Spearfish / Black Hills KOA Holiday

We stayed at Spearfish / Black Hills KOA Holiday in Spearfish, South Dakota. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Another new state, our first visit to South Dakota. A nice campground.

Dates:

Check in: 2023-08-23
Check out: 2023-09-03
11 nights

Weather:

Partly cloudy
High temps ranging between 81-91°F, lows around 57-67°F
Negligible wind most of the time, gusts up to 30 MPH towards the end

Noise:

Nearby freeway road noise
No train noise
Negligible neighbor noise

Site:

#69, pull-through, gravel
Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked in front of coach
A little unlevel
Gravel driveway about 92 feet long by about 10 feet wide
Grass between sites about 25 feet wide
A couple of big trees
Picnic table and fire pit on grass
Some trash on the site

Utilities:

50 amp power, very conveniently located
20 PSI water, very conveniently located
Loose sewer connection, very conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

Campground Wi-Fi: 60-85 Mbps down, 25-30 ms up, 13 ms ping
AT&T: 30-40 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 75 ms ping
Verizon: 6-10 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
T-Mobile: 20 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
Starlink: not used

Amenities:

Heated pool
Garbage pickup from site
Package delivery to office
Ice cream social
Nature path

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient to all the Black Hills has to offer

Friendly, helpful staff. They gave us so much information at check-in that we were more than set for touring the area. We were guided to our site, where they gave us more information about the campground and amenities. They have trash pickup from the site, which is always a nice bonus. Our site had a nice, wide grassy area and trees for shade. I really liked the picket fences to block the view of the hookups; it’s a nice touch. The site was a little unlevel, and there was constant noise from the interstate, but those were only minor annoyances, and we’d stay here again. We camped at Spearfish / Black Hills KOA Holiday in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: Farmhouse Bistro is nearby and has excellent BLTs, but don’t try walking there on the nature path–there’s no bridge over the creek.

The campground map:

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An interactive map:

Our site, #69, and our neighbor, #68, are two of the nicest in the park; the others in this row are also nice and long, but have narrower grass areas (18 feet vs 25 feet). More space between rigs is better:

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