Where are the SD Beaches?
Pictures and
Information
If you plan on traveling to South Dakota during the summer, it may help to know where the beaches are because it gets pretty hot here in July.
In all South Dakota Parks there is a daily entrance fee, or you can buy a yearly entrance for $23.00. When we went to Custer State Park they had the same thing but the entrance fee was $10.00 and lasted for 7 days, so we might as well have went ahead and bought the Annual Park License.
The first beach we visited when we moved to Tripp SD, was a campground and beach south of Tripp near Lake Andes called North Point Campground. The ranger approached our car, and asked if we had a park license, which we had no clue what she was talking about, and she wouldn't let us drive around and take a look. So here's another picture I was able to get of the campground. See the campground rules and camping fees.
South Dakota Beach Locations
Aberdeen
-Mina
Lake - 11 miles west of Aberdeen off Hwy 12 - phone 626-3488
-Richmond Lake
- 10 miles northwest of Aberdeen off Hwy 12 - phone 626-3488
Arlington,
Bruce, SD
-Lake Poinsett - 12 miles north, 2 miles east of Arlington, off
Hwy 81 - 46109 202nd St Bruce, SD 57220 Tel: (605) 627-5441
Big Bend, SD
-North
Shore - 2 miles west, 1 mile north of Big Bend on Hwy 47 - phone 245-2255
Canton,
SD
Newton Hills State Park, has a beach - 28771 482nd Ave Canton, SD 57013
phone 987-2263
Clear Lake
-Lake Cochrane - 10 miles east of Clear
Lake off Hwy 22 - phone 882-5200
Lake Andes
-North
Point Recreation area - St
Francis swim beach sign - located 1 mile northwest of Pickstown off Hwy 281-
phone 487-7046
Carthage, SD
Lake Carthage - 1 mile northeast of
Carthage - phone 256 - 5003
Custer SD
-Custer
State Park - has quite a few beaches and campgrounds.
Gettysburg
West
Whitlock - 18 miles west of Gettysburg off highway 12 - phone 765-9410
Harrisburg,
SD
Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, no camping - 4 miles east, 1 mile
north of Harrisburg off Co. 135. phone 987-2263
Lake City
-Roy Lake
- 3 miles west of Lake City off Hwy 10 - phone 448-5701
Lake Preston
-Lake
Thompson - 6 miles southwest of Lake Preston off Hwy 14 - phone 847-4893
Madison,
SD
Lake Herman - 9 miles southeast of Madison off SD 19 - phone 256 -
5003
Milbank
-Hartford Beach - 15 miles north of Milbank off Hwy
15 - phone 432-6374
Miller
-Lake Louise - 14 miles northwest of
Miller off Hwy 14 - phone 853-2533
-Rosehill - 10 miles east, 12.5 miles south
of Miller off Hwy 14 - phone 472-1212
Mobridge
-Indian Creek - 2
miles southeast of Mobridge, hwy 12 - phone 845-7112
-Indian Memorial - 2 miles
northwest of Mobridge, hwy 12 - phone 845-2252
-Revheim Bay - 1 mile southwest
of Mobridge, off hwy 12 - phone 845-7112
Montrose, SD
Lake Vermillion
Recreation Area - 5 miles south off I 90 at exit 374 - phone 296-3643
Pierre
-Farm
Island - 4 miles east of Pierre on highway 34 - phone 773-2885
-Oahe Downstream
- 5 miles north of Fort Pierre off SD 1806 - phone 223-7722
-West Bend - phone
773-2885 - 26 miles east, 9 miles south of Pierre, on Highway 34
Platte
-Buryanek - phone 337-2587 located 18 miles west, and 2.5 miles north of Platte
on Hwy 44
-Snake Creek Campground and beach
- located on Hwy 44 Francis Case Lake
Selby
-Lake Hiddenwood - 2
miles east, 3 miles north of Selby off highway 12 and 83 - phone 765-9410
Timber
Lake
-Little Moreau - located 6 miles south of Timber Lake off highway
20 - phone 374-5114
Volga
-Oakwood Lakes - 10 miles west of Volga
off Hwy 14 - phone 627-5441 - phone 627-5441
Watertown
-Pelican Lake
- 9 miles southwest of Watertown off Hwy 212 - phone 882-5200
-Sandy Shore
- 5 miles west of Watertown off hwy 212 - phone 882-5200
Waubay
-Pickerel
Lake - 10 miles west of Waubay off Hwy 12 - phone 486-4753
Yankton
-Lewis and Clark Recreation
Area - 6 miles west of Yankton on Hwy 62 phone 668-2985
Black Hills Beaches
-Shadehill - 14 miles south of Lemmon on highway 73 - phone 374-5114
-Roubaix
Lake - 13 miles south of Deadwood on highway 385 - phone 574-4402
-North Cove
Group Area - Sheridan Lake (reservations only) phone 574-4402
-Sheridan Lake
- located on the south shore of Sheridan Lake - phone 574-4402
-Pactola - located
on the south shore of Pactola Lake - phone 574-4402
-Custer
State Park - 5 miles east of Custer on highway 16A - phone 255-4515 East
Shore Beach
-Cold Brook - 2 miles north of Hot Springs off highway 385
- phone 745-5476
-Angostura - 10 miles southeast of Hot Springs off highway
18 - phone 745-6996
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New Pages 2011
South Dakota Badlands - 2011 pictures
taken during a storm!
1880 Town Attraction - Located on I 90, exit
170
Pease Creek Campground - a cute
campground with a horse camp.
North Wheeler Campground - a
great place to go fishing!
New
and Updated Pages 2009
South
Dakota Hotels - An easy site to check for SD hotels and make reservations
Badlands Wilderness Camping - We did some wilderness camping in the Badlands.
Platte Creek Campground - Tent camping on the Missouri River, Southern SD.
Buryanek Campground - A nice campground recommended by our friends.
Added a page on Pollock SD March 2008
