Badlands

[rvshrinker]

We want three nights as close to the Badlands as possible - already have a week in Custer. We want to be able to get up early and go for morning hikes. However the national Park campground is not available for our dates. What else is nearby?

We are pulling a 27' travel trailer so Save Creek is not an option.

[WE-C-USA]

rvshrinker wrote:

WE-C-USA wrote:

rvshrinker wrote:
Unfortunately the electric sites are sold out for our dates (there is an option of changing sites each night but that is not going to happen).

Imo, that's a better option than some of the other. Stay in the park & commute least.

Which is a better option?

Change sites inside the park. You stated that you wanted to hike early. Then you can return mid-day move then hike that afternoon. Check out is 11:00 am.

[BarabooBob]

When we have to move every day in order to stay in a given campground, we always ask the park operator where we can park for the day so that we can vacate our site for the next person. We have never had a problem. When we get back later in the day, we hook up at the storage spot and relocate. We have a 17' with no slides so it takes us just minutes. If you have a large TT or 5r, this may not work for you.

[Roy_Lynne]

There is boondocking campground just west of the park. If you don't mind quiet and solitude, not to mention free.

[rvshrinker]

We'll be out exploring all day, changing sites means I have to drag my trailer with me in the morning if our new site isn't available.

[ADAD437]

why not change sites if all you have to do is unhook elec.

[rvshrinker]

WE-C-USA wrote:

rvshrinker wrote:
Unfortunately the electric sites are sold out for our dates (there is an option of changing sites each night but that is not going to happen).

Imo, that's a better option than some of the other. Stay in the park & commute least.

Which is a better option?

[WE-C-USA]

rvshrinker wrote:
Unfortunately the electric sites are sold out for our dates (there is an option of changing sites each night but that is not going to happen).

Imo, that's a better option than some of the other. Stay in the park & commute least.

[rvshrinker]

Unfortunately the electric sites are sold out for our dates (there is an option of changing sites each night but that is not going to happen).

[BarabooBob]

The campground in the park has electric sites and they have pay to use showers. They also take reservations. We stay there every time we go to the Badlands.

[rvshrinker]

Thinking about Sleepy Hollow, but would really prefer a more rural setting right in the NP.

What is the consensus about staying in the non electric sites for 3 nights, without a generator? We wouldn't be there but in the evening and night. How hot or cool is it likely to be at night? Is it humid? Basically will we we be able to sleep? We wouldn't even have a fan to run without electric but I suppose I could try to find a 12v.

[suprz]

agesilaus wrote:
Yeah if that is the KOA in Scenic SD it is an excellent camp spot plus it is right outside the park entrance.

We stayed there last year, good enough to be close to the entrance. No cell signals, and there were a billion gnats when we were there (middle of September).

[rvshrinker]

So helpful!

[dedmiston]

Dick_B wrote:
When all is lost one might do a Google search for `Badlands campground' and see what comes up.

Thank you, Doctor Google. :R

[Dick_B]

When all is lost one might do a Google search for `Badlands campground' and see what comes up.