Camping in South Dakota

In Custer State Park, a herd of about 1,300 bison roams free, and on the Wildlife Loop you'll wait while they cross the road. The burros there will walk up to your window looking for snacks. The campgrounds at Legion Lake, Stockade Lake and Center Lake sit in the pines inside the park.

The Needles Highway runs through narrow tunnels and past granite spires near Custer, and Keystone is the town below Mount Rushmore. Around Hill City and Lead, Black Hills National Forest campgrounds sit by small lakes like Roubaix. The Sturgis rally fills every campground in the hills in early August, so plan around it.