custer state park

Rushmore Cave is fun, too. With kids that age, the. Mammoth Site in hot Springs is a must do. Very unique. Kids also like the Presidential Slide. The Circle b Ranch is a fun, family evening. If you have time, Badlands National Park is about an hour east.

X2 on Rafter J Bar Ranch - nice place, perfect location. Be sure to drive through Custer State Park if you don't stay there.

Lots of good stuff to see in the area, but we didn't care too much for Crazy Horse. The original idea of the monument was probably fine, but it's too much of a family run "trap" now. They do just enough work on it now to keep it as an "active" development. A little too "politically correct" for me now also. Just my opinion.

We stayed at Rafter J Bar Ranch, just outside Hill City, SD. Reasonable rates, nicest park in the area we saw after riding by many others. Convenient to everything, Mt Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer, etc.

They should have named the park after Sitting Bull. Custer lost. :)

I will also be in Custer in July and researching riding stables. Rocking R has some good reviews and Blue Bell campground has a riding stable. I have been to Custer a few times, do a caving tour at Wind or Jewel, our favorite tour through the cave was the candlelight ones. Harney Peak is a nice scenic hike.

TOO much to list. the park alone is full of animals, fishing,hiking and sight seeing are just a few. 90 miles to badlands, 50 or so miles from devils tower,deadwood,hill city, sturgis,minute man missile site, custer city, the president statues in bronze on the corners in rapid city, 350 miles to little big horn and on and on and on. i will be there working all summer.

We booked our site last night in Custer State park at Stockade Lake North in July. Now just looking for suggestions on things to do and see. We are wanting to go horseback riding any suggestions on which outfitter to use. Thanks for everyones input.

We stayed in the Legion Lake campground (sites 3E & 4E)last summer. We have a 30 ft. tt and our friends who traveled with us have a 35 ft. fw. No problem for either of us getting in/out of our sites. Legion Lake is right across the road from the campground, very scenic and kids did swim there. There is also a small store at the lake. The nice thing about Legion Lake CG. is it is very centrally located in the park,and easy to navigate to any location from there. Very clean bathroom/shower facility.

So much to do there. Check out the buffalo/burros. Hike to Harney Peak. Drive the Needles Highway (without tt) and take Iron Mountain Road out to Mt. Rushmore- these are both breathtakingly beautiful roads! Don't forget Crazy Horse Mem., Jewel Cave, Deadwood for a reenactment ect. Oh, and don't forget a stop at Wall Drug if you are coming from the east- pretty cheesy but you can say you've been there/done that.

Have a great time, you will love it!

Stockade North can handle big rigs and has 50 AMP. No dump or sewer on that side of the mountain, but you can dump at the truck stop in the town of Custer if you buy fuel there.
There is a great little restaurant at the Wagon Wheel CG just west of Stockade Lake toward town of Custer. Great meals and omelets are outstanding. Right beside French Creek where Custer camped and discovered gold during the Black Hills expedition about a year before his mishap at the Little Big Horn.

Sylvan Lake is a very small camp ground. You will have trouble there with a 28 foot trailer. Try Stockade Lake.