RV Camping near Hermosa, South Dakota

Painted Buffalo Resorts

Painted Buffalo Resorts in Hermosa, South Dakota, offers full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, and electric alongside cabins in the heart of the Black Hills, between Rapid City and Custer. Site WiFi, picnic tables, propane fills and exchange, and a dump station serve a quiet property positioned away from the tourist congestion but within short reach of the Hills' major attractions. Full-hookup back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi and picnic tables. Cabins blend modern comfort with Black Hills character for guests traveling without a rig. A dump station, propane fills, and propane exchange handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. The property's value is its position and its quiet. A playground serves families, and the surrounding ponderosa pine ridges and granite outcrops at roughly one mile of elevation give the setting its high-plains mountain character. Picnicking areas and exceptional stargazing round out on-site use, with wine and beer tasting nearby. The Black Hills attractions fan out in every direction from Hermosa. Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park's bison herds, and Wind Cave National Park are all a short drive, with both state and national park access close at hand. Positioning between Rapid City's activity and Custer County's wildlife concentration is the point — guests get the whole circuit without staying in the middle of it. Driving directions from Rapid City: take SD-79 south toward Custer, turn right onto SD-40 West, left onto Battle Creek Road, left at the first cross street onto Bender Ridge Road, right onto Box Canyon Road, right onto Outback Trail, then left on Sage Brush Trail. Summer is peak across the Black Hills. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

Sturgis View Campground

Sturgis View Campground offers full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, and electric, plus cabins, on a hillside 1.5 miles from Sturgis's Main Street, with 360-degree views of the Black Hills. An outdoor pool, hot tub, bar, and on-site dining have served motorcycle rally attendees since 2004. Full-hookup back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. Cabins round out the accommodations. A general store, dump station, restrooms, showers, and a pavilion handle the practical side, with on-site dining and a bar for evenings. The property also serves as a wedding venue and includes a barn. An outdoor pool and hot tub anchor the property, with walking trails, hiking, picnicking, and swimming from the grounds and stargazing across the open Hills sky. Planned activities run through the season. Wine tasting is nearby. Pets are welcome. The hillside position is the whole idea. Elevated and set back just enough to catch a breeze and some perspective, the campground puts riders close to the rally without being swallowed by it — which is why it has held a loyal following since 2004. Downtown Sturgis is 1.5 miles away, with Mount Rushmore, Devils Tower, Badlands National Park, Crazy Horse Memorial, and Bear Butte State Park all within day-trip range. The August Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is the defining event and books out far in advance at premium rates — if your stay falls anywhere near rally week, reserve as early as you possibly can. The rest of the Black Hills summer runs busy on park traffic.

from $15/night

Can AM 85 RV Park

15 RV Sites

Can AM 85 RV Park in Deadwood, SD, offers 15 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in three categories — economy back-in, standard back-in, and premium pull-thru — each carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi and a picnic table. The sites are spacious and built for larger rigs, and the tiering means you can pay for the pull-thru or skip it. WiFi covers the property and pets are welcome. There's no recreation program here, which suits the location — guests use the park as a base and spend their days out. Deadwood sits three miles away with its gaming halls and historic district, Sturgis is ten miles out, and the whole Black Hills motorsport and outdoor corridor opens up from there. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Rally week is the defining event in this part of South Dakota — if you're coming in August, book as far ahead as the park will take a reservation.

