Chimney Rock Pioneer Crossing Campground

Easy reservation process just make sure you receive a confirmation text. Off 26 by 1/4 mile with easy in and out pull throughs with full hookup and level sites. Great view of Chimney Rock - lovely lights at night. Great stayover with no indication of permanent residents. Everything clean and well maintained Especially the restrooms. Train tracks about 1/2 a mile away in a valley but we never noticed in our rv. The shop/snack bar the owners have is awesome-sandwiches, snacks, great souvenirs, beer and ice cream - they make the waffle cones to order- YUM!

We traveled here in our 38' motorhome and toad. We were the only ones at this great boutique style campground with full hookups! Our view was amazing of Chimney Rock both day and night. The owners live nearby and came over to make sure all was good and even invited us on a trip up to Chimney Rock. It was so fun to learn the history of the area and Chimney Rock. Our location was close to Scottsbluff National Monument and even more fun, a trip to Carhenge in Alliance! The store was closed for the season, but Joe let us check out their cute store with so many fun items. This is definitely a hidden gem!

Very well taken care of campground with beautiful views of the plains and Chimney Rock. Easy to get to and the owners are extremely nice. The office is also a store with ice cream and novelties. Definitely more mosquitos than we anticipated so come prepared with your choice of repellant. Trains pass by on a semi frequent basis. There seemed to be more trains on Sunday night but the rest of the week we only heard maybe 4-5 a day and maybe once overnight. Would stay here again.

The Chimney Rock Pioneer Crossing campground was my last stop prior to arriving at America's Mailbox in Box Elder, S.D., for residency purposes. I had reserved and paid for a full weeks' stay, but somehow (my bad) scheduled my stop for eight nights. Needless to say, I was chomping at the bit to get on the road by the end of the stay.

First, let me say that the Owners are extremely nice people and work hard at keeping the area nice. But i'm reviewing the overall experience, which was dismal and disruptive. I had been assigned to space #11 per my reservation. It was only hours after getting setup in the space that I had to request being moved! There are now a number of long-term campers at the location. Good for revenue stream, but maybe not for normal campers.

The family in the space next to me had twin children who chaos on steroids... non-stop fighting and screaming, with non-parenting, parents! They also had two ankle-biters which they kept outside, that barked at anything and everything. Then add the fact that the husband was remodeling the back-half of his camper. The noise of power tools, hammers, nail-guns.. you get the idea by now. I was on the phone with my VA medical providers, attempting to schedule appointments, and had to tell them that I would call back due to the noise level.

So, I had to move to another space, which helped somewhat with the noise, but did not eliminate it. No on to the subject of the Technology Desert.. I could get one network TV channel, along with the PBS channels. There is NO Wi-Fi in the park, my T-mobile cell signal was non-existent, but was able to roam with their partner provider, Viaero Wireless which was all but worthless, 2g signal; too slow to even access email.

Back to the Noise.. there are train tracks just a few hundred yards from the park, and there are about a dozen, very long, and load (air horns) coal trains that go up and down the tracks, every day, and night. Most people don't sleep through air-horns in the middle of the night.

The camper sites were not terrible, but one reviewer mentioned how "roomy" the sites were? Not sure what she was accustomed to, but I measured 12' between my neighbor's hookups, and the side of my camper. And the hookups are in the middle of the site, rather than the rear, which places the sewer drain at your picnic table. (see photos)

I did go to the Scott's Bluff National Monument Park on one day which was very nice, and the camper's have a great view of the Chimney Rock monument. So, this park would be OK for a quick night or two, but not longer. For me personally, I just did not find it comfortable at all. I'm still learning what aspects to consider when scheduling my stops.