U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · South Dakota and Wyoming

Black Hills National Forest

23 federal campgrounds, 2 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

23Campgrounds
2With first-come sites
$10–$26A night, across 12
329Sites, from 11
4,400–6,660 ftElevation
2States

Where they are

23 of 23 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 23

23 campgrounds
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Beaver Park5,010 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Sand Creek7,950 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Lookout fire · 13 mi from the nearest campground here · 300 acres
Wildfire
Dry Grass fire · 24 mi from the nearest campground here · 97 acres
Wildfire
Espy fire · 47 mi from the nearest campground here · 40 acres

Who answers for this land

Black Hills National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Dusty Johnson (R)SD at-large · 20 campgrounds · grade F
Harriet Hageman (R)WY at-large · 3 campgrounds · grade F
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly