The daily fee for the use of a campground site by one camper unit is as follows:

1. (1) Custer State Park modern campground fee, twenty-seven dollars, at State Game Lodge, Sylvan Lake, Grace Coolidge, Legion Lake, Stockade North, Stockade South, and Blue Bell;
2. (2) Modern campground fee, twenty-three dollars, at Platte Creek; Swan Creek; West Whitlock; Indian Creek; Okobojo Point; Cow Creek; West Pollock; Fisher Grove; Buryanek; Oahe Downstream; Springfield; West Bend; Lewis and Clark; Chief White Crane; Angostura, including Sheps Canyon; Palisades; Big Sioux; Lake Vermillion; Rocky Point; Mina Lake; Lake Herman; North Point; Walker's Point; Lake Poinsett; South Pelican; Shadehill Ketterlings Point; Pickerel Lake; Lake Cochrane; Sandy Shore; Pierson Ranch; Richmond Lake; Pease Creek; Lake Thompson; Farm Island; Snake Creek; Lake Louise; Randall Creek; Center Lake Campground at Custer State Park; Hartford Beach; Newton Hills; Oakwood Lakes; Palisades; Roy Lake; Union Grove; and Fort Sisseton, except during the Fort Sisseton Festival in accordance with subdivision (5);
3. (3) Basic campground fee, sixteen dollars, at Burke Lake Recreation Area, Shadehill-Llewellyn Johns Memorial Recreation Area, Bear Butte Lakeside Use Area, Lake Hiddenwood Recreation Area, Sand Creek Lakeside Use Area, East Whitlock Lakeside Use Area, Tabor Lakeside Use Area, North Wheeler Recreation Area, Lake Carthage Lakeside Use Area, South Shore Lakeside Use Area, Whetstone Bay Lakeside Use Area, Star Valley Lakeside Use Area, White Swan Lakeside Use Area, Walth Bay Lakeside Use Area, Dude Ranch Lakeside Use Area, Sica Hollow State Park, Elm Creek Lakeside Use Area, Sheps Canyon Lakeside Use Area, Amsden Dam Lakeside Use Area, Bailey's Lakeside Use Area, Hugh Glass Lakeside Use Area, Minneconjou Lakeside Use Area, Little Bend Lakeside Use Area, Little Moreau Recreation Area, and Twin Lakes Lakeside Use Area;
4. (4) Custer State Park French Creek natural area, eight dollars per person;
5. (5) Use of a campground site at Fort Sisseton during the annual Fort Sisseton Festival, twenty-five dollars, provided that participants and festival campers are exempt from paying the camping fee;
6. (6) Custer State Park, French Creek Horse Camp fee, thirty-seven dollars; and

7. (7) Campsites designated for tent camping only, regardless of campground designation, sixteen dollars.

   An additional charge of seven dollars per unit applies to campground sites with electricity.

   A resident of this state who may purchase a camping permit and campsite electrical service for one-half price pursuant to SDCL 41-17-13.4 shall submit written verification of that status from the United States Veterans Administration to the licensing office of the department in Pierre. The licensing office shall send the resident a billfold-size card to use as proof of eligibility for half-price camping fees.

   The nonprofit youth group camping fee is fifty cents per person or six dollars, whichever is greater.

   The Custer State Park group camping area fee is eight dollars per person for overnight use, with a minimum fee of one hundred forty dollars.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 1 SDR 30, effective October 13, 1974; 2 SDR 90, effective July 11, 1976; 3 SDR 73, effective April 25, 1977; 6 SDR 96, effective April 1, 1980; 7 SDR 69, effective January 25, 1981; 8 SDR 170, effective June 20, 1982; 9 SDR 147, effective May 22, 1983; 10 SDR 73, effective January 17, 1984; 10 SDR 76, 10 SDR 102, effective July 1, 1984; 11 SDR 156, effective May 27, 1985; 13 SDR 128, effective March 22, 1987; 13 SDR 192, effective June 22, 1987; 14 SDR 14, effective August 6, 1987; 14 SDR 81, effective December 10, 1987; 14 SDR 114, effective March 9, 1988; 14 SDR 164, effective June 16, 1988; 15 SDR 139, effective March 20, 1989; 16 SDR 114, effective January 18, 1990; 16 SDR 135, effective February 18, 1990; 17 SDR 12, effective July 31, 1990; 17 SDR 139, effective March 21, 1991; 17 SDR 170, effective May 14, 1991; 17 SDR 188, effective June 13, 1991, and July 1, 1991; 18 SDR 98, effective December 12, 1991; 18 SDR 144, effective March 15, 1992; 19 SDR 82, effective December 7, 1992; 19 SDR 190, effective June 15, 1993; 20 SDR 150, effective March 23, 1994; 21 SDR 86, effective November 10, 1994; 21 SDR 148, effective March 6, 1995; 22 SDR 82, effective December 10, 1995; 22 SDR 89, effective December 26, 1995; 23 SDR 87, effective December 3, 1996; 23 SDR 197, effective May 27, 1997; 24 SDR 99, effective February 2, 1998; 24 SDR 107, effective February 26, 1998; 24 SDR 156, effective May 17, 1998; 25 SDR 108, effective February 28, 1999; 25 SDR 141, effective May 27, 1999; 26 SDR 41, effective September 28, 1999; 26 SDR 85, effective December 26, 1999; 26 SDR 117, effective March 16, 2000; 26 SDR 162, effective June 14, 2000; 27 SDR 49, effective November 16, 2000; 27 SDR 85, effective February 26, 2001; 28 SDR 103, effective January 30, 2002; 29 SDR 80, effective December 10, 2002; 30 SDR 99, effective December 22, 2003; 30 SDR 171, effective May 11, 2004; 31 SDR 62, effective November 4, 2004; 32 SDR 109, effective December 27, 2005; 32 SDR 128, effective January 31, 2006; 33 SDR 107, effective December 27, 2006; 33 SDR 180, effective May 7, 2007; 33 SDR 225, effective June 25, 2007; 34 SDR 179, effective December 24, 2007; 36 SDR 112, effective January 11, 2010; 37 SDR 112, effective December 8, 2010; 38 SDR 101, effective December 5, 2011; 39 SDR 32, effective September 5, 2012; 39 SDR 100, effective December 3, 2012; 39 SDR 204, effective June 11, 2013; 40 SDR 113, effective December 16, 2013; 41 SDR 93, effective December 3, 2014; 44 SDR 93, effective December 4, 2017; 45 SDR 89, effective December 31, 2018 ; 46 SDR 74, effective December 2, 2019 ; 47 SDR 68, effective December 9, 2020; 48 SDR 60, effective December 8, 2021; 51 SDR 53, effective November 11, 2024 .

General Authority: SDCL 41-17-1.1 (7), 41-17-13.4 .

Law Implemented: SDCL 41-2-24 , 41-17-1.1 (7), 41-17-13.4 .

Prior versions effective: 2021-12-08, 2020-12-09, 2019-12-02, 2018-12-31, 2017-12-04, 2014-12-03, 2013-12-16.