Badlands Camping

There are 2 campgrounds within the park - Cedar Pass Campground and Sage Creek Campground. The Cedar Pass Campground, located near the Ben Reifel Visitor Center, has 96 level sites with scenic views of the Badlands formations. The Sage Creek Campground is a primitive, free of charge campground that can be accessed off of the Sage Creek Rim Road, an unpaved road that may temporarily close after winter storms and spring rains. The road provides limited turnarounds for large recreational vehicles. 

Backpackers may camp anywhere in the park that is at least one-half mile from any road or trail and not visible from park roads.

You can also boondock in the Badlands - The site is located about 6 miles south of Wall, South Dakota on Highway 240. and about 1 mile from the Pinnacle entrance to the Badlands National Park. When traveling south on Highway 240 from Wall and I-90, you will see three radio towers up on a hill to the left. You will turn on the dirt road leading to the east and when you get to the “Badlands Wall”, you can decide which way to turn and set up camp. Both directions have tons of spots and amazing views.