Iron Creek Horse Camp, Custer, SD

Iron Creek Horse Camp in Custer county is located 51 min southwest of Rapid City, SD with an elevation of 5,153 feet. There are a total of 9 campsites. The campground is normally open from mid May to the beginning of September. Sites can accommodate RVs and trailers up to 50 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. There is a fee of $28.50 per night. Activities include horseback riding, hiking trails.

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Campsite Reviews (24)

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5 star		46%
4 star		33%
3 star		8%
2 star		13%
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@LandonA60569C6 · Camped on Aug 27, 2024 at Campsite #5

Well maintained and clean, the trails are too and being able to toe up and go get I scream at Mount Rushmore is awesome!!

@RayW060E1F4B1C · Camped on Jul 26, 2024 at Campsite #3

Absolutely loved the solitude and the trails were great!

@BRIANC8885365 · Camped on Sep 4, 2023 at Campsite #4

Loved it there, will be back for sure

@janete5837233 · Camped on Aug 29, 2023 at Campsite #4

Nice campground. Nice pens. Decent amount of riding right out of camp. Only downfall is the water trough. Do not like all the animals sharing the same trough. Wish it was a spigot so I could fill my own bucket for my animals. The bees were bad in the campground, but not on the trails (late August). Had several regular campers, NO HORSES, show up late evening, set up camp and stay the evening after the FS had come through for the evening. Even though it clearly states you need horse to camp there.

@GaleC3B97063FE · Camped on Jun 17, 2023 at Campsite #6

This campground has beautiful trails and a small stream running next to the camping spot. The vault toilet is clean. There is zero cell service and the trailer to dump horse droppings are very far away from the camp sites. The sites are a bit wonky as the picnic tables in some sites are too close to the neighbors and gives a feeling of intruding in the other person’s space. The gravel roads to the camp ground are very rough and could serve people better if graded a bit.

@MollyK9701237 · Camped on Jun 9, 2023 at Campsite #6

We didn’t like the parking. It should be diagonal so you can open slide outs. Quiet Generators should be allowed for medical purposes when people have cpap machines or other medical needs. One of our fellow campers knocked on our trailer at 11:30 pm and made us shut it off. Although they had dogs off leash

@KeithV7611264 · Camped on Jul 23, 2022 at Campsite #5

The place was clean and very well taken care of. The camp host was very informative and was a pleasure to talk to.

@WesM3914463 · Camped on Jun 27, 2022 at Campsite #5

Iron Creek horse camp is a picturesque setting. Sites newly redone. We road north to Mt Rushmore, east to Lake Lakota, south to French Creek horse camp. Could have taken Grizzly trail to Black Elk peak and came back on Norbeck.

@JennC3859531 · Camped on Jun 25, 2022 at Campsite #7

Google Maps was not accurate with directions, but once we figured that out we made it! We only booked this site because all our normal places were booked solid (poor planning ahead on our part). Overall, not a bad site though!

@CarolM9915509 · Camped on Jun 11, 2022 at Campsite #7

Great horse camping facilities. Beautiful, great trails, perfect location. This one is a keeper!

@Charlesa263975 · Camped on Jun 5, 2022 at Campsite #2

Trail to Harney Peak, Grizzley Creek trail, was BLOCKED by blow down....we couldn't pass although we looked and cut limbs for 40 min. There is no one around to ask questions about the trails except other campers. the trail to Mt. Rushmore was good, except two of the "steps" near Rushmore being washed out and a "lead your horse down" situation. The Corral for site one is VERY Small, close quarters for 2 horses. The corrals have new rock in them but it rained and they turned to mush - the horses stood in wet muck for 4 days. - the trails we could ride had nice views.

@RitaW9294508 · Camped on Jun 5, 2022 at Campsite #1

Mt Rushmore is a must see ride from this location.

@DeannaO8635685 · Camped on Jun 4, 2022 at Campsite #8

Enjoyed the seclusion of the camp, the bathrooms are very nice also. Would be nice if the trailer parking area was a little larger, and the picnic tables were movable. They are very nice and heavy.

@BarbaraW341429 · Camped on Sep 24, 2021 at Campsite #6

Very clean and such a nice quiet camp spot!

@BarbaraW115 · Camped on Sep 24, 2021 at Campsite #6

Very clean and such a nice quiet camp spot!

@KathyK425 · Camped on Sep 16, 2021 at Campsite #9

We love this campground but we never saw a camp host the entire time we were there, and the manure removal system could be improved. First of all, the wheelbarrows are not maintained, the wheel fell off on the one as other campers were pushing it to dump, the other one was in bad shape. A sign needs to be put on the big bin where you dump so people shovel the manure to the front every time they dump. People don't shovel it to the front and it fills up such that you cannot push the wheelbarrow in to dump. Some people prior to our arrival dumped manure on the ground in front of the bin. My husband spent probably an hour shoveling manure so we could dump ours (we carry our own wheelbarrow, and we needed it at this campground!).

@KathyK8671542 · Camped on Sep 16, 2021 at Campsite #9

@DR2282580 · Camped on Aug 15, 2021 at Campsite #8

Very dirt out houses. Man shows once a week to clean but does not. Saw him twice and he did nothing.

@DR201 · Camped on Aug 15, 2021 at Campsite #8

Very dirt out houses. Man shows once a week to clean but does not. Saw him twice and he did nothing.

@BeckyH776 · Camped on Jun 29, 2021 at Campsite #3

The campground was well kept and with the small amount of sites felt very private! Trails out were excellent and we never ran out of places to ride.

@RichardW761 · Camped on Aug 30, 2020 at Campsite #9

We truly enjoy the setting for the camp. We look forward to coming back every year.

@StasiaC950 · Camped on Jun 23, 2020 at Campsite #9

Loved the campground. Beautiful place and convenient to Custer, Custer State Park and Mt Rushmore. Would go back. The camp sites were grassy. We had our own lawn.

@ConnieM460 · Camped on Aug 25, 2019 at Campsite #4

The website accepted my senior pass and gave a discount. When I arrived at Iron Creek the vendor that manages the camp collected the discounted dollars and said this park does not accept discounts. Although it took the card # at time of reservation. That was a lot of money to a senior on fixed income.

@AliceA369 · Camped on Jul 5, 2019 at Campsite #9

Lovely quiet setting. Great riding!

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