Reuter Campground
- Right now
- Listed not openA database flag with no reason and no date
- A night
- $22From, per site
- Sites
- 11All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Reuter Campground, located on a hillside of Ponderosa pine and grassy understory, offering a peaceful setting for guests seeking recreation and relaxation in northeastern Wyoming's Black Hills National Forest. The campground is named after Emil Reuter, a German immigrant who made his way into the canyon in 1893 and spent the rest of his life prospecting in the area. Keep reading
Recreation
Black Hills National Forest offers a multitude of recreational opportunites throughout all seasons. Hiking, fishing, horseback riding, mountain biking, and riding off-highway vehicles are popular in summer and early autumn. Winter landscapes are ideal for snowshoeing, skiing and snowmobiling. From this campground, visitors can access the Sundance Trail System from Reuter Trailhead. The secluded trails of this system weave through a network of densely forested canyons and open ridges that form the Bearlodge Mountains. Some ridge tops look out to the Custer Expedition Route, Devils Tower, and the Twin Missouri Buttes. Elk, deer and turkey are some of the more common wildlife seen along the trail. Parts of the trail system have existed since the 1800s. As routes to reliable water and the only access to some parts of the Bearlodge Mountains, they played a key role in the rich mining history of the area. The trail system is maintained for hiking, horseback riding, bicycling and cross-country skiing. Motorized vehicle traffic is not allowed; however, some portions of trails follow existing Forest Service roads open for motorized use.
Facilities
Reuter Campground has standard sites able to accommodate tents, trailers, and RVs. The campground is equipped with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets, and drinking water. Electrical hook-ups are not available.
Natural Features
Stretching across northeastern Wyoming and western South Dakota, Black Hills National Forest encompasses nearly 1.25 million acres of rugged rock formations, canyons and gulches, open grassland parks, tumbling streams, deep blue lakes, and unique caves. Derived from the Lakota language, the words "Paha Sapa," meaning "hills that are black," honor the dark, pine-covered hills rising several thousand feet above the surrounding prairie. Bighorn sheep navigate mountainous terrain, while elk, deer and pronghorn gather in forests and prairies. Bald eagles, hawks, osprey, peregrine falcon, and hundreds of other bird species can be found in the forest, especially along streams, lakes and rivers. Mountain lions, although rarely seen, also call this area home. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (661) 702-1420.
Nearby Attractions
Warren Peak Lookout Tower, approximately 4 miles north of the campground on Forest Service Road 838, provides a panoramic view of the landscape extending into South Dakota and Wyoming. Devils Tower National Monument is also a great location to visit. Established as the first United States National Monument on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt, this unique geological formation is valued for its natural, cultural, and recreational significance.
Charges & Cancellations
No refunds will be given for weather or related events.
What the agency tells you
FYI: During the off season (from 10/01 until 12/15) the USFS operates this campground. Their information is listed below: Black Hills National Forest / Bearlodge Ranger District 101 S. 21st Street, Sundance, WY 82729 Phone (307) 283-1361 www.fs.usda.gov/r02/blackhills Daily Fee is $15.00 per First Come First Served campsite of which there are 24 sites available. Self-Pay at all open campgrounds. The stay limit is 14 days in a 28 day period. Parking Spur Length is 30 ft. Drinking water is NOT available. Each site has a picnic table and a fire ring. Vault toilets are also available. Garbage and Trash "Pack It In Pack It Out" at all times. Please note that roads are not maintained during the off-season. Sites are open until weather prohibits access or closed on the date noted above. (12/15/2026 is when the campground closes this year) The information listed below is pertinent during the open season from May 15th to September 30th.
In accordance with standard industry practices, ExplorUS will be assessing an additional vehicle fee of $5.00 per night on the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any double family campsite, provided these vehicles are not joined to the first vehicle by a hitch and towed onto the site. In the case of motorcycles, the first two are considered to be one vehicle and the third and fourth are also considered to be one vehicle. No additional vehicle fees are collected for bicycles.
These campsites are non-electric sites. Generators may run from 6 a.m. until 10 p.m. only.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
Non-reservable sites may be available on a first come, first served basis
A pet fee of $2 per pet per night is required upon check in
Livestock (horses and mules) are not allowed at the campground
All-terrain and off-highway vehicle use prohibited in campground
Don't Move Firewood: Prevent the spread of tree-killing organisms by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- The Senior and Access discounts are only honored for the site that houses the card holder. - If multiple sites are reserved on one card, the rest of the camping fee will be collected upon arrival unless another card holder occupies the site.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 11
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “…with picnic tables, campfire rings, vault toilets, and drinking water. Electrical hook-ups are not…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…campfire rings, vault toilets, and drinking water. Electrical hook-ups are not available. Natural…”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek
- Biking
- Birding
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Mountain biking
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 233rd darkest of 248 in WY
- Bortle 3
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
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One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
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Tell me when the season opens
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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
“In accordance with standard industry practices, ExplorUS will be assessing an additional vehicle fee of $5.00 per night on the second vehicle in each single family campsite, and on the third and fourth vehicle in any…” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own agency notice
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $22 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“No refunds will be given for weather or related events.” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 7
rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
13 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 12 mapped sitesAll 13 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 11 of the 13 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| REUT | 001 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 63 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 002 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 57 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 003 | standard nonelectric | 36 ft | 67 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 004 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 67 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 005 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 82 ft | 1.0 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 006 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 85 ft | 1.0 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 020 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 81 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 021 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 113 ft | 1.0 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 022 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 81 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 023 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 57 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | 024 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 69 ft | 1.1 mi | $22 |
| REUT | HOST | host pad | 40 ft | 93 ft | 1.0 mi | $22 |
| REUT | XXX | unnamed record | 40 ft |
The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night: 1 it names a host pad and 1 it types MANAGEMENT rather than a campsite. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Sundance3.9 mi
Cook Lake Rec AreaBlack Hills National Forest · 12 miBearlodge CampgroundBlack Hills National Forest · 17 mi
Belle Fourche River CampgroundDevils Tower National Monument · 18 miTimon CampgroundBlack Hills National Forest · 23 miRod & Gun CampgroundBlack Hills National Forest · 24 miTo access the Reuter Campground from Sundance, travel west on US Highway 90 for approximately 1 mile. Turn off the interstate at Exit 185 and travel west on US Highway 14 for 1 mile. Turn right, or north, onto County Road 100 (FSR 838) and travel 3 miles to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Sundance, WY
Typical weather
Typical October night 33°F, day 56°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 13°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Reuter Campground is in Wyoming’s at-large congressional district. Its representative, Harriet Hageman (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →