Bismarck KOA

We stayed one night only. The staff was friendly. The store was barely stocked and not very clean. The refrigeration unit that normally has product for sale had very little but did have some food with a assign over it reading «for employees only.»
This KOA Kampground was once awarded a presidential award from KOA and although pretty clean seems to have seen better days. There does also seem to be some need for repairs and maintenance of some amenities.
Long term campers clearly exist and although that alone is not a problem, unkempt sites strewn with random stuff is and detracts from the comfort of guests and overall experience.
One long termed drove through the campsite around 7:00 pm with music blaring and with no regard for who was there. At the least it was uncomfortable. This experience, the poorly stocked and dusty store, and the junkyard looking long term camp sites are three reasons this KOA received three stars.
We paid $ 43 for our full hookup. This KOA is definitely not worth that rate on any measure, except that it may be one of the better or only in the area. Still, I don’t think I would stay there again.

The only reason I’m giving this campground three stars instead of four is because it was so loud. We were in a tent, and I believe the tent sites are slightly closer to the busy road nearby than the RV sites (plus in a tent you have no insulation from sound, of course) and that road sure kept me up. So did the guy pitching his tent at midnight, and just other people around making noise… people on motorcycles leaving their sites early… oh man. I was not a happy camper.
Other than that, the site itself was nice, plenty of trees and a garbage can at the site, which was nice. We were a little confused about which water was potable but eventually decided that if it didn’t say it was dangerous to drink (which one spigot did) then it was safe. There is a nice double sink outside the laundry room for washing dishes, and there was even dish soap and a sponge sitting there! Overall, it had everything we needed. Next time I would just bring ear plugs.

This Kampground is open now in December. We are here tonight. They have full hookups (water frozen tonight) and laundry and showers. They also sell propane here to refill before moving on.
Great staff and well worth the visit.

This is a very nice place to stay!!! They close 15 OCT due to winter. A nice little store on site and very close to the major city. Easy to find right off the highway… pull throughs/​back ins-propane…a nice place to stay…