Hidden Gem Campground

The campground (CG) was easy to find right off SD-46. Our friends got in before us and were told to go pick a site and then check in at the Pad 71 restaurant/bar. They passed that info to us, and we went straight to back-in site 53 with FHUs. It had been raining, and the gravel site was narrow and at 90 degrees. We ended up putting ruts in the ground. The campground is fairly new, and there were not many campers— a few transient workers and maybe full timers— but their sites were clean and well organized. The water hookup was in the middle of the site, but the electric and sewer were at the very end, so we needed about 25’ of sewer hose. All the sites were back-in. We got 3 bars on both Verizon and T-Mobile. There were no trees in this campground, so satellite is not an issue. None of the campsites had a picnic table nor fire pit. There were no formal dog areas, but there was plenty of room to walk your dog. When we stayed there, there were no restroom/shower facilities nor a dump station. The CG did not have Wi-Fi. There is no dumpster in the CG area, so you have to drive up to the back of the bar/restaurant building. There’s pickleball, volleyball, and horseshoe pits at Pad 71. The town of Wagner, South Dakota, has several useful amenities for RVers, including a full-service grocery store, hardware store, multiple gas stations, a laundromat, and a few restaurants. This campground worked well for our 6-days stay to pheasant hunt.