Dispersed Camping
Belle Fourche Reservoir Dispersed Camping
About
South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks
The Belle Fourche Dam is a dam on Owl Creek in Butte County, South Dakota, approximately eight miles east of Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Its construction created the Belle Fourche Reservoir, the Belle Fourche National Wildlife Refuge, and the Rocky Point Recreation Area.
The reservoir has approximately eight thousand acres of water surface, 6,700 acres of land, and 58 miles of shoreline. It's stocked with walleye, catfish, and white bass. Average depth is twenty-five feet, but it has areas as deep as sixty feet at full capacity. Common activities at Belle Fourche Reservoir include boating, fishing, ice fishing, ice skating, camping, cooking out, and water skiing.
At its 1911 completion by the Bureau of Reclamation, Belle Fourche Dam was the largest earthen dam in the world. The dam is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1989 it was listed among the approximately 250 Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks.
Access
- Drive-InPark next to your site
Stay Connected
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- VerizonGood
- AT&TUnknown
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Site Types
- Tent Sites
- RV Sites
- Dispersed
Features
For Campers
- ADA Access
- Trash
- Picnic Table
- Phone Service
- Toilets
- Alcohol
- Pets
- Fires
For Vehicles
- Big Rig Friendly
tranquil
Stayed one night camped on waters edge. Loved it however the mosquitoes were vicious.
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Lake receding
But pretty. Spots easy to park on. Many screened from lake winds by trees.
Lovely reservoir, Free
Camped one night on Loop 3. Quiet, easy to find, lots of sites available on a Saturday evening, easy to set up on a level site on the water (reservoir was way down so a distance to the water), and no more bugs than would be expected by water.
Location
Belle Fourche Reservoir Dispersed Camping is located in South Dakota
Coordinates
44.727846745417594 N
103.71491846654928 W