Grizzly Creek - USFS in SD -- Campground & RV Camping

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Grizzly Creek - USFS in SD

CampgroundUSFS

11 mi from Custer

0.0 mi off US 16A (straight line)

Maps Reviews 4,514 ft

Community-listed campground, not verified

$20
VerizonWEAK
AT&TMARGINAL
T-MobileSTRONG
StarlinkGOOD

Road Access

Moderate
  • Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
  • Recorded as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt, pitching to 6%.

Campground details

20 sitesDrinking water

Setting

Little privacy

Nineteen campsites (18 tent-only) on the banks of Grizzly Creek beneath oak and Ponderosa pine along Iron Mountain Road. Vault toilets, drinking water, picnic tables, no electrical hookups. Historic Civilian Conservation Corps pavilion. Maximum vehicle length 24 feet; towing prohibited. Firewood for sale; pets welcome at $2/night. Access to Centennial Trail, Black Elk Wilderness, and Norbeck Wildlife Preserve.

  • Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 20-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Mount Rushmore stands 1,191 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles west.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Climate averages

October normals 38–58°F, 1.7″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

NSWE

Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 58 of 100.

Tree cover50%30m sat. est.