ARSD 41:03:04:03
ARSD 41:03:04:03. Camping permit fees
Cite as S.D. Admin. R. 41:03:04:03
The daily fee for the use of a campground site by one camper unit is as follows:
(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) 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) 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) Custer State Park French Creek natural area, eight dollars per person;
(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) Custer State Park, French Creek Horse Camp fee, thirty-seven dollars; and
(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.