Best Dog-Friendly Camping near Tecopa, CA

This is a co-op park owned by Escapees and Escapees members. You must belong to Escapees RV club to use any of their services.

Escapees members can stay here if you're just passing through even if you aren't part of the co-op, but sites are usually occupied by members in winter months. Full hookup sites are $30/night, boondock sites are $10/night, first night is free, and you can use the dump for free if you stay 7 nights.

They have nice single unit non-gendered restroom/showers.

Propane on site is $2.75/gal (so cheap compared to what prices are now), but they only fill on Wednesdays.

We only stopped in to use their dump, which is $10, and you must be an Escapees Member even just for that.

Nice staff and nice basic dusty desert RV park. There's a really nice big dog park with lots of agility set ups, and an area set aside to wash your RV. Garbage dumpsters throughout, didn't see any recycling.

I am giving it low rating because the manager is a liar. She said my cat will be allowed outside but on the day of signing the lease and moving in, she wrote down on the lease that the cat is not permitted outside of the RV. Of course, I refused to move in. She waisted my time and money. There are few spaces that are shaded and these are taken, the rest are treeless. The spaces are small. No swimming pool. I was told the Wifi is sketchy. The neighborhood is also sketchy.

This place is awesome! The pools are relaxing, tranquil, and rejuvenating. Excellent hiking and you must rent the RAD POWER bicycles. You have an option to rent a private pool for 10 bucks though the main baths are excellent. Ryan Thomas runs the place with a team of docents/volunteers who live on site. Many options to suit any traveler and in November we went to Tecopa Takeover, a lovely music fest!

Two nights tent camping. 35$ a nite but considering it has everything a KOA has and is in California near a national park that's a pretty good price (KOA in Bakersfield charges upwards of 80 a nite for way less for example) (we didnt realize theres free blm dispersed camping right down the road, whoops). Wifi is good, grass is great for a tent, mostly rvers tho for sure. Warm water pool is excellent. Pupfish are cute. Walking distance to crowbar cafe and the extremely overpriced gas station (it's worth it to drive to pahrump nv to buy gas food cigs beer etc). Quick drive over to tecopa where we spent most of our time (recommend the free hot springs, food from kit fox cafe, beer from death valley brewery, hikes and food at the China ranch date farm and talking to all the weirdos that live in or frequent the area). Also highly recommend ripping up to death valley junction to take a tour of the spooky beautiful Amargosa Opera House. At the campground small little annoying rules about locking the bathroom, shower in men's room doesn't lock, but overall a good quiet, safe spot, would def come again if needing all the amenities. No fire rings at site, one group fire pit by library .

Ash Meadows is a treasure and though no camping is within the actual preserve, BLM land surrounds the place and plenty of spaces to camp and explore. There is a concrete slab near this site that is perfect for a campervan like ours. Was level with no breaks. No fire ring or remnants or an old one and we were hesitant to light one with the dry season here. The road to Longstreet cabin is rough, rough, rough. Go slow and the car will be alright even if not 4X4, you'll be glad you did. The trails are almost all raised wood to protect the area. Easy hike, wheelchair friendly (very wide paths). Tecopa is nearby as well as amargosa with the most lovable opera house in the USA. Lots of little critters around and some coyotes heard howling at night. A great campsite for the hardcore camping enthusiast

This is a great place to dig for white opals! I come here several times a year to dig for opals and search for other rock, there is a ton of chalcedony in this area which I like. The dirt roads are okay but not great as far as how rough they are, but you don't have to have a 4x4 so that's good. There's quite a few spots and they are spaced far apart, I've seen a wide range of camping setups, I tent camp so I tend to look for dry creak beds, this area is pretty rocky so air mattresses are your friend.

In the deeper areas of old river beds the hills will be 15-30ft tall, look for a dark green/gray line and when you find whites spots that's where the opals are, you can chip away and find decent sized veins of white opal. When you get them wet you will see blue, red, green and yellow amongst other colors.

This is dispersed camping so there are no amenities to speak of, but there is a small town of Tecopa near by with a few small places to eat. There are also hot springs in this area follow the signs they are everywhere, be forewarned that foreigners come into this area as well and tend to go into the hot springs nude. There is another camp close to the hot springs that has amenities if that's what you like.

So, this park uses two names it appears.  Shoshone RV Park and Shoshone Village Campground.  It has 35 RV sites, some with 30 and 50 Amp service, along with water and sewer, 7 tent sites, and 2 group sites for tents.  There was a bustle of activity in the park when we arrived, as a tree service was doing a major pruning job on all of the cedar trees.  Although we chose a tucked away site, further away from the road when we booked online, we were reassigned a more 'cozy' site near the road because the tree guys were trimming the trees on the site we had chosen.  A bit of a disappointment, but what are you going to do.  

I think I signed about 6 pages of receipts and affidavits that I understood all of the rules for the park which included:  "No nude bathing or topless".  while using their warm springs swimming pool.  We didn't use the pool, so I can't comment further on that amenity.

We did use the laundry room.  It has 2 washers and 2 dryers.  It looked like it had not been swept in a while.

They give you a key when you arrive that opens all of the park's facilities.  

