Center Lake Campground

Center Lake was very conveniently located and I had a good three nights there. I was fortunate enough to get a "day of" site. I hadn't made a reservation ahead of time. (It was just after the 4th of July crowds.) The showers are down by the beach, pit toilets in the campers loop. You need to be sure to park on the pavement and not up in the dirt. (It wasn't obvious to me because pine needles and cones made it hard to distinguish.) It was quiet enough, and quite shady. I took my paddle board out on the lake.

Best campground at Custer State Park. Get up at 550 am to make your reservation online. Loved the lake - so peaceful and beautiful with no motorboats. Lovely walk around the lake. Kids loved playing in the sand and I loved floating on my paddleboard in the lake without having to worry about any boats hitting me - I actually napped!

This was a beautiful shaded area. Alot of campers, but was still quiet. Vault toilet, potable water. No cell service, which is fine, except for it made reserving a site a hassle. If you can book ahead that's fine. When we got there and chose a site, we had to drive across the road where there was a landline to call and book it. The park ranger was helpful in getting that done, but there wasn't anyone who could make our booking in person.

Cute and very quite little campground with same day reservations. Cell service is very spotty but they do have a free pay phone to make camp reservations. Park ranger was friendly, helpful, and attentive. Would stay again and recommend.

Beautiful place to camp! Tent camped at site 28. Slight slope but it was nice being next the stream. Vault toilet clean and showers were warm.

What an absolute gem of a camp site. I took my 3 year son on his first overnight tent camping trip here and it was just perfect. No cell service so there were zero distractions. The water was perfect, the weather was amazing, and the memories will last us a life time. If you can get site 45, it is the picture perfect camp site.

Nice spot, no cell service (which is a plus for many people!). They do have a phone to make emergency calls if needed. I was able to get enough cell service to send/receive texts down by the lake. The campground hosts came by to check reservations (they asked me for the last name on the reservation and checked that I had a state park entrance permit). They also made sure I had a copy of the park magazine, which has some suggestions for fun stuff to do. As other reviews have mentioned, the sites are closer together (which seems common at state parks). If you are tent camping, be prepared to put your tent on a gravel tent pad since the area is somewhat hilly, many camp sites on the lower loop don't have a naturally flat area for your tent. There is a bath house (showers and sinks) down by the lake. The showers only have an on button, so you can't control the temperature but the water was warm. Also no flush toilets in the bath house, you have to use the nearby vault toilets. TL;DR: nice, quiet, extremely limited cell service but there is an emergency phone. Showers but no flush toilets.

Great campground with so much to do within a few min drive. The showers were hot, and the restrooms were very well maintained. As a Global Google Guide, I highly recommend you check this place out for yourselves. Lakes were beautiful, and one of the best family campgrounds in this area hands down!