Overview
About Calvin Coolidge Group Area
Why stop
- Five electric gravel sites share a powered shelter and central fire ring.
Heads up
- Group reservations are handled by phone, not online.
The group area is seasonal, listed open from May 15 through September 30. Reservations are handled by phone rather than online; call 1-800-710-2267. You can book up to a year ahead, which is useful when coordinating a group.
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Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Custer Tour Guide
Your drive to Calvin Coolidge Group Area, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Custer State Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this area
Custer Visitor Center: A Useful Pause“Custer State Park Visitor Center is coming up near the Wildlife Loop junction.”
Plays on the road 0.2 mi from Calvin Coolidge Group Area in the Parkwolf Custer Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 82 audio storiesacross Custer’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Bison, Wapiti, Bighorn Sheep, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 40 trails, 49 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“We recently toured Badlands, Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore and more! We learned so much from this app as we toured each of these sites. The audio tours are worth the money.”
Guide
More about Calvin Coolidge Group Area
Camp togetherCalvin Coolidge Group Area is a reservable group campground beside the junction of US 16A and…
Calvin Coolidge Group Area is a reservable group campground beside the junction of US 16A and Wildlife Loop Road, next to but separate from Game Lodge Campground. Its five gravel sites have 30/50-amp electricity, and the area can accommodate up to 40 people. It suits a group that wants to camp together rather than travelers looking for an individual campsite.
What the group sharesA powered picnic shelter, picnic tables and one central fire ring give everyone a place to…
A powered picnic shelter, picnic tables and one central fire ring give everyone a place to gather. Potable water and vault toilets are available at the group area. Flush toilets and showers are at the neighboring Game Lodge Campground, a separate facility.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Custer
993 sightingsBisonMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
91 sightingsWapitiMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
258 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
85 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
256 sightingsBurroMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
707 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Custer. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
