This site is open just for the Rally. It has loads of clean showers and well constructed buildings. Shade Valley is staffed by friendly, happy people who want you to enjoy your stay.
Offering a bar and a saloon with nightly bands, as well as having it's own store you could live on site for the week. The meals are well priced and filling, but Sturgis is not the ideal place for veggies.
The camping sites are flat and shaded, and the soil is easy to hammer pegs into. We had one storm during our stay.
Da Bus runs hourly from here, driven by Adrian. This is an absolute boon, as you get to party into town. It'll take you about half an hour to get to town, but it is fun all the way.
Remember it is bike week, so go with an open mind and a tolerance for loud bikes and people, as well as some nudity and spontaneous behaviour.
In the whole time we were in Sturgis we never had a scary or intimidating moment. These are good people. more