South Dakota Camping Travel Guide

South Dakota Camping Travel Guide

• South Dakota Overview
• South Dakota Hotels
• South Dakota Attractions
• South Dakota Feature Articles
• South Dakota Airports
• South Dakota Flights

Other Guides for South Dakota

• South Dakota Travel
• Active and Adventure Guide
  • Biking
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• Family Guide
• Parks and Outdoors Guide
  • Camping
  • Horses and Riding
  • Road and Rail Journeys

Top Camping Destinations In South Dakota

• Wind Cave National Park, SD
  

Travel Guides In South Dakota

• Badlands National Park, SD
  • Family Guide
• Black Hills, Badlands, and Mount Rushmore, SD
  • Family Guide
• Mount Rushmore, SD
  • Family Guide
• Rapid City, SD
• Aberdeen, SD
• Custer, SD
• Deadwood, SD
• Faulkton, SD
• Hill City, SD
• Mitchell, SD

Midwest Camping States/Provinces

• Michigan
• Minnesota
• South Dakota
• Wisconsin

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Sylvan Lake, The Black Hills of South Dakota (courtesy, The Black Hills)

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• Photos
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Photos

Feature Articles

• GORP - Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota - Camping
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• GORP - Badlands National Park - Camping and Lodging
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• GORP - Black Hills National Forest , South Dakota - Norbeck Wildlife Preserve
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• GORP - Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota - Top Picks
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• South Dakota's Black Hills: Tearing across the Bottom and Scaling to the Top
  

Practical Advice

• How to Build a Snow Cave
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  Ask ten people how to make a snow cave and you'll get ten different answers. Winter-survival expert Greg Davenport, 49, ends the debate. Here's his definitive guide to making a bomber backcountry bunker.
• Car Camping: A Packing List
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• GORP - Getting on Course - Learning Compass and Map Basics
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• GORP - Mastering Leave No Trace - Introduction
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• A Camping Primer
  

Gear

• Winter Camping Gear Essentials
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  It’s a winter wonderland. Get out there and enjoy it.
• Complete Gear Archives: Camping
  From in-depth gear review articles and Gear Guy Q&A highlights to the latest—and past—entries in Outside magazine’s award-giving Summer and Winter Buyer’s Guides, a detailed overview of all things related to camping
• Marmot Aura Tent
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  Home Sweet Dome
• Winter Camping
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  Enjoy the peace, quiet, and very, very warm gear.
• Power Camping
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  Go ahead, bring your DVD player for rainy days. Eureka!'s electric plug-and-play tents let you rough it in style.

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Attractions

Angostura Recreation Area

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10 miles SE of Hot Springs off US Hwy. 385/18
13157 N. Angostura Rd.
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747

Description: Angostura Reservoir is a recreation area offering opportunities for boating, fishing, and swimming.... Read More

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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

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southwestern South Dakota, 100 miles from Badlands National Park
Keystone, South Dakota 57751

Description: Four presidential faces carved from a mountain, considered one of the wonders of the world -- go for the nightly lighting ceremony.... Read More

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Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary

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14 miles south of Hot Springs off Hwy. 71
P.O. Box 998
Hot Springs, South Dakota 57747

Description: The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary spans 11,000 acres and is home to more than 500 wild horses... Read More

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Hotels

Sojourner Inn

1729 Minnekahta Ave.
Hot Springs, SD 57747

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The Lodge at Palmer Gulch

12620 Hwy 244
Hill City, SD 57745

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Coyote Blues Village B&B

23165 Horseman's Ranch Rd.
Rapid City, SD 57702

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