Your trailer stays with you. At our place on Pleasant Valley Drive, two miles south of Sturgis, you don't pay anything to keep a bike hauler, enclosed trailer or utility trailer parked at the spot you rented. That's true in a dry cabin, on grass, or on an RV pad. We don't run an overflow lot and we don't want one — the sites were laid out big enough that your rig and your trailer can sit side by side, and you can walk out in the morning, drop the ramp and roll a bike off without moving anything.
Where does the trailer go if I'm in a cabin?
The 18 dry cabins each have room beside them for a tow vehicle and whatever you pulled in behind it. Most Rally guests staying in our dry cabins near Sturgis, South Dakota arrive with a pickup and a two- or three-bike hauler, unload the bikes the first afternoon, and leave the empty trailer sitting in the same spot all week. Keep it out of the drive lane so the next arrival can get past, and you're set.
What about tent sites?
Our tent sites are oversized on purpose: 20 feet by 12 feet of mowed grass, with a shade awning over the top. People who come for tent camping during the Sturgis rally are usually hauling more than a tent — coolers, camp chairs, gas cans, a canopy — and the trailer becomes the storage shed for all of it. There's space to park alongside the grass rather than driving across it. Grass stays in better shape that way, which matters in August when it's dry and the whole Black Hills campground is running full.
Can I keep a trailer behind a 40-foot motorhome?
Yes. The full-hookup sites here measure more than 100 feet, with 30 and 50 amp service, so a long diesel pusher plus a toad or a cargo trailer fits on the pad without hanging into the road. Pull-throughs mean you're not unhooking in the dark after a long day on I-90. If you're comparing an RV park in Sturgis, SD with full hookups, ask how long the site actually is before you book — a lot of listings quote the pad, not the usable length.
What if I'm hauling horses?
Horse trailers park at the site too. We have portable corral panels, and the Forest Service ground around us opens onto trails that run toward Custer State Park, so horse camping in the Black Hills works here without trailering out every morning. Let us know you're bringing stock when you reserve so we can place you where there's room to turn the trailer around.
Is anything off limits?
A few practical things. Don't block the fire lanes or park across a neighbor's water and sewer connections. Don't leave ramps down across the road overnight. Generators are fine and we don't run quiet hours, but set a generator where the exhaust isn't pointed at the tent next door. And because of fire conditions in the Hills, grilling and fire pits here are propane only — no wood, no charcoal, no fireworks, and that includes anything stored in your trailer.
Anything else worth knowing before you pull in?
Come in off I-90 Exit 34 and head south; it's a short run and you avoid the worst of the downtown Sturgis congestion during Rally week. If you'd rather not tow at all, we also do RV rentals, so you can fly into Rapid City and skip the haul. Mount Rushmore is about 15 minutes away, Deadwood and Spearfish are both inside 30 minutes, and the camp is pet friendly year-round as long as dogs are leashed and with you.
Call or book online, and tell us the length of your trailer so we put you somewhere it fits.