Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch
Jackie F.The Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2022

Expected more for the cost

Our stay was fine. No serious complaints but I will point out some things that don’t seem to align with the “resort” ambiance you pay for here.

First I was not expected to be nickeled and dimed. Bread in the campstore was $6+ dollars - if it were good bread maybe. But it was Wonderbread.

The breakfast provided is an amazing concept but the delivery is sub par. The food was gross. They don’t have any real syrup for the “all you can eat pancakes” for $3.50 and they basically give you Karo syrup. Biscuits were hard and the small yogurt cup was $6+.

After all that I look at my bill and see a pet fee per night on top of the resort fee per night. I get this is a tourist trap area, but come on y’all, let’s keep things classy.

The young foreign staff working at the restaurants and eateries are confused, annoyed, and rude.

The WiFi is awful. Just awful. You will never connect to it. We didn’t once and I have a king antenna repeater installed in our rig. And I get it if you’re saying to yourself right now, “it’s camping, lady! Disconnect and enjoy nature” but the problem is we’re full time, I work remotely, and I depend on WiFi for my job and income. Without reliable internet I cannot stay at a campsite. This works sometimes if there’s good cell signal but here at this KOA there’s NOTHING. If there’s no cell signal on the campground then you MUST put effort into making your WiFi better across the whole campground. I do not have an option to stand in the gift shop or campstore to take video calls with my CEO. That’s not going to work.

And lastly the shower curtains in the bathhouses were full of mold. Shower curtains are like one dollar. Change them out!

My biggest pet peeve is that they don’t have recycling. Especially with the campstore being full of cases with single use plastic drinks. They don’t recycle! How is this even possible in 2022?

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  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
  • Review photo of Mount Rushmore KOA at Palmer Gulch by Jackie F., August 15, 2022
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