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South Dakota

Pactola Reservoir

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
80Sites
4,590–4,690 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Reservable
Pactola Reservoir Campground
Pactola Reservoir · SD
79 sites2 pull-through sitesrigs to 99 ft4,690 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Bear Gulch
Pactola Reservoir · SD
1 site1 group siterigs to 40 ft4,590 ftdrinking waterhookups
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Dry Grass fire · 26 mi from the nearest campground here · 97 acres
Wildfire
Lookout fire · 34 mi from the nearest campground here · 300 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 8, 2026

Who answers for this land

Pactola Reservoir’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