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linnemj
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Aug 15, 2015

Campground recommendations - Iowa City to Badlands NP

We are currently in Iowa City heading to Badlands National Park in a few days. We have 2 nights to camp en route so I would appreciate suggestions. We prefer non-commerical parks such as COE, State and local campgrounds.

Thanks!

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  • Yankton, SD at the Lewis & Clark Recreation area.

    I agree. It is a very nice park. We often stay there on our trips west.
  • We stayed in Yankton, SD at the Lewis & Clark Recreation area. They have 50 amp but no water or sewer. It's a really nice campground right on the lake.

    We then took 81 to 18 to 281 to the Badlands.

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