Dutchman Campground
Black Hills National Forest
Write a Review Deerfield Cove Road Hill City, SD 57745 605-343-1567 605-673-9200 Reservations: 877-444-6777 Official WebsiteGPS: 44.0192, -103.7802
Overview of Dutchman Campground
Last Price Paid: $16
Reported by Nomad Reign RV on 7/25/2024
Longest RV Reported: 37 feet
Reported by Happycamper on 7/21/2020
Number of Sites 45
Reservations yes
Open Seasonally January - September
Elevation 6,069 ft / 1,849 m
Max Stay 14
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of Dutchman Campground 6 people have reviewed this location.
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Last reported 7/6/2018
Confirmed by 3 Users
Last reported 7/25/2024
“1.4 mile ride into camp was a bumping gravel washboard road”
Reviewed 7/25/2024
| Nightly rate: | $16 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 28 |
| RV Length: | 19' (Travel Trailer) |
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The campground is 15 miles outside of Hill City where there is a decent grocery store and the best German restaurant called the Alpine Inn. Lunch is amazing and supper begins at 5PM. The desserts are huge and delicious. No showers here at Dutchman, but there are water spigots appropriately placed within walking distance. No restroo... more
The campground is 15 miles outside of Hill City where there is a decent grocery store and the best German restaurant called the Alpine Inn. Lunch is amazing and supper begins at 5PM. The desserts are huge and delicious.
No showers here at Dutchman, but there are water spigots appropriately placed within walking distance. No restrooms but plenty of toilets. Our site 28 had a great view of the reservoir. Plus we had one to two bars of ATT which performed better than expected. Beautifully treed and good roads to walk on. The 1.4 mile ride into camp was a bumping gravel washboard road with a pasture and cows grazing. Go slow.
A day trip to Deadwood proved challenging as either way we chose resulted in gravel roads for several miles, long delays for road construction, and what was supposed to be a forty mile drive proved to be two hours each way. And dusty and dirty. Deadwood pretty much has been turned into a version of Disneyland but the museum is definitely worth seeing as are the graves of Wild Bill Cody, Calamity Jane, and Seth Bullock, among others.
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Nomad Reign RV would stay here again
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“Slice of heaven”
Reviewed 6/24/2021
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 29 |
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Fabulous NF campground. Seemed to be quite a bit of walk up availability in late June. Great views of the reservoir from sites 27, 28, 29, 37 and couple of others. Campground hosts were great. No showers, but vault toilets and fire wood available. Very quite. Large spots. Our 25’ Airstream had no problem.
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AT&T 4G
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“Quiet and peaceful ”
Reviewed 7/21/2020
| Nightly rate: | $8 |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 9 |
| RV Length: | 37' |
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This campground is fairly close to everything as well as quiet and peaceful. This is complete boondocking with water available by bucket but not a spigot to fill an RV. If you like to shop at Walmart do before you get here as the closest one is an hour away. There is a dirt road that’s a little rough for about 1 1/2 mile that leads to ... more
This campground is fairly close to everything as well as quiet and peaceful. This is complete boondocking with water available by bucket but not a spigot to fill an RV. If you like to shop at Walmart do before you get here as the closest one is an hour away. There is a dirt road that’s a little rough for about 1 1/2 mile that leads to the campground.
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Happycamper would stay here again
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“Peace in the Pines, Beautiful Lake!”
Reviewed 2/18/2020
| Nightly rate: | $28 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 18 |
| RV Length: | 32' (Travel Trailer) |
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My family of 7 and my parents (in a 2nd RV) stayed here the night of June 15, 2019 for one night on our way to Yellowstone from Iowa. My 32' trailer barely fit in site 18 but it did fit, I just had to park the truck on the side of the lane. My parents were in site 16 and their 20' trailer fit easily. Both sites were mostly shaded un... more
My family of 7 and my parents (in a 2nd RV) stayed here the night of June 15, 2019 for one night on our way to Yellowstone from Iowa. My 32' trailer barely fit in site 18 but it did fit, I just had to park the truck on the side of the lane. My parents were in site 16 and their 20' trailer fit easily. Both sites were mostly shaded under beautiful, tall pines. As NDNomad mentioned, solar was challenging, there were nice patches of sun coming through the tall pines but my kids had to keep moving the panels to follow the sunny areas :) Our site was not very level but we were still able to level our trailer without any issues (it was not that bad).
