Badlands / White River KOA Holiday

KOA is almost always a great RV stay. Friendly and helpful staff. Nice location with nice sites. We came late season and didn't use all the amenities but still loved our stay. We had site #160 don't recommend this site but most are great. Wish they had a little less bright street lights. Maybe use red or dimmer or less light pollution and better star gazing. Would stay here again.

3.5 stars - CABIN A/C UNIT DID NOT WORK PROPERLY. It was a very hot outside (99) but for the price of cabins, the property owner(s) needs to invest in adequate units that are larger and work for weather extremes or store industrial fans for open window air movement. Getting up every two hours, to kick start an a/c unit, after being on the road for twelve hours, is NOT fun. :( The employees/management are very nice and the property is kept very clean. Bath-house (near) cabins was sparkling clean, which is always a big plus.

This is a great place to stay to explore the Badlands. The sites are a little close but not bad. Our pull through site was level. We used our AC all the time and did not have any problems. The bathrooms were clean- we did not use the showers. They have a nice food shack to get breakfast and dinner. The laundry facilities were clean but more expensive than other KOAs we’ve stayed at. We would stay here again. The staff was very friendly.

Only stayed for a night but couldn’t get over the kind and attentive staff who kept us informed about potentially bad weather via text. Very well maintained and quiet with fun amenities for kids (pool, playground, etc). Handy location for exploring the Badlands! We were here in 2012 and remembered it being really nice and it still holds to be true.

I’m not sure how this is a holiday KOA property. It should be a journey, we travel full time and this was by far my least favorite KOA. Things don’t get maintained they wait for them to fall apart and then “fix” it. After several loads of drying my clothes I realized the dryers weren’t heating at all, zero propane, they ran out. Shouldn’t that be something you check daily? Then wake up to water completely off one day which didn’t get fixed till 5pm that afternoon. The water quality is TERRIBLE! You need a double, triple, quadruple filter, actually just bring water bottles because no filter will work. The water will still taste like soggy, wet, socks. The photos with concrete pads and spacious sites are NOT what the park looks like, only in various corners at specific angles do these sites exist. You’ll most likely be shoved in this tiny tiny cramped together space where you can’t even park your vehicle with your rig. If you can you need to be very careful when you backup etc so you don’t hit another RV. This is an honest opinion from a full time RV’er who travels for a living. I could add so much more like the never ending biting flys and biting sand fleas that make it so unenjoyable to even stay outside your RV. We typically enjoy eating dinner outside as a family but that’s not possible at this KOA. Good luck!