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Bureau of Land Management · Area of Critical Environmental Concern · South Dakota

Fort Meade Recreation Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds

3,530–3,550 ftElevation

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped

Drawing the map

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

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds

Alkali Creek CampgroundFort Meade Recreation Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern · SD3,550 ft Alkali Creek HorsecampFort Meade Recreation Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern · SD3,530 ft

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

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit

Roadless

Beaver Park5,010 acres · 3 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: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire

Lookout fire · 22 mi from the nearest campground here · 300 acres

Wildfire

Dry Grass fire · 28 mi from the nearest campground here · 97 acres

Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Fort Meade Recreation Area Area of Critical Environmental Concern’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Dusty Johnson (R)SD at-large · 2 campgrounds · grade F

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units

SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly