creek Rim Road, an unpaved road that may temporarily close after winter storms and spring rains. Motor homes, pull behind trailers, and other recreational vehicles greater than 18 feet in length are prohibited. This limitation does not apply to horse trailers. A portion of the Sage Creek Campground is designated for horse use.Pit toilets and covered picnic tables are available, but not water. Potable water is available at the Ben Reifel Visitor Center.Generators are not permitted. Due to fire danger, campfires are not permitted in this campground and collection of wood is prohibited. However, camp stoves or contained charcoal grills can be used in campgrounds and picnic areas. When using charcoal grills, ensure the charcoal is cool prior to disposal to prevent a trash fire.
The Sage Creek Campground offers a rustic camping experience with no water available onsite. The area has accessible vault toilets, although the terrain in and around the campground is rough.
Sage Creek Campground is first-come first-serve
This campground is incredible. Right in the middle of Badlands National Park, you are surrounded by an amazing landscape and wildlife and at the night the Milky Way is so bright you can take a photo on your phone of it. Walking through the trails was like being in the video game Breath of the Wild. Grasshoppers and prairie dogs everywhere! The Buffalo do roam around -and through - camp. Kind of cool and terrifying - Don’t be stupid when they come close.
Back country camping is allowed. This is definitely a good place to park your vehicle and backpack in. Dispersed camping is free - there are about 25 sites. The registry for dispersed camping is at the head of the main loop, across from the first pit toilet. The registry for back country camping is at the back of the loop, near the second pit toilet.
This is by far the best camp ground I have ever been to. Not very often you can wake up with Buffalo all around and prairie dogs every where you look. That aside the bathrooms were the cleanliness ever. I would give it 10 stars if possible. Excellent!!!
The location is incredible. There are no "rooms" or "service" to rate. The camp is tidy and toliet was clean and the grassy area with covered picnic tables has prairie dogs living in it. We saw a herd of bison walking across the road driving to this spot and a single bison wandered through camp. This place is a must see!
If you are into primitive camping, look no further! It is a first come, first serve camp site. We set up and had to be careful not to set up our tent over a prairie dog hole. When we were unpacking the truck, a buffalo was less than 50ft from the campsite! It was neat to hear all of the coyotes are night as well! The bathroom had no plumbing, just a pit with a toilet. Plan accordingly! The campgrounds were perfect for our camping trip and the views were even better! I can’t wait to return!
