Platte Creek Recreation Area

Cheryl Trosper

Beautiful campground, quiet and room to enjoy with out being on top of your neighbors. Clean showers and restrooms, did not use the vault toilets so no comment there. Fished below the dam, launched there and cleaned fish at the very convenient cleaning station.

Bibs Outdoors

Rates have gone up again! It is expensive in that you have to pay the same price OFF SEASON as you do regular season. You don't get water, flush toilets, showers, or clean pit toilets, but you pay for it as if you do. Pit toilet cleaner came by during our stay and left 2 rolls of toilet paper. He didn't bother sweeping or cleaning the floor. I'm glad I have to pay full price for that! (SARCASM) The pad was asphalt, and basically, level. 50, 30, and 20amp service was available. Garbage drop-off was also available, I say that because in SD, it isn't always there. We did see some incredible wildlife. Eagles (mature and immature) by the dozens. Hundreds of cranes. Dozens of pelicans. Hawks. Deer. Geese, ducks, and turkeys. At dusk, coyotes howled around the fringes of the campgrounds. It was wonderful. Lots of locals walking their dogs (unleashed), so heads up on that. Pickstown is a very small village about ½ mile from the campground, so some things can be purchased there at an elevated price. It was quiet. The night skies provided intense views of the stars. Rigs big and small will have no difficulty getting around in the park. A dump station is available. We didn't use it, so was the water on??? Firewood is available at a sin for a price. Little split sticks for an astronomical price. Shameful. Nice place, but the greed makes this place not so enticing.

S Parker

Beautiful location. Spots could use a little leveling. The access to boat ramps, a playground is great. We were here late, so only pit toilets were open. Bath house looked nice from outside.

Bellami Butteaux

I took off a star cause it doesn't have a water hook up. And it cost an extra $8/day on top of the campground fee that we already paid for. It's about $43/ day for only electric hook-up. I think that's why the campground was empty. It's a beautiful drive to get in and out of the park. It's a lot of bugs, though, not the one that bites you, but it's very annoying. It's hard to get in and out the rv without having some get in. I still find bugs in my rv after 3 days.

Andrea Birch

What a beautiful park and lake. Very well-kept, unfortunately right now it is flooded but still very beautiful. There are so many places to put your boat in places to just walk around. The dam is very cool. This is truly beautiful! They have a visitor center on the other side of the dam, I did not go into it but it looks very nice from the road. I see there are lots of camping areas. there’s a boat repair shop on the other side of the dam as well. very nice