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Cabins at Palisades State Park

South Dakota State Parks · South Dakota, United States

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Units
2
Sleeps
5–12 per unit
Bedrooms
4, stated for 1 of 2 units
Heated
1 of 2
Kitchen
1 of 2
Private bath
1 of 2
Electricity
1 of 2
Season
Year-round
Drinking water
No
Elevation
1,463 ft
Dark sky
Bortle class 4
Nearest town
Garretson
Address
48422 256th Street Garretson, SD 57030
Phone
605.773.6245

About each unit

Camping Cabins · sleeps 5

Palisades State Park's Camping Cabins are simple one-room, log-style cabins sleeping four to five people, furnished with a set of bunk beds, a double bed, and a table with benches. Electricity, heat, and air conditioning are provided, but there's no running water, bathroom, or kitchen inside - bring your own water container, sleeping bag or bedding, cooking gear, a cooler, toiletries, and a flashlight. Outside, each cabin has a fire grate, picnic table, and a covered porch. Some cabins are pet-designated (with an added pet fee); others don't allow pets at all, so ask when booking if you're bringing a dog or cat. Some are also wheelchair-accessible, with an accessible picnic table, porch ramp, and wide doorway - ask when booking if that matters for your stay. Palisades State Park has 10 of these cabins.

Group Lodge · sleeps 12

Palisades' Group Lodge is a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house sleeping up to 12, with a full kitchen, a dining area, and a relaxation room, plus a deck overlooking the park's creek and rock formations. No pets are allowed inside (service animals are permitted with notice). A separate converted-garage event shelter ($50/night, up to 60 people) sits nearby but is a different, day-use-only rental, not part of this lodge.

Each unit

UnitSleepsBedroomsKitchenBathHeatPowerAccessiblePets
Camping Cabins5––✓✓
Group Lodge124✓✓–

Weather, month by month

MonthTypical highTypical lowColdest nightHottest dayYears with a night below 32°F
January26°7°-21°53°11 of 11
February31°12°-23°62°11 of 11
March43°26°-10°71°11 of 11
April58°34°13°82°10 of 11
May69°50°33°86°0 of 11
June82°61°45°95°0 of 11
July84°65°53°96°0 of 11
August80°63°53°92°0 of 11
September79°59°41°90°0 of 11
October61°41°22°80°3 of 10
November46°30°5°69°7 of 10
December32°19°-18°57°10 of 10

Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.

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