Texas Springs Campground — Death Valley National Park

All of the campgrounds in the valley are glorified parking lots, some more obviously than others. Texas Springs holds our favorite distinction, “No generators allowed!” This alone makes it worth the short drive up the hill, but it’s also got a little bit more charm than the open acres down the hill. The open sky makes it the perfect place to rely on your solar power as there are no electrical hookups here.  Within walking distance of the Visitors Center, the hotel, grocery store, gas station and restaurants, all contained in the Ranch at Death Valley, it’s a great base camp for your park adventures. 

The simple bathrooms have flush toilets and hand washing sinks, great dishwashing sinks with good tasting potable water are just outside of the bathrooms. The sites are stacked pretty tightly together, so there’s not a lot of privacy and there is zero, I mean zero, shade. All of the palm trees are down at the resort, but the scenery is all mudstone, sand and gravel, and it is lovely.  Climb up the hill a short way and you can see clear across Badwater Basin and Panamint Mountains to the west. Sunrise is as lovely as sunset. 

This is Death Valley afterall, so come prepared to set up a canopy but be careful of wind- we saw many shade structures destroyed and discarded in the dumpsters. Mobile service was pretty spotty, we had Verizon which seemed to have a good signal in the morning until more people woke up and then everything slowed down. Service throughout the park was pretty spotty. Showers (and use of the pool) and wifi are available at the Ranch for an hourly or daily fee. 

Biking, hiking and even golf are just a few of the activities available nearby, but pay attention to Park warnings about heat. Pets are not allowed on any of the trails and only allowed to be walked on roadways, because of the hot conditions found on some of the trails. We visited in February/March and found some of the canyons pretty uncomfortable, even that early in the spring.

Hard pack ground gravel for a tent at the top loop. Close spaces 16$ a nite most amenities except shower and wifi. Quiet

I moved here after camping outside the park to get away from high winds and found a sheltered site. Cost is $16 pay at kiosk with card or nearby furnace creek visitors center. Water, flush toilet, and dumpster. Sites are fairly close together but I had plenty of room bc this campground was much less crowded than nearby furnace creek. Easily accessible in any vehicle. Enjoyed my stay - friendly camp host. Showers can be purchased for $5 30 min away at stovepipe wells hotel or right down the hill at TheRanch for a steep $14 which also gets you into their swank pool. Gas is nearby. I ended up going into Pahrump Nevada 1 hr away for laundry, cheap gas, tractor supply propane refill, groceries and an oil change. Nice camp host. This was my favorite camp out of the 4 I stayed at during my time in Death Valley.