4.0
12 RV Sites, 8 Cabins
Bearlodge Mountain Resort in Sundance, Wyoming, offers 12 RV sites and eight cabins at the foot of the Bear Lodge Mountains, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service on every site. Year-round camping is genuinely possible here — the hydrants are built to work down to twenty below zero, which is rare in northeast Wyoming. Twelve back-in sites carry 20, 30, and 50-amp service across the board, with the west eight sites also carrying water. There are no sewer hookups at the sites, though a dump station is available. Eight cabins provide enclosed lodging. On-site dining covers meals, and site WiFi reaches the property. The freeze-resistant hydrants are the detail that sets this apart — most campgrounds at this latitude shut water off for the winter, and this one does not. The resort serves several distinct purposes: a quiet mountain retreat, a hunting base camp, and an outdoor adventure staging point. The facilities are scaled accordingly — practical rather than programmed, with the surrounding landscape doing the work. Pets are welcome. Sundance sits in Crook County on I-90 at the foot of the Bear Lodge Mountains, in the Wyoming Black Hills. Devils Tower National Monument's volcanic neck is close, and the surrounding ponderosa pine forest and Warren Peaks give the area its outdoor recreation range. The town supplied the Sundance Kid his alias — from the 1887 Crook County jail and courthouse that still stands at Main and 3rd. Year-round operation makes this viable well outside the summer window, with hunting season and winter travel both drawing steadily. Summer Devils Tower traffic is the peak — reserve ahead for July and August.
from $20/night
5.0
30 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites, 3 Hotel Rooms
Sleeping Buffalo Hot Springs & Resort in Saco, Montana, offers 30 RV sites, eight cabin and hotel-room accommodations, and four tent sites at a natural geothermal spring in the Milk River valley, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 90 feet. An outdoor pool fed by the hot springs is the reason to come. Thirty sites run from back-in to pull-thru and prime pull-thru configurations carrying full hookups with 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Eight cabins and hotel rooms serve guests without a rig, and four tent sites cover simpler camping. Restrooms and showers are on site. The hot springs are the property's entire identity. Mineral-rich water, discovered by oil drillers in the early twentieth century, feeds an outdoor pool that serves both travelers crossing Montana's northern tier and the isolated agricultural communities of the Hi-Line. Swimming and horseshoes make up the rest of the on-site recreation — this is a remote resort in a landscape defined by the horizontal vastness of the northern Great Plains, and the amenity set reflects that honestly. Pets are welcome. The resort takes its name from a buffalo-shaped sandstone formation that the springs' development displaced. The water rises from a deep artesian formation beneath the Phillips County prairie, a genuine geothermal anomaly this far out on the plains. Saco sits on US-2 in Phillips County, hours from the nearest urban center. The resort serves both regional day-trippers from surrounding Hi-Line communities and travelers making the long cross-Montana traverse. Summer brings the heaviest road traffic, though the springs draw steady local use year-round.
from $32/night
5.0
36 RV Sites
Black Hills Station in Piedmont, South Dakota, offers 36 full-hookup RV sites just off Interstate 90 between Rapid City and Sturgis, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet, open all year. An outdoor pool, clubhouse, and cabins sit at the entry point to the Black Hills. Thirty-six sites run in 30-amp back-in, standard back-in, and pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet. Note the 40-foot cap before booking a larger rig. Cabins serve guests without a rig. A dump station, restrooms, showers, and WiFi handle the practical side, and the campground stays open year-round. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with inflatable water toys, a clubhouse, billiards, corn hole, and walking trails filling the grounds. Off-roading and a casino are nearby. The amenity set is practical rather than elaborate, which suits a property where guests spend their days out. The position is the real asset. From this single address, Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Badlands National Park, Spearfish Canyon, and Deadwood are all reachable as day trips — a lineup that would otherwise constitute a full two-week South Dakota itinerary with multiple relocations. Summer is peak across the Black Hills. The August Sturgis rally is the sharpest constraint, given the park sits directly between Rapid City and Sturgis — if your stay falls anywhere near rally week, reserve as early as possible and expect premium rates.
from $36/night