Tents are just one type of camping available in the Deadwood area.
Though Deadwood, South Dakota, is famous for its wild west days of yesteryear and modern day casinos, it is also a mecca for outdoors recreation. The thick forests of the Black Hills that surround Deadwood are home to over a dozen different campgrounds and the forests open in most areas to dispersed camping.
Instructions
Plan Your Visit
1. Find a campground that best suits your camping comfort level. Deadwood's developed campgrounds offer tent, camper, RV and cabin camping. You can also choose dispersed camping, which is camping away from developed campgrounds.
2. Go modern. There are over a dozen different developed campgrounds in the Deadwood area. Developed campgrounds include access to flushing toilets, showers, electricity and other modern amenities. You'll likely be near other campers at this type of camping area.
3. Go rugged. Dispersed camping is allowed for free in most of the Black Hills National Forest near Deadwood. If you opt for this type of camping, you must camp at least 50 feet from trails, streams or roads and follow signs about designated camping areas near developed reservoirs and campgrounds. You can only camp for up to two weeks total in any 60-day period and you cannot have an open campfire. Check with the nearest forest service office for special instructions in the specific area you wish to camp.
4. If selecting a developed campground, make a reservation. Confirm rates for your prospective visit before booking a campsite or cabin. Many Deadwood-area campgrounds have higher rates and minimum stays during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which takes place in August every year.
Ask what time check in and check out is on the dates of your visit.
Visiting Deadwood
5. Check in at your chosen campground. Get directions to your reserved site or cabin and reconfirm check out time on your date of departure.
6. Talk to the campground manager and ask for food, activity and entertainment suggestions for the area if you are staying at a developed campground.
7. Visit the Deadwood History Information Center located in the old train depot of downtown Deadwood for more information. They have brochures, information on the town's interesting history and locals who can answer questions.
8. Check out on your date of departure by your campground's check out time.
Tips Warnings
Get details and specific rules about dispersed camping in the area from the Forest Service office in nearby Spearfish. You can call them at 605-642-4622.
Find details about all of the developed campgrounds in the Deadwood area at Deadwood.org, the website of the Deadwood Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau.
Know that dispersed camping has no access to toilets, showers, and other benefits of developed campgrounds.
Be sure to bring supplies appropriate for the type of camping you've selected.
Make your reservations as early as possible, especially if you plan to travel around the time of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally that takes place in nearby Sturgis, South Dakota.
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