Red Cloud Campground

Your budget-friendly Pine Ridge hideaway just minutes from Chadron State Park! Nestled beneath a canopy of Ponderosa pines and hardwoods in the Nebraska National Forest, Red Cloud Campground offers a quiet, affordable basecamp in northwestern Nebraska. Located just eight miles south of Chadron right off Highway 385, this 13-site forest retreat features well-vegetated, private campsite footprints with groomed grass understories. Whether you are pitching a tent beneath mature trees, taking the kids to the on-site playground, or launching day trips into the Pine Ridge trail system and Oglala National Grassland, Red Cloud delivers a convenient, low-cost alternative to busier state park loops.