USFS campground fees?
Touring several nearby forest service campgrounds lately, I noticed one had some newer signs with rather large print, stating that campers must pay the day-use fee in addition to their camping fee... ...
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monkey44 wrote:.
Not sure about national forests - but we had a 'day-use boat fee' PLUS camp fees on EACH DAY in one of the South Dakota state parks. We had no boat, came in only to stay the night, and leave the next day traveling.
Needless to say, we traveled fairly quickly out of South Dakota -- we also noticed the COE camp about a half mile away was full. The SD state park had about sixty sites, only seven campers. We had no trouble figuring out why.
State parks that add day-use fees to camping sites are shooting themselves in both feet.
All South Dakota State Parks require an entry pass for use of the facility, whether a daily, weekly or annual. The usage pass and camping fees are higher for Custer State Park. but you get more, so you pay more.
Camping fees in SD State Parks are in addition to use fees, appropriately so. Our state is a 'user pay' state, so public users pay proportionately for that service and location.
SD State Parks are reknowned, even unequalled (even with Oregon? ) for value and quality.
