Visiting Custer State Park

Custer State Park offers a unique state park opportunity. Please protect your park so it is enjoyable for everyone. All natural and cultural resources are protected. Picking up antlers, rocks or artifacts, collecting plants, feeding or disturbing wildlife is prohibited.

While enjoying the park's lakes, ponds and streams visitors are asked not to jump or dive from bridges, rocks or cliffs.

The maximum speed limit in the park is 35 mph. Conservation officers and park rangers enforce the park’s laws and regulations.

Guests are asked to leash pets and they need to be on a leash that is no longer than 10 feet in length. Pets are not allowed in any park buildings or on designated swimming beaches. Guests are asked not to leave pets unattended.

In Custer State Park warm days and cool nights are common in the summer, but July and August are typically hot. Moderate temperatures usually prevail in the winter months with some below zero temperatures. Afternoon thunderstorms in the summer may bring lightning, hail, strong winds and heavy rains. Snow may fall as early as September and may last until mid-May.

Bison are the park’s biggest attraction but remember these animals are dangerous, so please give them plenty of space. While hiking, biking or horseback riding in Custer State Park visitors should be aware of prairie rattlesnakes, ticks and poison ivy. Campers and hikers should never drink water from lakes, streams or springs in Custer State Park.

While photographing wildlife and scenery, please pull off the roadways and be aware of what is going on around you at all times.

Cell phone reception is spotty throughout the park.

Rock climbing is allowed in Custer State Park. The park encourages visitors to only rock climb under the supervision of trained instructors.