Whistler Gulch Campground & RV Park

There is potential in this campground, but until someone works to deliver on that I don't recommend this campground. We visited just before Memorial Day, so perhaps they were not yet ready for the season. Did not see much sign of preparations underway either!

The location is great, convenient for Deadwood, and the views from our spot up on the hill were great. The town's trolley service goes to the campground but seemed to be unreliable and not as per the schedule.

General maintenance seems a long way behind schedule.

Our camping spot was not very level, and the gravel needed replenishing and weeding. It was a little on the small side and the drop-off at the end was severe.

The pool was not filled but as we were leaving it looked as if someone was doing some work on it. - one of the few staff members we saw, and not much other sign of work going on.

The washrooms were in poor shape, not cleaned, closed stalls (for renovation? right before the season?), broken lights - in the men's restroom the only light above the sinks that worked was over a sink that had no faucets. Go figure!

The electrical hookup was unreliable and kept tripping, and the next spot along looked as if their hookup had been melted by a previous occupant.

Overall, this could be great but isn't. The place needs an enthusiastic and energetic owner / workforce but appears to have neither.

We had a reservation at this Campground for July 31/23.

check in was approximately 1 PM, reading previous reviews I was afraid to ask for a early check in as we were there at 9:30 AM, I figured all they could say was, NO!

WE arrived and went in, the park wasn't too busy and they checked the site that was reserved for us, it was empty, so they said "it was no problem", what a huge help this was, camp was set up and we were on our way to Mount Rushmore.

the campground was clean and they were very pleasant to deal with, the laundry facilities were exceptional, very clean and up to date.

I would 100% stay here again if I am passing through.