Dozens of campsites alongside a windy and looping paved road in an expansive prairie with badlands formations nearby.

Please contact at: https://www.cedarpasslodge.com/contact-us

Located near the Ben Reifel Visitor Center, the Cedar Pass Campground has 96 level sites with scenic views of the badlands formations. This campground offers flush toilets and coin operated showers in the summertime.

Campsites for tent camping for 2 persons are equipped with a shaded picnic table.
Surrounded by spectacular views of the Badlands.
All sites within short walk of pay showers and bathrooms.
Near amphitheater for National Park Service evening programs during the summer.
Easy access to Cedar Pass Lodge and Restaurant.

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Cedar Pass Campground offers RV sites with electric only service. Septic dump available nearby for $1.

All sites include shaded picnic table area.
A 14-night limit applies during the summer.
Electric only service. No water or sewer.
Campground has pay showers, flush toilets and water nearby.

RV Sites

There are four "group" campsites that can be reserved in advance by calling(605) 433-5460.

The cost is $3 per person with a minimum fee of $35.
The campsites can accommodate 6-25 people accumulatively.

Group Campsites

dark plants take root in a large pile of debris crumbling down the side of a jagged badlands butte.

Cedar Pass Campground Views

Cedar Pass Campground

Cold running water, flush toilets, and covered picnic tables are available.

A limited section of the campground is open during the winter months.

Four campsites are available in the Cedar Pass Campground for organized groups with a designated leader.

Closed for the Season

A two-lane gravel road travels in a circle with the outer and inner perimeter providing camping locations. A small tan building hosts a pit toilet. Badlands buttes are visible in the horizon, with prairie grasses, cottonwoods, and muddy draws between the campsite and the buttes.

Sage Creek Campground is a primitive campground. There is no charge to stay here and camping is available on a first come first serve basis. The campground rarely fills to capacity.

Tent camping and RV camping is allowed.  The road in the campground as well as the road leading to the campground are gravel roads.  When it rains these roads can become difficult to traverse.  There is no fee to camp in this campground.  No fires or open flame permitted.

Sage Creek Primitive Campground

Rolling green hills of grass with juniper trees under blue sky.

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Dirt road meanders around several camping sites amid prairie grass and under blue sky.

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Dirt path travels along brown prairie grasses under blue sky.

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Muddy meandering creek exposes badlands formations under blue sky.

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Dozens of bison graze green grasses with layers badlands buttes in the background.

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Sage Creek Campground

Bison often wander through this primitive campground, located on the west side of the park's North Unit. Access is located off of the Sage Creek Rim Road, an unpaved road that may temporarily close after winter storms and spring rains. The road provides limited turnarounds for large recreational vehicles. Camping is free of charge. Pit toilets and covered picnic tables are available, but no water is available on-site. A portion of the Sage Creek Campground is designated for horse use.

The rugged beauty of the Badlands draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient horses and rhinos once roamed here. The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-grass prairie where bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets live today.