Fort Welikit Family Campground

We stayed for a week October 2025. Our truck broke down on the way, we were not sure if we had to cancel. The owner was extremely accommodating and fair. This campground is perfect. Mature trees and flat spots. Uber clean private shower bathrooms. We rode electric bikes, close to downtown Custer and the Michelson trail goes as long as you can. Close to the popular tourist spots. Bike ride into downtown Custer with eating spots and grocery store. Owners are engaged and work hard to keep it clean. He’s also a Vet- so many thanks for his service to our country. We will be back for sure.

We stayed in tents sites 89 & 90 for nine nights and enjoyed our stay. The sites were spacious and grassy with a covered picnic table. The tent loop was very quiet during our stay and overall the whole campground was a very peaceful one. The bathrooms were clean and private. We appreciated the laundry facilities on site. We were able to get quarters to use to do laundry from the camp store without issues. Cell service was very good (AT&T) and we never attempted to connect to WiFi. Fort Welikit is close to Custer State Park and made the perfect home base for our trip to the Black Hills. If we ever return we will stay here again.

We stayed for a week and had a great experience! Nice clean/quiet campground and friendly staff. The bath/shower house was very clean, full hookups , and we had a nice shaded spot for our 37ft 5th wheel. Would definitely stay again when we come back to the area.

This is my second time here in the same spot. The bathrooms are clean and staff is friendly. The crowd is quiet and respectful. There is laundry on site, firewood for sale, and I believe they sell propane. The wildlife is everywhere. I have had deer, turkey, and rabbit within 50 feet. Awesome place!

Great people running it! Super helpful and friendly. The park is very well maintained, bathrooms are cleaned every day and are we'll stocked. The campground is very quiet and clean. We stayed in one of their teepees it was a cool experience! We slept 6 people in it comfortably!

This campground is great! We stayed here for a week on family vacation and couldn’t be happier. Large flat sites, full hookups, clean bathroom and shower rooms, and plenty of shade. There is even a large play area for the kids. The staff were super friendly as well. The location was amazing as well. Close to Crazy Horse, Lake Sylvan, Mount Rushmore, Needles Highway, and Custer State Park. Minutes away from the conveniences of Custer too. Great restaurants and grocery stores super close. We’d definitely stay here again on our next visit to the Black Hills.

My family and I stayed 3 nights at this campground. 2 nights were tent sites and our last night was in a keg cabin. We had two teens and a 6 year old, my husband and myself. The land is beautiful! The grounds were well taken care of. The cleanest bathrooms and showers on any campsite we’ve seen. Private!! Not multiple stalls per bathroom. Wild life so close to the sites, regularly!! (Rabbits, turkeys, deer, beautiful birds, not predator wild life). We met the owners and many workers and talked to them many times during our stay. They’re so nice and accommodating. We saw many camp sites in Custer, and knew we picked the right one! We moved from a tent site to a keg on our last night in the hills and check out was at 11, check in was at 1 and no one was in the keg so they gave us a key to the keg to move our items early. My kids played at their fort style park, including my teenagers, and they said it was their favorite playground ever! Prices felt very fair. Site is very close to many sight seeing and tourist activities. Minutes from Custer state park. They have a cute store with ice and firewood available. By far our favorite ground during our trip. We will recommend to everyone and will definitely be back there to visit.

A wonderful place to stay, with the sweetest family as owners. When we were there (mid-August), we were nestled in the trees, and it was quiet. There's plenty to do here if you have a family, and the campground has some unique lodging if you arrive without a camper or RV. You are close to town (Custer). I would definitely stay here again, and recommend it.

We are staying 3 nights in a tent at the fort Welikit camp ground and I just had to leave a review on day 2. literally no complaints at all. Steve is SO nice, our stay is very cheap! the campground is very well maintained and clean, bathrooms and showers are very very clean, very beautiful view. Lots of room options ; tent camp, tv, tipi, wagon, cabin, camping keg! The highway wasn't an issue at all, still very quiet from the site. All and all 10/10 for this place. Will definitely come back if I'm ever given the opportunity!

This place deserves 10 stars. This is some place you will want to spend more than one night at. Everyone is so friendly and helpful. They have laundry, pavilion, playground, 2 dog parks and lots of games. They can fill your propane for you. The sites are so nice and are so clean. The store even has adult beverages. It's close to so many beautiful sites that are a must see. Rushmore, CrazyHorse, Custer State Park, Bear Country USA, Mt Roosevelt, and too many to list.

Beautiful campground lots of space very clean met some very nice people and enjoyed our stay there for 6 days.