from $45/night

Badlands Hotel and Campground

26 RV Sites, 26 Tent Sites, 21 Hotel Rooms

Badlands Hotel and Campground in Interior, South Dakota, offers 24 RV sites, 21 hotel rooms, and 26 tent sites one mile from Badlands National Park's south entrance, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. Full-hookup, water-and-electric, and no-hookup categories serve every budget in one of the country's most isolated park settings. Twenty-four sites span 30-amp back-in, 30-amp water-and-electric back-in, 50-amp water-and-electric back-in, no-hookup back-in, and pull-through categories, sized to 100 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. The no-hookup option suits self-contained rigs at a lower rate. Twenty-one hotel rooms, a two-bedroom apartment, and 26 tent sites round out an unusually broad lodging range. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and on-site dining handle the practical side. Campfires are permitted, subject to any posted restrictions. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with walking trails, picnicking, hiking, boating, and birding from the area. Pets are welcome. The one-mile distance from the park's south entrance is the whole proposition. Badlands National Park protects one of the most visually striking geological landscapes in North America and one of the largest intact mixed-grass prairie ecosystems left on the Great Plains. This is genuinely remote country — the nearest significant commercial infrastructure is an hour away, which makes a property with hotel rooms, a store, and a restaurant unusually valuable. Summer is peak. Reserve well ahead.

from $24/night

Tower Valley RV Park

14 RV Sites

Tower Valley RV Park in Hulett, Wyoming, offers 14 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, in the Wyoming Black Hills near Devils Tower. Every site is back-in with generous room to maneuver, and kayak rentals are available on the creek. Fourteen back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp connections, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Every site is back-in, but there is plenty of room for maneuvering — worth knowing rather than assuming tight quarters. One practical detail the park calls out: not all hookups are on the driver's side, and those sites are identified as passenger-side, so check when booking if it matters for your setup. Pets are welcome. A creek runs the property with kayak rentals available, and canoeing and kayaking are the main on-site recreation. The amenity set is deliberately simple — this is a comfortable base rather than a resort. Hulett sits in Crook County on WY-24 near the Belle Fourche River valley, and the park's real distinction is proximity: it is the closest full-service RV park to Devils Tower National Monument. The nation's first national monument rises 1,267 feet as a volcanic neck visible across the surrounding country, with Belle Fourche River fishing and the Black Hills ponderosa pine forest filling out the area. Summer Devils Tower traffic is the peak, and the August Sturgis rally tightens the whole region. With 14 sites this close to the monument, reserve well ahead.

from $45/night

Lakeview Haven

28 RV Sites

Lakeview Haven in Glendo, WY, offers 28 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Every site is a back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, propane fills, and on-site dining handle the essentials, with WiFi across the property and cabins available for guests without a rig. Campfires are allowed in the public fire pits rather than at individual sites, and tents need their own tent site — you can't pitch one beside a cabin. Pets are welcome, and there's a playground and a basketball court for kids. A fishing pier on the property puts guests on the water, and the community fire pit is where the evening ends up. Glendo sits in the high plains of Platte County on the shore of Glendo Reservoir, a North Platte River impoundment known for walleye and for some of the emptiest, clearest night skies in Wyoming. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. The reservoir's summer season is short and busy — reserve ahead for July and August.

Powder River Campground

3 RV Sites, 8 Tent Sites

Powder River Campground in Kaycee, Wyoming, offers full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and tent camping just off Interstate 25, with rigs accepted to 50 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Fire pits, picnic tables, laundry, and site WiFi serve travelers in the heart of Johnson County's Powder River Basin. Back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Tent sites cover simpler camping. A dump station, laundry, restrooms, showers, firewood, a boutique shop, and WiFi handle the practical side. Passport America and military discounts are honored. One vehicle is allowed per site, with an extra vehicle fee of $5 per night on arrival, and refunds do not include service and credit card processing fees. On-site facilities are practical rather than programmed. Hiking and boating run from the area, and off-roading is nearby — this is a base for the surrounding country rather than a destination in itself. Pets are welcome. Kaycee sits in the Powder River Basin, cowboy country in the most literal sense, where nineteenth-century open range cattle culture played out in the same red-bluff canyon and sagebrush landscape that surrounds the campground today. The Big Horn Mountain foothills are close, and Johnson County remains one of Wyoming's least-visited but most historically layered communities — the Johnson County War played out here, and the tourism development that reshaped other I-25 and US-87 towns largely passed it by. Summer interstate traffic is the peak. Reserve ahead for July and August.

from $25/night