Oreville Campground

We chose this campground specifically for its proximity to all the main attractions of the Black Hills region. In four days we visited Mt. Rushmore National Memorial twice, Jewel Cave National Monument, and Wind Cave National Park. The campground was only 30 minutes away from both Rapid City (shopping, restaurants, Cabela's, gyms, etc.) and Custer (charming town with some good restaurants).

The campground is easily accessible right off the road. Road noise is very faint and the campsites were quite cozy and evenly spaced out. My only warning is that if you are camping in the summer be prepared for some epic thunderstorms! There was probably at least one a day, with one producing crazy amounts of hail and scaring us silly.

We've stayed here two times now. It is a beautiful area. The campground is very central to Custer State Park and a couple National Monument areas. The campground hosts are on top of it and friendly. There are reservable and first come sites. The first time we stayed here was during the Sturgis rally and there were still plenty of open spots. Clean pot toilets, trash and water.

It can be difficult here for solar, the more open sites are in the front of the campground which is near the road however, walking around the park I found the same level of road noise in the sites in the back of the campground. We were out exploring much of the day so the noise wasn't annoying and thr toad traffic slows down at night.

Verizon signal can be boosted here but still wasn't great. ATT is usable unboosted and streamable when boosted. TMobile roams on ATT here but not as good as a hot spot when I tried to teather.

The four stars is for noise and a $2 per day, per dog fee which is just annoying.

$10 is reduced senior rate. Sites were private with vegetation between sites. Small National forest campground very close (just across the highway) to the Michelson Trail. I've biked many rail-trails and this one is at the top of the list! This is why I gave campground 4 stars instead of 3 because very convenient to trail. Campground is very close to Crazy Horse but I'd choose other forest service campgrounds if looking to travel in Custer SP. Vault toilets

This spot was great - it was cheap, and pretty centrally located to Mt. Rushmore, Slyvan Lake, etc. (which was our target destination). Unfortunately it is also pretty close to the highway. If it weren't for the road noise, I probably would have given it 5 stars. We did have to run our generator a few times because the tree cover was a little too much to give us full solar. There's a laundromat down in Custer that is reasonable. We had no trouble getting a walk up site on a Sunday night. There's also the Mickelson trail right across the road that's great for cycling. The biggest downside to this area is that the only free dump station is in Custer State Park (and you have to pay the entrance fee so not really free). The RV parks all charge about $20 to dump and none of the campgrounds have them.

I'm not sure what our Verizon was un-boosted, but with our boosted/directional antenna we had Netflix streamable signal.