Campsite for booking · Vermillion

Bow Creek Primitive Camping

via Recreation.gov Vermillion, South Dakota, United States

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About this campsite

Primitive, Leave No Trace camping is allowed and free. Camp only in designated sites marked with brown camping signs and metal fire rings. Please call us at 605-665-0209 and leave your basic itinerary for your safety. Located along Bow Creek and the Missouri River in Cedar County about 2 miles northeast of Wynot, Nebraska. A series of gravel roads wind you to the location by car. Follow the brown Bow Creek Recreational Area directional signs to the gravel parking lot and trailhead.

Managed by a US federal agency. Data source: ridb.recreation.gov.

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Where you can stay nearby

Campsites, aires and parking within 30 km, from OpenStreetMap.

  1. Lion's Park Campground
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    17 km from the pick-up area
  2. KOA Holiday
    Campground · Yankton, South Dakota
    20 km from the pick-up area
  3. Larson's Landing RV Park
    Campground · Yankton, South Dakota
    25 km from the pick-up area
  4. 3 Sons RV Park
    Campground · Yankton, South Dakota
    26 km from the pick-up area
  5. Campsite near Yankton
    Campground · Yankton, South Dakota
    28 km from the pick-up area
  6. South Shore Recreation Area
    Campground · Yankton, South Dakota
    28 km from the pick-up area

Nearest dump station and water

  1. Service point near Yankton
    RV dump station · Yankton, South DakotaWaste
    27 km from the pick-up area
  2. Water point near Yankton
    Water fill station · Yankton, South DakotaWater
    27 km from the pick-up area
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