Goat Island Primitive Camping in NE -- Campground & RV Camping

This site features two designated tent-only camping areas, with a southern loop established and a northern area targeted for 2022. Primitive backcountry camping is also permitted across the rest of the island, though setting up camp outside the two designated camping areas is prohibited during the hunting season between Labor Day and January. A backcountry permit issued by the park's headquarters office is required to stay on the island.

Getting there: Goat Island lays within the 59-Mile District of the Missouri National Recreational River in between the two cities of Yankton and Vermillion, South Dakota. Goat Island is 3.6 river miles long and located between River Mile 786.2 and 782.6.

• Moderately separated here.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Missouri River runs 0.4 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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