Belvidere East-Exit 170 KOA

I'm behind on my Compendium listings but we stayed here in June 2020. This was a decent stop over when heading west on I-90. It is only about 1/2 mile off the highway - there didn’t seem to be much at the exit as far as restaurants, gas or stores, but that was ok for us and there is a small camp store there. For those familiar with KOAs, this is a basic Journey type - not a lot of extras, but everything you need. There is not much for shade (being in S. Dakota), but the staff was good about moving us over to a site that had a bit of shade when we requested it. It was quiet and we had no issues. The campground is about 1 hr east of Wall, SD, 45-60 minutes east of the Badlands, and only 30-45 minutes from the Minuteman Missile Nat’l Historic site.

We read the reviews before reserving online.Very accurate. Stayed 6-28-21 Only needed 1 night , got a pull thru. Site 80 is level, good wifi reception, wonderful Verizon reception. No pool, as it is under reconstruction. Very friendly staff. We ordered a salad and pizza, and they deliver it to your site. Very tasty and a break from "RV food". Half a mile away from the highway noise and Easy on and off I-90 as we traveled on a three week trip. Quiet ! Older bathroom facility , basic but functioning.

We needed an overnight stop to break up our run to the Badlands. This KOA turned out to be perfect spot. I little expensive for a simple FHU, but the park is very clean, grassy, with nice prairie views. Gravel/dirt pads were perfect level, and plenty of grass space between sites. Somewhat older facilities, but bath house was spotless clean, as the laundry. Staff was very friendly and welcoming a guide will take you to your site. Noise from I-90 was negligible, so very quiet at night, and woke to birds singing in the morning. Nice gift shop and café with sandwiches and pizza delivered to your site. The 1880 Town about a quarter mile away was closed (Covid) but looked super interesting. We would have stayed an extra day had it been open.

We stayed for one night during a trip between Salem and Custer. We got site 80, which is in the lower part of the campground with a good view of the reservoir lake on three sides. The site was fairly level and topped with gravel, and the spacing between sites was pretty good for a KOA (though we didn’t have any neighbors on either side of us during our stay).

The Verizon signal was good: I had five bars on my Verizon hotspot with MIMO antenna, with 43Mbps down and 24Mbps up.

The only downside to our campsite was that it rained really hard that evening, and when it was time to walk the dogs before bedtime the site was like a giant puddle: that lower area of the campground gets saturated very quickly. Something to keep in mind if you know you’ll be staying there during a rainstorm.

Hosts were friendly and helped us in during a blizzard. Nice paved pads for setting up while the rest of the ground was snow and soup. The WiFi here was the best of any Campgroud I staid at - but it was fairly empty other than the seasonals and others that were seeking shelter from the blizzard. The biggest surprise was the pizza. After a long day trying to snake our way through the snow and disabled vehicles I wasn’t in the mood to cook. We opted to order a pizza from the campground store. I expected something like a DiGiorno or something. What I got was a really great pizza from the crust to sauce to cook overall.

Class A next to us ran their motor at night but everyone was in survival mode (they had their slides in too) so extremely understandable.

I stopped here overnight and it was just a 1/2 mile off the interstate. Easy in and out. There is a nice pond nearby that my campsite happened to face which was a great view! This is a beautiful and unpopulated part of SD so be sure to bring whatever you need. The camp store was stocked with basics as most KOA's are. I was happy to see the store had a small cafe and coffee. My dog enjoyed the little agility park as well.