This 62-site campground is open year round. Sites can be reserved at www.recreation.gov late May through September, and are first-come, first-served at all other times. Two sites are handicap-accessible. Flush toilets and drinking water are available late May through September. Fees are half-price when water is not available. Payment is by credit or debit card only. Two group campsites are also available through www.recreation.gov. Ranger programs are offered nightly in the amphitheater during the summer.

RV or tent rate when water and flush toilets are available. Senior (Golden Age)/Access pass holders pay half price. Interagency Annual Park Passes are not applicable for these fees.

Campsite Fee

RV or tent rate when water is not available. Senior (Golden Age)/Access pass holders pay half price. Interagency Annual Park Passes are not applicable for these fees.

Campsite Fee - Off-season

a brown wood and stone sign reading "elk mountain campground"

Campground Sign

A campsite is set up with a tent, picnic bench and metal fire ring.

Elk Mountain Campsite

Elk Mountain Campground

Restroom Facilities

The Elk Mountain Campground reservation board with information and a drop box for cash payments.

Elk Mountain Campground Registration Board

The Elk Mountain Campground Nature Trail sign stands in front of the trail.

Elk Mountain Campground Nature Trail

Elk Mountain Water Spigot

The campground is open year-round with drinking water and flush toilets available late spring into early fall.  Fees are half-price when water is not available. Sites are first-come first-served and the campground rarely fills to capacity.

Wind Cave National Park protects two very different worlds - one deep within the earth, the other a sunlit world of many resources. Bison, elk, and other wildlife roam the rolling prairie grasslands and forested hillsides of one of America's oldest national parks. Below the remnant island of intact prairie sits Wind Cave, one of the longest and most complex caves in the world.