Overview
About Legion Lake Lodge
Why stop
- Lakeside dining, cabins and watercraft rentals are together at one stop.
- The dining deck and indoor tables look over Legion Lake.
Heads up
- Some cabin layouts feel tight and have limited storage.
Map
Where it is
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Custer Tour Guide
Your drive to Legion Lake Lodge, 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.
See the Custer audio tourRecorded for this place
Legion Lake: A Short Walk and Lakeside Lunch“Legion Lake is coming up, a handy stop for a short walk and a meal beside the water. Choose the Lakeshore Trail from the fishing-dock lot for an easy circuit of about two-thirds of a mile, taking around half an hour.”
Plays as you drive up to Legion Lake Lodge in the Parkwolf Custer Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- Why Turtles Share a Sunny Log
- Badger Hole: The Poet’s Cabin
- The Dragonfly's Underwater Life
- The Vulture's Wobbly Glide
- 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 Legion Lake Lodge
Make it a lake stopLegion Lake Lodge is a resort area on the northwestern shore of Legion Lake, with cabins,…
Legion Lake Lodge is a resort area on the northwestern shore of Legion Lake, with cabins, Dockside Grill, an in-lodge shop and access to water activities. It works best as a meal break or simple overnight base: the draw is having the lake and its services together, not a long sightseeing visit.
Eat with the lake in viewDockside Grill has indoor dining behind broad, lake-facing windows and an outdoor deck.
Dockside Grill has indoor dining behind broad, lake-facing windows and an outdoor deck. It serves breakfast, lunch and dinner in season, with picnic takeout if you'd rather eat by the water. The restaurant is seasonal, so plan a summer meal here rather than counting on year-round service.
Get out on the waterYou can swim, fish or boat on the lake, and rent a canoe, kayak or stand-up paddleboard from…
You can swim, fish or boat on the lake, and rent a canoe, kayak or stand-up paddleboard from the lodge dock. Rentals are first-come, with lifejackets provided and staff available to help you board. The beach is a short walk from the cabins, making it easy to switch between the shore and the lodge.
Keep cabin expectations simpleThe cabins make a convenient base by the water, but some layouts feel tight and offer limited…
The cabins make a convenient base by the water, but some layouts feel tight and offer limited storage. I'd choose them for a straightforward stay close to the lake, not for lots of room to spread out. The shop inside the lodge carries gifts and apparel, and the state lists fishing licenses among its services.
A name with local rootsA local American Legion post leased this land in 1913, when the area was part of a game…
A local American Legion post leased this land in 1913, when the area was part of a game preserve in Custer State Forest. The lodge takes its name from that post. The current lodge was rebuilt in 2016.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Custer
993 sightingsBisonMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
91 sightingsWapitiMost seen around 6 AMSighting map
260 sightingsBighorn SheepMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
85 sightingsMountain GoatMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
259 sightingsBurroMost seen around 6 PMSighting map
711 sightingsPronghornMost seen around 6 AMSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Custer. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
