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Weekend Camping Report

Campsites available for a Friday, May 18, arrival as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 16.
Park Number of Campsites
Angostura Recreation Area
77
Big Sioux Recreation Area
3
Buryanek Recreation Area
16
Chief White Crane Recreation Area
35
Cow Creek Recreation Area
22
Custer State Park
108
Fort Sisseton Historic State Park
8
Hartford Beach State Park
84
Indian Creek Recreation Area
98
Lake Cochrane Recreation Area
16
Lake Louise Recreation Area
13
Lake Poinsett Recreation Area
56
Lake Thompson Recreation Area
61
Lake Vermillion Recreation Area
4
Lewis and Clark Recreation Area
112
Llewellyn Johns Recreation Area
10
Mina Lake Recreation Area
13
Newton Hills State Park
2
North Point Recreation Area
71
Oahe Downstream Recreation Area
18
Oakwood Lakes State Park
55
Palisades State Park
0
Pease Creek Recreation Area
1
Pelican Lake Recreation Area
24
Pickerel Lake Recreation Area
12
Pierson Ranch Recreation Area
39
Platte Creek Recreation Area
32
Randall Creek Recreation Area
86
Richmond Lake Recreation Area
11
Rocky Point Recreation Area
39
Roy Lake State Park
70
Sandy Shore Recreation Area
14
Shadehill Recreation Area
42
Snake Creek Recreation Area
20
Springfield Recreation Area
15
Swan Creek Recreation Area
21
Union Grove State Park
11
Walker's Point Recreation Area
1
West Bend Recreation Area
56
West Pollock Recreation Area
27
West Whitlock Recreation Area
95
Statewide Total
1498

Reservations

Same-Day Reservations

  • Center Lake campground at Custer State Park
  • Yankton campground at Lewis & Clark Recreation Area.
  • All open sites can be reserved beginning at 7 a.m. CT on the day of arrival.
  • Campers are required to place their camping unit on, and to occupy their campsite by 10 p.m. of the first night of their reserved stay. If they fail to do so, they will be charged a cancellation fee and forfeit the remainder of their reservation.
  • Checkout is 4 p.m. CT at Lewis and Clark and noon MT at Custer State Park.

First-come, First-served Camping

The entire campground is first-come, first-served at the following parks:

  • Bear Butte State Park
  • Burke Lake Recreation Area
  • Lake Hiddenwood Recreation Area
  • Little Moreau Recreation Area
  • North Wheeler Recreation Area
  • Okobojo Point Recreation Area

A portion of the campgrounds at the following parks offer first-come, first-served camping:

  • Cow Creek Recreation Area (10 sites)
  • Lake Louise Recreation Area (10 sites)