Cedar Pass Campground

Pay showers that were just disgusting. Slimy floors, dirty, no place to hang clothes and towels.

Side-of-the-road camp sites. Don't open your awning as it will extend into the road. Saw a lot of sites that were muddy and some had standing water in them. Bad situation for tent campers as there are no tent pads to put a tent. Just pitch your tent in the grass.

I think there are only 20 sites that have electric.

I'd rather stay at a private campground, which I abhor, then this place. Our friends stayed at Badlands Lodge and Campground 1.5 miles away after they found out the electric site they booked at Cedar Pass in Feb, didn't exist. Overbooked by Aramark. Much nicer place with full hook ups.

Cedar Pass Campground is a great basecamp to explore the Badlands National Park. The campground's location within the Park would be the only reason for camping here. The campsite is a narrow parallel pad, with 30 amp hookup, picnic table, and small shelter. Water and restrooms were nearby, the shower facility was located at the far side of the campground. The showers were warm, clean, and cost 50 cents for 4 minutes. We received 4-bars of coverage with Verizon. The campground does have nice views of the Badlands landscape.

You are right in the National Park with great views and that is where the positives stopped for us. You reserve a site online but they do no assign an actual spot, you get to "pick" your site when you get there. We arrived and checked in, the guy at the check-in station told us good luck finding an electric site(even though we reserved one for an appropriate length) that would work for our 5th wheel. We managed to find a single site that we barely squeezed into. The sites themselves are basically a pull off on the side of the road so our stairs opened onto the road.
The bathroom nearest us had the women's sinks bagged off and out of order. The showers were coin operated(surprising since you are paying $40 a night to stay at a place with no water hookups). Of the 4 available showers, 2 of them were out of order and another one ate my quarters. They did not last the amount of time they stated, the water was ice cold, and the pressure was so high it was painful. When we went to use the dump station(which had no flush hookup) there was also a box for a $1 charge to use it. After paying $40 for an electric pulloff and to take a ice cold shower I can't believe they also wanted to charge to dump. We would not stay at this park again, there were multiple outside the park that had full hookups and looked nicer.

We reserved a campsite with electric two months prior to our visit. We arrived about 5:00 pm and were greeted by the camp host informing us that there were no sites available as they had overbooked. We were told that we could get a refund at the park lodge. The lodge told us that the overbooking has been a problem ever since Aramark bought out the prior park concessionaire. Apparently 50 electric sites are offered online for booking even though only 5 actually exist. Fortunately Badlands Interior Campground is only 2 miles from the park campground. We were able to get full hookups for the same rate.

Maybe data speeds don't matter to you, but if you are working and spending hours every day on Teams video calls, with data speeds averaging about 183 mbps download speeds, this location is a winner.

The electric sites were a godsend the week I camped here, when unseasonably temperatures hovered around 100 degree most of the week.

The campground d is close to the town of Ibtwrior, the visitor center, and most of the formal hiking trails in the park.

Other reviews point out the odd layout and lack of privacy.

We stayed in site 06 with barely enough room for our 21 ft Class B but we were level and were able to open our side door to the picnic table and shade shelter. Afternoon sun was intense but our awning helped. Some of the sites are pull off on the wrong side so your door won’t open to your campsite. I have included a campground map with arrows drawn in to help folks choose the best side for them. Shower house has a very loud exhaust fan that you will hear in nearby sites. There is a big clean dishwashing sink with hot water. Dark sky program each night at the amphitheater within walking distance. The heat during the day was tough but it really was beautiful in the evening and early morning. So many stars! We were able to sleep with the back of the van open.