North Dakota State Parks · North Dakota
Rough Rider State Park
North Dakota State Parks · North Dakota, United States
- Group sites
- Yes
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 2,270 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- AT&T weak · T-Mobile good · Verizon good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Medora
- Address
- 1465 36th St
- Phone
- (701) 623-2024
65 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Rough Rider State Park is a North Dakota State Park campground near Medora, Billings County, in the North Dakota Badlands, offering modern, primitive and equestrian camping (66 horse corrals) along the Maah Daah Hey Trail; Modern/Primitive/Equestrian price tiers are published, but no numeric site count is published by either NDPRD or its reservation vendor.
Fees
North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department (reservendparks.com) publishes the same three campsite rate bands verbatim on every park's own page (a real, confirmed statewide schedule, not a per-park guess): Primitive campsites $15/night; Modern/Standard campsites $25-30/night; Premium campsites (electricity, water & sewer) $30-35/night - group-site variants at the same band, charged per unit. A non-refundable reservation fee applies per its own /faq page: $5.80 online or in-person, $9.00 by phone. A separate statewide vehicle entrance permit is required for all vehicles entering a state park: $7/day; $35/year (single vehicle); $61.25/year (family, 2 vehicles same household); $28/year (ND-resident senior 65+); free lifetime annual pass (disabled veterans/POWs with 50%+ disability); $28/year (other ND veterans with a service-connected disability). Campsites may be booked 95 days in advance; check-in 4:00 pm, check-out 3:00 pm; stays limited to 14 nights in any 30-day period. Pets are welcome but must stay on a leash. Most parks have off-leash areas or dog parks for your four-legged friends. (This exact sentence is published live on this park's own reservation-FAQ page.)
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 13° | -21° | 49° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 31° | 11° | -28° | 57° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 43° | 25° | -11° | 69° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 52° | 33° | 9° | 83° | 9 of 11 |
| May | 67° | 46° | 33° | 84° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 77° | 57° | 47° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 87° | 64° | 53° | 106° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 62° | 49° | 103° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 75° | 54° | 37° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 58° | 40° | 21° | 79° | 5 of 10 |
| November | 46° | 29° | -5° | 66° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 18° | -22° | 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.
Nearby campgrounds
- Cottonwood Campground (ND) · National Park Service · 4 mi · 72 sites
- Cottonwood Group Site (ND) · National Park Service · 4 mi · 1 sites
- Buffalo Gap Campground (ND) · USDA Forest Service · 8 mi · 36 sites
- Roundup Group Horse Camp · National Park Service · 8 mi · 1 sites
- Coal Creek Mdh Ii · USDA Forest Service · 8 mi
All public campgrounds in North Dakota · Every state and province · Facts read from the operator 2026-08-24. Confirm fees, rules and current status with the operator before you go.