Lewis & Clark State Park

Might be hot in the summer. Some sites had shade. No reservations now as it’s winter and rates decrease. Prices vary with state licensing, age, time of year, electric or none.
We had no electric. Ours was pull through but all sites nicely spaced.
Playground.
Multiple hikes with varying lengths and difficulty. One mile hike to fishing access on the Jefferson river.
Cave tours cheap and fabulous. Visitor center at cave with gift shop and small lunch place. See the movie. Cave tours end the last day of September and they are closed Tuesdays.
Water great and available at the dump station.
Cell service varies but we did have 2-3 bars and LTE with our booster but frequently difficulty loading.

Stayed here one night passing thru the area. We picked out a “modern” site but it is electric only, no water which we found strange. Sites are well maintained and there is a nice beach and playgrounds. We stayed in pintail loop and it was quiet. Lots of families in the loops with full hookups and sites seem closer together. Site fee was $25 but had to pay $6 booking fee plus another $7 park entrance fee. Dump station was 3 bays and clean. Found the online reservation site clumsy as it made you pick a loop. If you’ve never been there, it was confusing. Other reviewers stated there was wifi but couldn’t reach it from our site.

I came in late April and was literally the only person there. The experience may be way different when it’s busy, I don’t know. But it was very peaceful with great views and a rocky beach.

At night, you can see the flames from the many fracking wells in the area.

Nice paths for walking.

Looks like they are installing a brand new dump station right now. Didn’t use the facilities but took a peak inside. The main building wasn’t open for the season yet but the pit toilets looked clean and well maintained.

Took one star away because the sites are close together with little privacy if it gets filled up. The E/W spots also have shared water. And finally, there was no T-Mobile signal and very weak 1 bar Verizon signal.

Overall a nice place though, I’d stay here again.

I really liked staying at this campground. Site 61 is level, and site 6 (and those in the same row) are at a slight incline, but no biggie.

The people that work here, ranging from the Park Ranger, to the Convenience Store to the Campground Hosts are very nice, friendly and helpful people. And there's nice hiking trails, some are interpretive.

For Verizon service, I used a booster for my jetpack (hotspot)

One bathroom with 3 flushing toilets and 3 showers and they staff thinks the most opportune time to shut down the bathroom for cleaning is 8:30 AM. No signs that it will be closed during this time. Just shut it down. And when asked why and how long, told “I just do it when I have the time”. Gee park employee, sorry we are inconveniencing you.

Our first stay and. ND state park ... let’s hope the others a a bit better than this one.

Well maintained and clean campground!

Our site was FHU, with dedicated water spigot! However; the spigots at FHU sites may be up to 100 feet away! Ours was 50 feet away!

W/E only sites typically share their water spigot with upto 4 other sites! Also, saw one site that was about 150 feet from a shared spigot!

WIFI was weak! There was an antenna about 50 feet from our site and the WIFI was useless often! This was even during the week, when few people where there!

Verizon was weak at best and often unusable in the campground! Had good service near the marina!

Park has a couple of nice trails for hiking! Beaches on the river are rocky, with many washed up trees!

We stayed for three nights as a convenient stop over to run errands in Williston, but this park is not much of a destination on its own. Our site was very long and level and the electrical service worked great. However, the sites are fairly close together for a state park, offering little privacy. Sites supposedly have water, but in fact there are just shared hose bibs every 3-4 campsites. The regulars know this and come prepared with splitters and ridiculously long water hoses. The campground was very full over the weekend with locals, so it was very busy with campfires, hordes of small kids, and a huge number of dogs (that didn't always get along). We had one bar of weak 3G on AT&T, so we used the park wifi whenever possible. The wifi comes from the bathhouse, and we lost connection whenever a large RV drove between us and the bathhouse! The wifi also suffered when it rained, though it was fast enough to stream in good weather. The bathhouse was clean and well-maintained though my showers were lukewarm at best. The rangers on site were extremely responsive and helpful, including relocating a giant snake that was menacing the campground!

The best features of this park are the relatively quiet and seeming isolation from the prolific oil wells that cover this part of North Dakota, with decent sites but somewhat reminiscent of a private park in the layout and spacing.

Negatives: Though the park is located on the shore of a lake, few if any sites have views of the water. The beach area was tiny and clogged with tree debris during our visit. There are few land-based activities within the park other than a short nature trail and a nice playground.