I stayed in the covered wagon and it's definitely for those on a budget a bit more adventurous. Brought a sleeping bag and pillow, but it's hard so I recommend bringing an air mattress to use inside. It holds up well to the rain as I got hard thunderstorms the two nights I stayed there. The wagon also shook wildly with the accompanying wind storm. Definitely worth the experience! One thing to note, is that there were lots of spiders in the wagon - small ones and daddy long legs. If you're not about the spiders, you'll want to skip this one. The campground is very quiet and the bathrooms are individual ones which is great for showering and having a bit of privacy. Highly recommend this campground. Tip: Bring sleeping bag, pillow, lamp and air mattress if staying in the covered wagon.

I canceled my reservation due to my camper breaking down. I followed all policy procedures when canceling and was still charged for my dates after I received the cancellation email. The campground is now refusing to reimburse me AFTER they charged my card for the full stay. I also know my spot was used during my dates as my party went on to camp.

Made a reservation for 4 days apparently during sturgis week. Didn't know and didn't care. Wasn't going there for sturgis week. Anyway, I cancelled my reservation via email 7 days before my reservation. My RV had an issue and needed to go in the shop, so I had to cancel. Their cancellation policy is horrible toward the customer. I ended up paying them well over $300 for this reservation that I could not even use with them refusing any refund. I know they will turn around and book my spot now and get double paid on this spot. Had I known that I would have no showed them so they wouldn't get double paid. I called them and the man was so non-chalant about telling me "well you signed the policy". I realize that man, is what I wanted to say, but they don't care about your problem or reason for cancelling. It's all about the money to them. Go ahead and respond with "I'm sorry you don't know how to follow the cancellation policy" crap. Go ahead and treat your customers like that, good for you. However, this is the last money you will ever see from me, and I travel through SD quite often (not for sturgis). Enjoy the last money you get from me Fort I-dont-lik-it!

Close to all the interesting things around Custer. Well run and organized business. Only negative is no noise restrictions between 8am and 10 pm - so if you get a neighbor with three barking dogs and a big Bluetooth speaker- you just have to accept it. They said they would enforce the 10 pm to 8am quiet time.

Spent 7 days exploring the Black Hills. Very clean and quiet Campground. Great area for the kids to play. Sites were graveled with full hookups. No issue with leveling the fifth wheel. Utilized the general store and clean laundromat, no more expensive than a convenience store. Staff resides on site and are available should something arise, very polite and accommodating. Would definitely book here again.

This campsite was not leveled, the water smells like iron mixed with sewage, the water came out brown no matter how long we let it run and the restrooms are not kept clean.

Lovely campground! Spotlessly clean showers, hot water, spacious, 'best in the west'! The campsites are well maintained and level. There are plenty of beautiful pines throughout - you've got to stay here if you're in the area!

What a great place with great staff! Have thoroughly enjoyed our stay here! Ask for site 42! It's diagonal with a little more space and right across from the rest rooms!

AVOID at all costs. The service staff was super rude to me after some crazy guest of theirs threatened to shoot the dog at the site next door to me and I heard the whole thing and confronted the woman about walking around threatening to shoot dogs. The campground playground was flooded with sewage and stunk so bad and we couldn't let our kids go near it. The tent site we got had no power and a stupid fire pit that wasn't big enough for any kind of a fire. Wifi was garbage at best. I'll find another spot in the Black Hills worthy of my money.

LOVED this campground. The RV spots are nestled in trees, adorable "Wild West" themed playground, very helpful staff, convenient location. I'd drive this way just to stay at the campground with my kids even if we didn't go anywhere else!

Great campground! Clean, friendly staff, nice spots with fire pits. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here! Close to Custer State Park, Crazy Horse Monument and Mount Rushmore! Tucked into the woods so you aren't just out in the open!

Great campground with big spaces and super dog friendly! WiFi was good and cell reception was great (I have Verizon). They have a dog park to unleash your pups and I seen deer everyday while we there. The only bad thing about this place is the pollen from the pine trees (it is extremely bad and covers everything in a matter of an hour -FYI we were here in late May so the pollen may not be as bad other times of the year). The HEAVY pollen covering our trailer, truck, and pretty much everything that we put outside is the main reason I'd try to stay elsewhere next time.

Stayed for 4 nights in an RV site. Bathrooms were open and clean. Convenient location to all must sees of the black hills. The kids enjoyed playing on the playground (no flooding or stink as a previous review commented). Staff was friendly. Other guest were polite and we weren't bothered.

We had a pretty good stay here in the tent campground. The showers were clean with three sets of combination shower and stool and sink combos plus another shower house on Rv other side of campground. The staff was nice. The largest downfalls for us were that the tent camping spot we had on no. 87 was not level nor were several of the others. There was some road noise but the camp was pretty quiet and had pine trees for shade. There was a playground for kids and a little dog park with dig duty bags provided. The deer here are pretty tame. It's a good place to Rv camping

Great Campground. Felt like you were out of town, but were really a few minutes outside of Custer! Would visit again.

