Mitchell KOA Journey

We stayed at Mitchell KOA Journey in Mitchell, South Dakota. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A convenient stop on our journey west. Our second stay here (see that post for more pictures). It was for sale last time, now under new management, with some welcome improvements.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-08-18
  • Check out: 2025-08-19
  • 1 night

Weather:

  • Sunny
  • High temp 87°F, low 69°F
  • Negligible wind, gusts to 7 MPH

Noise:

  • Some freeway noise
  • Very occasional distant train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise

Site:

  • #C-15, pull-through, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t, since only one night
  • Somewhat level site; used air leveling, since only one night
  • Gravel driveway about 80 feet long by 10 feet wide
  • 10 feet to neighbors on both sides
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • No trees
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 1,310 feet, front facing NE

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, conveniently located
  • 55 PSI water, conveniently located
  • Good sewer connection, inconveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed); two sewer ports

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • RoamLink: 10-19 Mbps down, 16-19 Mbps up, 103 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network)
  • AT&T: 26 Mbps down, 0.2 Mbps up, 105 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Starlink: not used
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage pickup from site
  • Mini golf
  • Local frozen pizza available

See our previous review on Campground Reviews.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site; very narrow, but fine for one night:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Some frozen pizza options mentioned on the check-in counter; we love not having to cook on a travel day, so picked up a “Mac n’ Cheese Louise” pizza:

Pizza options

Pizza

Pizza

Pre-cooking:

Pizza

It was interesting and tasty, and most welcome on a long travel day.

Our second stay here, and we’d be happy to stay again.