Chimney Rock Pioneer Crossing - Bayard

This is a lovely, small and very clean RV park with spacious sites. Chimney Rock is about a mile away and the RV park has the best views of this landmark especially sunrise is gorgeous and also when the moon sets next to illuminated Chimney Rock at night. The owner lives nearby, takes care of anything and is very helpful. We stayed two weeks and absolutely enjoyed our time there. Can highly recommend this place and will definitely come back if we are in the area again.

A gem to find during our time visiting chimney rock. What a treat to get a tasty lunch with a view. Lots of options for those that are gluten-sensitive and also vegetarian. The iced coffee was strong and ice cream so very tempting. Very clean establishment and there were lots of well thought out gifts to bring back as presents.

We actually camped here at the campground attached to this nice spot. The people are very friendly and helpful. If you are looking for a place to eat or a place to camp for the night you will have a great time. The view of the the monument as you wake up in the morning is breath taking.

The Chimney Rock Pioneer Crossing campground was my last stop prior to arriving at America 's Mailbox in Box Elder, S.D., for residency purposes. I had reserved and paid for a full weeks ' stay, but somehow (my bad) scheduled my stop for eight nights. Needless to say, I was chomping at the bit to get on the road by the end of the stay.First, let me say that the Owners are extremely nice people and work hard at keeping the area nice. But i 'm reviewing the overall experience, which was dismal and disruptive. I had been assigned to space #11 per my reservation. It was only hours after getting setup in the space that I had to request being moved! There are now a number of long-term campers at the location. Good for revenue stream, but maybe not for normal campers.The family in the space next to me had twin children who chaos on steroids... non-stop fighting and screaming, with non-parenting, parents! They also had two ankle-biters which they kept outside, that barked at anything and everything. Then add the fact that the husband was remodeling the back-half of his camper. The noise of power tools, hammers, nail-guns.. you get the idea by now. I was on the phone with my VA medical providers, attempting to schedule appointments, and had to tell them that I would call back due to the noise level.So, I had to move to another space, which helped somewhat with the noise, but did not eliminate it. No on to the subject of the Technology Desert.. I could get one network TV channel, along with the PBS channels. There is NO Wi-Fi in the park, my T-mobile cell signal was non-existent, but was able to roam with their partner provider, Viaero Wireless which was all but worthless, 2g signal; too slow to even access email.Back to the Noise.. there are train tracks just a few hundred yards from the park, and there are about a dozen, very long, and load (air horns) coal trains that go up and down the tracks, every day, and night. Most people don 't sleep through air-horns in the middle of the night.The camper sites were not terrible, but one reviewer mentioned how roomy the sites were? Not sure what she was accustomed to, but I measured 12 ' between my neighbor 's hookups, and the side of my camper. And the hookups are in the middle of the site, rather than the rear, which places the sewer drain at your picnic table. (see photos)I did go to the Scott 's Bluff National Monument Park on one day which was very nice, and the camper 's have a great view of the Chimney Rock monument. So, this park would be OK for a quick night or two, but not longer. For me personally, I just did not find it comfortable at all. I 'm still learning what aspects to consider when scheduling my stops.

Seemed like a nice spot to stop and take some pictures. Gift shop was not open yet but gate was open. Was stopped and informed it was private property and basically asked to leave. So we did and will never go back. I'll spend my hard earned money somewhere else.