We wanted tall as the sky pine trees and that's what we got here. Camp grounds are well kept. Staff are really friendly. The location is perfect for the state park, the cute town of Custer, and Crazy horse. A little bit of a drive to Rushmore. All of our fellow campers were super friendly. We had a really great time. Very pet friendly; no runs or anything, but ample place to walk them and let them romp. Beware that spots near the 50's are close to Welikit's neighbor who has a barbed wire fence. So, those with pets, be aware because there is lots of fun wildlife on the otherside of the barbed wire which pups will like to chase (we found this out the hard way...see my review on the great vet in town.......) Stay here. The owners are really wonderful and really care about the quality of your stay :)

Great central location to the sights around western So Dak! Bathrooms are nice and well kept, tent sites are beautiful at the back end of camp with pine trees to the sky! WiFi spotty at best towards the back lots. Will definitely return when in the area!

This campground is terrible, it is extremely hilly and it requires a cardio workout to go to the restroom. Speaking of restrooms, they are not the cleanest and I wouldn't count on using your own personal showers (if you have a trailer) due to the extremely poor water pressure. Don't be surprised if you can't open your trailer up all the way due to tight spaces, I said that I have a 32ft trailer and they put me in a spot for a 25ft rig. Do not get site 25!! It is completely on a hill and if you have a fire in the pit you are likely to fall in it. I would not stay here again, there are plenty of great campgrounds in the Black Hills that are much nicer.

Sites are within pine trees which was nice but really close together (online map very misleading). I booked a pull-through site for six days. They changed my site reservation twice after my original booking AND split it up between two sites. The owner/manager was totally rude and basically said "too bad". Said they were booked solid and couldn't accommodate a single site for 6 days. They were at full capacity one night while we were there. During the week they were at 30% capacity. Additionally, website states free WiFi which was very important for us as we were working from our camper during the week. The WiFi rarely worked. Finally, we mentioned on day two we were struggling with water pressure at our site. The manager said he'd come check it out. Never saw him. Pressure never improved.

Nicest people on the planet. The campground is centrally located in Custer and convenient to downtown. Loved our stay in a 40' diesel pusher. My only criticism is that the sites are not level. None the less, they get 5 stars for the whole package. Will be back, for sure.

Enjoyed camping here for three nights in July. The staff were friendly and the campground was in great shape. You can't beat the location as it's between Rushmore, crazy horse, Custer State Park, and Sylvan Lake. Also, the price is good and we never worried about leaving our things out while we were away hiking.

Great place. We had 2 RV's and rented a cabin. Property is beautiful. Lots of trees and space. Kids played on playground. Bathrooms clean. Laundry nice too. Easy access to Custer and right by the coolest Rock Store too where the kids panned for gems! This campground is located perfectly where it's quiet, you can hear the birds chirp, and wind through the trees. A must stay! Owner Steve is great and is always around to help and make sure our stay was good. We will be back!

Outstanding campground! We camped here a couple of weeks ago and received the best service during the check in process, had a nice conversation with the owner and then had a great night of camping. Not to mention how clean the facilities were. I'd definitely stay here again!

What a great place to stay!!! Quite and beautiful! Close to town! Very Friendly staff and owners as well!!! Can't wait to come back again!!!!

Very clean bathroom facilities that are independent and allow you to have plenty of privacy. Only $20 For a tent site. We were happy and moved on the next morning.

Very well maintained! Staff were very accommodating. Scenic grounds with lots of wildlife running around. Will come back if in the area.

Wonderful campground for couples and families surrounded by the beautiful pine trees and the Black Hills. Steve the owner was very friendly and very accommodating to our needs especially when we needed to extend our stay due to a spring storm. The sites were very clean and level which made for an easy set-up of our fifth wheel. The bathroom rooms and laundry facility were well cared for as well. The location of the campground is perfect for seeing all the attractions in the area. We look forward to returning to Fort Welikit next year!!

Uneven sites,all dirt,very close together.Im not sure where they get the people to stay here.No respect loud run through your site.Very dissapointed.The owner is nice and the workers are nice but thats about it

This campground is located in a densely wooded area of the Black Hills. We saw 2-3 deer at our camp site every night. The sites were all shaded and level. Gravel roads were in good condition. Each of 4 spacious bathrooms had a locking door with a shower, sink and toilet included. Office personnel were very friendly and helpful. There was a small camp store and plenty of information available about things to see and do. There was plenty of room to walk the dogs. The campground is very close to Crazy Horse monument (10 minute drive) and about a 30 minute or 20 mile drive from Rushmore. It was very quiet and peaceful even though we were there during a peak summer period. The campground is well maintained, family owned and well run. The advance reservation process was very professional.

Management was very disrespectful from the minute we got there and very unnoccomodating. Do NOT go here, you will be treated poorly and it is not worth the money. Period.