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Nestled in
the shadow of the Crazy Horse Monument is
this pleasant privately owned campground, Echo Valley.
While small
it is full of personality. The owners
are a friendly couple who go out of their way to be helpful and to supply you
with all you need. They currently have a
few 50 amp sites and have plans to add more.
The rest of the rv sites are 30 amp.
They have a few cabins and rvs to rent, and several tents sites
available if you just want a pleasant reasonably priced place to stay in the Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse area.
Be sure to
check their website for their internet
special coupon to lower the cost of your stay.
We paid $25 per night using the coupon and enjoyed every minute there.
That was for full hook-ups and internet.
There is a
nice honor system laundry room at the main bath house as well.
If you enjoy
hiking, you have it here, trout fishing too.
Gary was
able to fly his quad copter here and got some beautiful shots of the campground
and the land it is on.
Surrounding
attractions are numerous there in the Black Hills the obvious being Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Monument I have already mentioned, but in addition you are not far
from Deadwood, Keystone,
Custer, Hill City, Four Mile Old West Town or Horse Thief Lake.
If you are
planning on participating in the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Echo Valley would be a good stop over point for you. You will find they are one of the few campgrounds that do not raise their rates during the rally.
We were
there for close to two weeks and never ran out of things to do in and around
the campground. Just driving the roads
offered up breath taking views.
The famous Needles Highway is in this area as well, but we
never seemed to find time for it. Be
aware that if your are driving or pulling an rv you should NOT go on the Needles
Highway. Many an rv has suffered
difficulties and damages on the switchback roads and low narrow tunnels of this
highway. We heard story after story of
people who thought they knew better than the highway department and tried to
squeeze their rigs down this road and paid dearly for it.
Therefore,
it is our recommendation that you camp at Echo Valley and then use your pulling
or towed vehicle to travel the Needles Highway if you really want to travel it.
One of our
favorite activities while there was hiking
talking to the owner about the history of the
property including the story of the squatter
and the
homestead on the land.
taking
photos of the wild life
Sunsets,
and the
horses and mules from the nearby horseback riding facility.
Each evening the horses were pastured just up
the hill from the campground and were enjoyable to video and photograph.
If our
travels lead us to this area again in the future we will definitely stay at
this campground again.
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