There is a great pizza cafe and brewer just a few miles south in Tecopa that I can recommend.  There is also a small convenience store/gift store in Shoshone Village that sells gas and fuel.  The price for a gallon of #2 Diesel was $6.09.9.  The store also had a couple of boxes of DEF on the shelf.  We didn't try the sole cafe in Shoshone, the Crossbar.

I might camp here again, but probably not for more than 1 or 2 nights.

We spent a month at this lovely campground. The amenities are awesome with a small lake in the middle of the park. Our dog loved walking around the lake and spending time in the dog run. There's a cafe in the casino with daily specials. The convenience store and gas station on site are a plus as well. The sites are all FHU concrete pads with gravel parking. Very level sites that give you more yard than most campgrounds. The wifi is slow so bring a hotspot of your own for speed.. Seeing a hot air balloon pass over the campground on a sunny morning is a sight to behold. So much to do in a town only 40 miles from Las Vegas. Will stay here again if in the area.

Nicely paved roads, nicely well-kept grounds, Charming guest pleasant workers, nice big pool dog walking areas, Full hook ups, laundry room long spots to pull any Rig in to. This place is absolutely beautiful and the charming little place for sure to stay in and reasonable prices as well

So we went looking for this place and wound up finding boondock central. Miles and miles of BLM land and lovely place to explore. We spent 3 nights total and will focus on the must sees. Late Night Trail head is a must see. There is a reason it is called Late Night and the views are well worth the evening hike (very easy hike, ensure you have the proper lighting). There are also several other trails to explore and this site is outside of the actual canyon so no fees at all. The bathroom is super clean, and there are tables here. The blue diamond trail will take you into a waiting little town of blue diamond. Just beyond that is Bonnie springs. Bonnie Springs does not welcome ANY dogs so we just passed on by. Like the twilight zone, we don't go places that don't like dogs.

Gravel roads when you enter into this RV park as well as gravel spots, full hook ups, showers and bathrooms, a nice little grass area with barbecue grill and picnic tables nice little dog area nearby a lot of dust however it has everything you could need not to mention you’re very close to death Valley so it’s a great little RV park nearby to Death Valley without being in the heart of death Valley overall a well kept little RV park for a day or two

We love camping at Mount Charleston in the summer! It provides the perfect break from the Vegas heat! McWilliams campground was renovated in 2015 featuring paved parking areas at each campsite. Bathrooms are modern but no showers. Lots of hiking available! We had a very small herd of wild mustangs go through our site! Very cool! Campsites fill up fast!! It can feel crowded. Best to reserve your site in advance www.reserveamerica.com. Campground is dog friendly! There are no RV hook-ups and no dump site.

Not sure even where to begin with this place it has so much to offer once you pull in you see a tropical vibe with amazing RV spots private little shade areas trash cans everywhere, tables at each spot, full hook ups, you can get higher end RV spots with tables and a lot more high-end stuff it has a lot going on like private grills you can get there’s a lot going on for the higher end areas and you also get a lot with just your overnighters but really this RV park has it going on it’s a resort for sure. The pool is so tropical it has a lovely waterfall going into the pool nice hot tub, go inside of the bar and restaurant and enjoy game of bowling, nice gym, gift shop, ice cream for sale in the front, mini golf in the back, literally anything you can think of this place has it going on and it’s absolutely amazing here the staff is awesome, they have appropriate parking when you come to check in so you’re not trying to find a place to park nice pool and sites, get your reservation and then go to your location, they have people driving around maintaining the park at all times. Overall this is an exquisite park close to death Valley, close to area 51, close to Beatty Nevada, not much else you would need from an RV park because they have it all!! For all his dog lovers they have an amazing dog run for your animals and they have bathrooms with shower rinse off at the pool in case you needed to rinse off before going back to your RV also they have event nights going on so check out

Spent the weekend at Fletcher View campground at Mount Charleston just 45 minutes north of Las Vegas. This small camp ground has only 10 sights with at least two offering double capacity space. All sites have electric and are pretty spacious. Each sight had a charcoal grill and fire pit (although the mountain was under red flag fire alert so we were not able to use either — propane BBQs were allowed). We did experience some road noise but not bad. These sites, even with half offered as first come first served, are hard to get. This campground is the only one on the mountain that offers electricity all the rest are dry. It is highly recommended to reserve sites in advance on recreation.gov. The campground is also dog friendly! The Camp Hosts were very friendly and available! The sites were all very clean. This is our absolute favorite camp ground on the mountain.

After a near disastrous attempt at finding a spot in the Champion Rd area (thought we would get stuck on that road) we came back down the hill and found this nice spot that was very easy to get to in our 26ft class c.

Even though we weren't at very high elevation, the weather was still cooler than Vegas, which was nice.

Cell reception was very, very weak.  The Verizon phone had a glimmer of an LTE signal with the cell booster, but the ATT phone had nothing other than a couple of texts popping up on a hike.

Our favorite part about this spot was all the hiking trails within walking distance.  Right across the highway is the Sawmill Trailhead which is where 4 different trails start, varying lengths so you can choose your difficulty.  Lots of horses use these trails as well so keep your dogs on leash.  The trailhead also has garbage bins and toilets in the day use area which was very convenient.