Badlands-White River KOA

This is our second time to this campground and it's a nice location near the Badlands NP with lots of sites and amenities. We chose the back-in sites along the river and while you can't see the water there are big trees and lots of grassy space. We couldn't get the Wi-Fi in this area of the campground but Verizon service was decent. Bathrooms were clean and they had a little dining space with breakfast and dinner available. There is a short trail that goes around the campground on the levee. And if you walk just down the road a bit to the bridge over the river there are hundreds of swallows flying above the river and into mud houses under the bridge. Quiet at night and we heard an owl and coyotes. Easy access to I-90 though you have to go through the park if you're heading east.

August 2021. We checked in an hour early and were charged an early check-in fee of $5 and the site had some trash in it that I cleared but the park itself wasn't packed. The people running the place seemed attentive but the weather was absolutely horrible and a large branch from a tree went down as well as a few smaller ones during a bad windstorm. We kept getting weather warnings throughout the afternoon. What was nice was that the weather cooled the temps down a bit. The power stayed on through the storm which was also good. Didn't use any of their facilities. Pretty much stayed here due to its location to Badlands. Seemed a bit pricey for what you get but it also seems that koa is like that. However, I've been surprised at a few koas but not this one. Just a place to stay.

This KOA has it all- Great location for visiting parks, friendly staff, well kept grounds, and clean facilities. You are in a bit of a hole here so cell service isn’t great, but the wifi was exceptional. We work from “home” and are on Teams calls all day, so I really mean the wifi was exceptional. Also, this place is in the middle of nowhere, but the campground has breakfast and dinner every day, so you can find sustenance even in the desert. Would definitely recommend this place if you are looking to check out the Badlands!

We were in the Badlands and had our dog, so we needed a place to plug in our teardrop to use the AC...The location is excellent relative to access to the Badlands: you go through the Park to get to the campground and you're IN the Badlands. However, camping in our solar teardrop in the midst of all the "Big Rigs" is not our ideal, but it's the option we had. Restrooms were clean; showers were clean; there was an outside sink for washing dishes as needed; the laundry was clean and the machines ran well with timers to let you know when your load was completed. We had a site with extra space around us and even our own tree!! We were located near to the aerator for the septic pond so odor was a bit of an issue. The campground is HUGE and can accommodate any size RV it seemed plus had an area for tents removed from the RV 's with lots of trees for shade. This is not a negative review for this RV park: there was an active swimming pool, a good pumpout station, a small store. Yes we would stay here again; but we'd ask for one of the perimeter sites to be a few more feet away from all the action.

Wifi had 1.5 GB Download 89 MB Upload. Nothing more to say but I will say it anyway. The staff is super friendly and very helpful. Nice Big Dog Park. Great camp neighbors, very laid back vibe here. Plenty of shade throughout the grounds and very clean and well kept facilities. This is the only campground to consider in the Badlands. Just a bit of road noise on SD 44 but it died down after about 10 pm on a Friday night.