The lake was beautiful! Each of my 5 kids caught 2-4 fish each so it was very fun for them. The water was crystal clear and the surrounding view was gorgeous. (see the pictures I uploaded) It was about 70 degrees during the day and dipped into the low 50's at night. There were not many people there when we visited and no bugs yet at all. The road to get back to the campground from the highway was gravel and about 1.5 miles. It was kind of narrow (one lane most of the way) so when another rig came the other direction, you just had to scootch over a little so both could pass but it was not bad at all and definitely worth it!
Overall, we all agreed we really like this campground and definitely need to come back and spend more time here. One night was not enough - we will definitely be back!
FottralM would stay here again
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“Peaceful, beautiful, clean!”
Reviewed 7/6/2018
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 3 |
| Site Number: | 027 |
Overall Rating
The sites are large and spread out. The campground and facilities are clean. About 20 minutes from Hill City, but worth the longer drive for the view and peace.
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Rosy would stay here again
This review is the opinion of a Campendium member and not of Campendium.com
“Absolute solitude in the trees”
Reviewed 9/10/2017
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 25 |
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Deerfield lake is a hike from Hill City, but it is worth the trek. What you get is a complete wilderness experience with a few amenities such as water faucets every few campsites, vault toilets, fire rings with BBQ grates, picnic tables, and most of the sites looked fairly level and deep. I have a 30' travel trailer and half ton pickup... more
Deerfield lake is a hike from Hill City, but it is worth the trek. What you get is a complete wilderness experience with a few amenities such as water faucets every few campsites, vault toilets, fire rings with BBQ grates, picnic tables, and most of the sites looked fairly level and deep. I have a 30' travel trailer and half ton pickup, I needed to park partially beside my RV to be clear of the road so my guess is my site was about 40' as there was a tree about a foot behind my RV preventing me from backing up farther.
When I pulled up to the information board at the entrance to the campground I was greeted by the camp host on a side by side, he was very helpful and informative. I asked if he would recommend a spot, he said I was putting him on the spot and he didn't like that in a joking manner and said to look at site 25. About ten minutes after I got to the site and was un-hitching the host came by with some paperwork to fill out and got a payment, we talked a little more and he excused himself and I went back to un-hitching. It is nice to be left to do the setup of your RV like he did. Throughout my stay he drove by and chatted a minimal amount of time and it was pleasant.
This campground is run by an independent contractor so the price is higher than I was expecting. $20 a night is high in my mind. Normal price for a campground like this to me is either $6 or $14 so That is why 4 stars were given not 5.
With Verizon, cell service was pretty spotty, I would get 1 bar 1x in the back of my camper and in the front I would get 1 bar 4g and somewhere in the middle I could get 3 bars 3g. I could check email, check facebook, and one morning I set my phone on the floor in the front of my RV and turned on mobile hotspot and was watching youtube videos in HD without much buffering in the beginning.
I didn't even try setting up my automatic satellite dish, the trees are too thick I imagine
As far as solar, a guy could go mad trying to keep portable panels in the sun and not being shaded so I just laid them on the ground and was getting 2 amps continually in the morning, afternoon and evening i'm betting were closer to 5 amps off 2 100 amp panels.
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NDNomad would stay here again
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Amenities
Hookups
- dry camping
Recreation
- recreation trail
Site Amenities
- fire ring
- picnic table
Facilities
- restrooms: vault
- trash
- water available
Pets
- pets
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