In the park’s quieter, more remote North Unit, Juniper Campground sees a fraction of the visitors that the South Unit’s Cottonwood Campground does, offering genuine solitude in equally dramatic badlands scenery. Sites offer vault toilets and potable water, no hookups, and the campground’s location puts you close to the North Unit’s scenic drive and the aptly named Oxbow Overlook, one of the most striking views in either unit of the park. Given the roughly 70-mile drive between the North and South Units, most visitors treat them as genuinely separate stops rather than a single day trip — this campground is worth the detour for anyone wanting to experience the quieter side of Theodore Roosevelt.