Stayed in mid-May, tenting in a site near the water. There was so much space between sites. Tenting only. The bathrooms did the job. Nice location for exploring all of the Black Hills. You can reserve over the phone at the campground if you'd like.

One of the few places we could find to camp without reservations. Had to use the phone at the entrance and “reserve” a spot that day, also we were forced to pay via a credit card to make the same day reservation. We tent camped on the upper loop and it was nice and shaded. The amenities were not as clean as we had hoped but were us... more

This state park is extremely popular and hard to get into. Turns out Center Lake is the only campground you can do "same day reservations". Meaning, you call in the morning you want to go (or check online) and see if they have any spots. If they do, you can reserve one for as many days as you want (limit 14 I think). We saw online ther... more