Sturgis Tip #5: Choose your campground carefully!
What sort of biker are you?
1-The Quiet Type?
Want nothing more than a good night's rest? Pick a spot which values peace and quiet. One we've spent time at is the "Sturgis View". Atop that big old hill on the south and north side of town. Overlooks the I-90, the west end of town, and several other campgrounds at the bottom of the hill. You can sit in a lawn chair after 10pm and watch from 2 mi away as the cops do their thing. We paid $325 for a ten day pass for two. Recently, the town has erected a garbage dump on an adjoining hill, which we could see, but not smell, but that was 3 years ago. Nice people from Mn run the joint, eh? An alternate try might be up around Hill City, and the National Parks area. We hear there are places where you pay up, and park right off the highway. Parks might qualify as cheap, for those who do not wish to be part of the all week mayhem that is Sturgis proper.
2-The Cheap Type?
First place that comes to mind is "Hog Heaven", highly recommended by my bros. It's situated on the big side hill which overlooks the southern portion of Sturgis. If you've ever tried to get on the interstate, and dead ended, you've seen this place. The one big drawback to HH? It's on the side of a damm hill! The bros say there are a half dozen good flat places to camp, but they're all taken well in advance. This leaves you with the option of spending all night sliding down, down, down, into your sleeping bag, or possibly ripping out your tent pegs, and taking a roll down the slope, -or- if you're smart, work out a way to level your site. There's a hardware store near the western most Sturgis I-90 ramp. Pick up a couple 2x4's, sheet of plywood, and build ya a nice level place to catch them Z's.. The good part? A full week's worth of camping, showers, bath, small store, bar, etc for..are you listening..? $100.00, per person as of 2 years ago. Prices may have gone up since then..
3-Party Animal?
After several years of camping around, ABM has decided Sturgis is as much about the big party as it is about riding your buns off, so, we like to stay at the Buffalo Chip. There are others..The "County Line", "Glencoe" (Rock 'n' rev), and the "Full Throttle", etc. We always have preferred the chip. They give us access to you, the radio listening public. Most of the others didn't even bother to get back to us. The Chip ain't cheap, but is reasonable, so long as you buy your passes ONE YEAR in advance. We got our 10 day passes, $200 each, back in October. If you don't bring an rv, opting instead to tent, that's all it'll cost ya, an' there's so much room, if you can't find a spot to call your own, you wouldn't be satisfied with Yellowstone. Need electricity, running water at the site? Another 300 or so. This joint is freakin' huge, and you can find anything from fast food, to giant chops, 18 hours a day. Also a nice little store with food, beer, ice. Then there's the bands.. Ozzie, Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Motley Crue, etc, etc, etc..When the bands quit, usually after midnight, the all night party begins. You wouldn't believe the stuff that was goin' on last year.. every night, all the way until the sun broke at 5am. INSANE. We like it, so that's where we stay. They have a nice little daily happy hour from 9-5 with dollar beers, (bring your cup from last year), an' dollar hot dogs. Vitamin "B", and Vitamin "D", really all a biker needs beside gas an' a girl.
1-The Quiet Type?
Want nothing more than a good night's rest? Pick a spot which values peace and quiet. One we've spent time at is the "Sturgis View". Atop that big old hill on the south and north side of town. Overlooks the I-90, the west end of town, and several other campgrounds at the bottom of the hill. You can sit in a lawn chair after 10pm and watch from 2 mi away as the cops do their thing. We paid $325 for a ten day pass for two. Recently, the town has erected a garbage dump on an adjoining hill, which we could see, but not smell, but that was 3 years ago. Nice people from Mn run the joint, eh? An alternate try might be up around Hill City, and the National Parks area. We hear there are places where you pay up, and park right off the highway. Parks might qualify as cheap, for those who do not wish to be part of the all week mayhem that is Sturgis proper.
2-The Cheap Type?
First place that comes to mind is "Hog Heaven", highly recommended by my bros. It's situated on the big side hill which overlooks the southern portion of Sturgis. If you've ever tried to get on the interstate, and dead ended, you've seen this place. The one big drawback to HH? It's on the side of a damm hill! The bros say there are a half dozen good flat places to camp, but they're all taken well in advance. This leaves you with the option of spending all night sliding down, down, down, into your sleeping bag, or possibly ripping out your tent pegs, and taking a roll down the slope, -or- if you're smart, work out a way to level your site. There's a hardware store near the western most Sturgis I-90 ramp. Pick up a couple 2x4's, sheet of plywood, and build ya a nice level place to catch them Z's.. The good part? A full week's worth of camping, showers, bath, small store, bar, etc for..are you listening..? $100.00, per person as of 2 years ago. Prices may have gone up since then..
3-Party Animal?
After several years of camping around, ABM has decided Sturgis is as much about the big party as it is about riding your buns off, so, we like to stay at the Buffalo Chip. There are others..The "County Line", "Glencoe" (Rock 'n' rev), and the "Full Throttle", etc. We always have preferred the chip. They give us access to you, the radio listening public. Most of the others didn't even bother to get back to us. The Chip ain't cheap, but is reasonable, so long as you buy your passes ONE YEAR in advance. We got our 10 day passes, $200 each, back in October. If you don't bring an rv, opting instead to tent, that's all it'll cost ya, an' there's so much room, if you can't find a spot to call your own, you wouldn't be satisfied with Yellowstone. Need electricity, running water at the site? Another 300 or so. This joint is freakin' huge, and you can find anything from fast food, to giant chops, 18 hours a day. Also a nice little store with food, beer, ice. Then there's the bands.. Ozzie, Kid Rock, ZZ Top, Motley Crue, etc, etc, etc..When the bands quit, usually after midnight, the all night party begins. You wouldn't believe the stuff that was goin' on last year.. every night, all the way until the sun broke at 5am. INSANE. We like it, so that's where we stay. They have a nice little daily happy hour from 9-5 with dollar beers, (bring your cup from last year), an' dollar hot dogs. Vitamin "B", and Vitamin "D", really all a biker needs beside gas an' a girl.
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