Custer SP/Blue Bell & Stockade Lake South

SDcampowneroperator wrote:

patperry2766 wrote:
Planning our 2015 Summer trip. I am looking primarily at these two campgrounds because they have cabins. My BIL/SIL will need these for their family.

I have looked at both on Google maps as well as the photos themselves from the SD campground website; however, on our last trip I got burned by Google. The map image didn't portray the feet on the ground setting this is another story).

Basically, what were looking for is:
Alot of trees..the feeling of camping in the woods vs camping in a parking lot.
Decent space between campsites
Shower and flush toilets (both have)
Electric (both have).

The kids (5,14,16) would like Rafter J for the pool, but too much $

I have just started my search and these two have risen to the top, but I have just begun my search, so if there are opinions on other sites that would also be a option, I would consider them as well.

If another park, FHU are pretty much a necessity cause I don't like to go to sleep dirty. Since they take reservations a year in advance, I'd like to get something nailed down rather quickly because this summer, it was hard to get into a few Colorado campgrounds and a few that I really wanted to go to were booked up solid.

One thing we encountered in Colorado was that where we stayed was in "bear country" and since we were in a pop-up, they made us put all food/ice chests inside a locked truck. Does this happen in SD State Parks?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

there are no bears in the black hills

patperry2766 wrote:
Planning our 2015 Summer trip. I am looking primarily at these two campgrounds because they have cabins. My BIL/SIL will need these for their family.

I have looked at both on Google maps as well as the photos themselves from the SD campground website; however, on our last trip I got burned by Google. The map image didn't portray the feet on the ground setting this is another story).

Basically, what were looking for is:
Alot of trees..the feeling of camping in the woods vs camping in a parking lot.
Decent space between campsites
Shower and flush toilets (both have)
Electric (both have).

The kids (5,14,16) would like Rafter J for the pool, but too much $

I have just started my search and these two have risen to the top, but I have just begun my search, so if there are opinions on other sites that would also be a option, I would consider them as well.

If another park, FHU are pretty much a necessity cause I don't like to go to sleep dirty. Since they take reservations a year in advance, I'd like to get something nailed down rather quickly because this summer, it was hard to get into a few Colorado campgrounds and a few that I really wanted to go to were booked up solid.

One thing we encountered in Colorado was that where we stayed was in "bear country" and since we were in a pop-up, they made us put all food/ice chests inside a locked truck. Does this happen in SD State Parks?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Mandalay Parr wrote:
Look at Beaver Lake RV park near Custer.