Stockade South Campground — Custer State Park

Small campground. Extremely nice host and park staff. Host was very informative and helpful on sightseeing. Bathrooms and showers very clean. They do a good job of trying to make sites level given that the campground is on a hill. Sites have gravel pads and some have more gravel than others. Sites are in the trees so sites have packed dirt around them. Unfortunately it poured rain the day we arrived which made our site very muddy- couldn’t be helped!

I enjoyed this campground, but ultimately preferred Stockade Lake North and South is a bit less secluded and has less privacy/space with other campers. My site seemed to offer a higher level of privacy than some due to the angle, and had a lot of space overall while other sites toward the back felt more cramped. The bathrooms were moderately dated, but always clean and the shower was HOT. There was no camp host while I was there, but there was almost always park staff and rangers there to assist campers, which was really nice.

My only complaint was the digging/trenching through one side of the campground to bury some kind of line. That work lasted for the 3 days I was there, but should be all wrapped up by now.

We’ve stayed in several campgrounds in the park and Stockade South is one of our favorites. It’s small and quiet and positioned nicely to do either the Needles or the Wildlife Loop and is also close to Custer if you need supplies. Folks are super friendly here. Flush toilets and hot showers. We camped in our van with electric h/u but there are also tent sites and cabins. Some sites have nice big stone fire pits and ours did not, so don’t choose site 13 if that’s important to you. 25$