Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping
Beth D.
Reviewed Sep. 3, 2020

the most incredible campsite I have ever stayed at (and it’s free)

Stayed 2 nights – not back-to-back, yet at the same“site”– each night as bookends to a roadtrip into the Black Hills. This bluff-top road overlooking Bloom Basin in the Buffalo Gap Grasslands is pure magic. I counted 40 spots, by counting just the campers – from tents to full on Class A busses (yet there was still more room). The road is rutted in places, but passable for seemingly most vehicles. Zero services (bring the poop tent), but cell reception is excellent!  :)  The grocery store in Wall is also excellent for a stock up on foods. 

Sites are both “on the edge” and “on the other side of the road,” and include both small pull-offs for tenters, but also really big pull-off areas where several big RVs could group camp together. We chose a bluff-side site that had its own access trail down a spine. Wildlife like bighorn sheep ran across the mid-bluffs (video!), cows graze on the lower plains, and coyote packs call to each other at dusk. Moonrise and the most amazing Milky Way views overnight were icing on the (very hot and windy daytime) cake. We will return again.

Sitethe spiny one about halfway! JK - no site numbers here!
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  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
  • Review photo of Buffalo Gap Dispersed Camping by Beth D., September 3, 2020
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  • big thunderhead over the Southern skyline!
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  • Mountain Sheep run across the ridge from North to South - right by us!!!
  • More of the mountain sheep
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