Boxcar Cove Dispersed Camping — Lake Mead National Recreation Area

If inconsiderate JA visitors would stop leaving therir trash behind, it would be a cool spot.

As of visit Feb 2022, the NPS seems to have posted a small no camping sign at the top of the main road by the hwy...easy to miss if you are used to this area for camping...like last year! Guess this is a day use area now and applies to both Crawdad cove and Boxcar cove dispersed areas. Bummer.

We came and camped here two weekends in a row. It's a great spot, however two rangers showed up and told us that any kind of camping is no longer allowed. There is a little sign at the beginning of the road that says no camping that we missed 🤦‍♀️

Great place even on a holiday weekend. This is one cove east of crawdad cove. A little longer off a wash board drive but much nicer area and easier access to the lake.

Free camping!! Horrible roads!!! Trash cans right when you pull in so that’s nice and a bathroom about half way down and if your at the water and. 10 minute drive to the bathroom. So overall a nice place to camp. Plenty of little areas to get some privacy or pull over and make it your spot! It’s dispersed so the choice is yours. Also today it was not packed a few cars down by the water so I can see this place filling up within the next few weeks all the way until the end of summer. It’s hot and it’s early April so make sure you pack plenty of water and food. Don’t forget your sunblock. If you have a 4x4 you can go explore a few other places that I’m sure are a bit more Private.

Oh I screen shotted my location, it shows we are in the water it’s actually desert and it’s the road down to the cove.

Close to Las Vegas remote but fairly popular area to camp and enjoy all the lake has to offer. Parts of this area used to be underwater when the lake was higher. There’s a well-kept vault toilet on the dirt road that leads to the water. The road was well graded and had no trouble taking our Corolla to our campsite. Lots of RVs, tent camping, fishing, kayakers and other small water craft. There seemed to be less coyote activity here than in the pay site campground on the other side of Las Vegas Bay.

The cove is nice and away from main road. The beach was a little crowded so we went about five minutes to the left and found several secluded coves and a nice small beach. Good place to camp and fish.

I’m surprised that not many people know about this place. You don’t need off road to get here but it’s recommended. Perfect for all water toys. I even caught a huge fish.

We just finished up a five day stay over Thanksgiving weekend. The weather was cold and rainy the first couple of days but warmed up afterwards to a beautiful finish.

The views are just gorgeous, camping is available right even down to the beach. We camped about 100 yards from the beach. Lots of camping spaces available, it is primitive camping. Most of the area is fairly flat. It is a bit Sandy so be careful but we didn’t have a problem getting our fifth wheel toy hauler down there. Keep in mind if you’re going to be operating ATVs of any type they do need to be street legal and insured. There are tons of trails that take you all over. Super fun riding and lots of great views.

If you’re a lightweight camper you can take any of those trails and find yourself a super remote place to camp. I wouldn’t recommend pulling a larger trailer on them though. I would stick to the main road and camping areas if you’ve got a trailer that’s anything more than a single axle.

Beautiful spot amazing views and cold clear water...such a relaxing place. Sprinter van made it in n out no issues.

I really hate to do a review of this spot as it will bring in more people here, but this spot is absolutely beautiful, we are right on the lake, kiddos are swimming every day all day, the 80° temperature is cooled by the lake breezes. We have been visited by coyotes, a great egret, roadrunners and numerous other crawling creatures. I'm glad I took the chance driving the 2.5 mile washboard road to reach this little section of paradise.