Campgrounds near Mt. Rushmore

[SYoung]

Any suggestions on public campgrounds near Mt. Rushmore?

Sherrill Young

[Frank C]

Not a public campground (not a state park or NP campground), but we stayed at the Custer/Mount Rushmore/Black Hills KOA when we visited Mt Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monuments.  Custer SD is a great little town and the KOA is convenient to all the sights in the area.   And it's a very nice, well maintained KOA campground.

[Galway Girl]

Custer state park SD  is a beautiful park with several campgrounds and on the highway loop to Mt Rushmore. 
 

see pix of it in our blog here:

 

https://4-ever-hitched.com/epic-adventure-2021

[SeaDawg]

Plus one on Custer SP.

And the wildlife loop road, at dusk and dawn!

[TexasGuy]

I misread how far you could book the state parks so they were full.  We stayed at  Custer Crazy Horse Campground.  Right by town of Custer and great access to all the sites. Good option if SP full. 

[Nancy K.]

Buffalo Ridge Camp Resort in Custer is a good campground.

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Some years ago, we visited the Custer area and stayed in a commercial CG on the outskirts of Custer City.  While there, we had two credit card purchases that seemed somewhat “unusual”, but not enough so that I stopped the process.  After we left the area, we received a call from the fraud department of our bank alerting us to a few significant purchases  made in England. 😳  We locked that card, requested a new issue, and used cash on the remainder of the trip.  I suspect the merchants in England had to eat the loss.

It could have been a coincidence that it happened after leaving there, but I don’t know.  Don’t let a merchant take your card out of your sight, and don’t allow a merchant to use a device you don’t recognize.   The first  incident is what occurred at the CG, the second was at a famous tourist attraction.

Caveat emptor.

 

[HDRider]

On 10/28/2023 at 4:51 PM, Galway Girl said:

Custer state park SD  is a beautiful park with several campgrounds and on the highway loop to Mt Rushmore. 
 

see pix of it in our blog here:

 

https://4-ever-hitched.com/epic-adventure-2021

I second CSP.  Loved it there.

 

The breakfast buffet at the lodge was great

In the park up from where we camped in the mountainous Black Hills of South Dakota

https://blackhillsvisitor.com/learn/the-summer-white-house-of-1927/

 

We were sitting on the grand front porch late one afternoon enjoying the company of new friends and a young girl handed me her camera and asked me to take her picture.  I looked over at one of the fellows sitting next to me and laughed.  He was a world famous photographer. 

[tallmandan]

Another vote for Custer SP.  We stayed at Sylvan Lake Campground which was great.   Agree with SeaDawg about the wildlife loop either eary or late in the day.