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Camp Sites 40 for 2 people $15 per extra people 8 Camp Sites Available Soaking & Private Road Access to Desert are both including in camping rates. Dogs are welcome on leash in the campgrounds. They are not allowed at the soaking pools. Soaking - $10 per person per visit Children under 12 and ALL US Military (former and active) w/ID - Soak Free Private Road Access to the Desert - $10 per vehicle per day You can call the office for further information or to make a reservation. Please let us know if you have any further questions. (541) 589-2282 or (541) 589-2123 If you prefer you can now make your reservations online.
$5 - $30 / night
Scout
This is a small but great camp site. Bathrooms present on site. Each spot has a great picnic table and grill. It is a rocky area so have a pad if tent camping.
LegendSyayed here on Oct 2. Paid $8 with senior pass. Nice campground. Level sites. Can accommodate all sorts of rigs, except big bus campers & long travel trailers. Trash service. Water. Clean vault toilets with tp. 2G T-Mobile service. Most sites are open with partial shade. No privacy between most sites. A few sites may accommodate hammock campers. Tent camping possible. Steens Mountain Loop Rd closed at the campground entrance.
Guide
First of all there is this weird moon sand alkali ash dirty shit everywhere. Shit gets in your socks lol so wear sandals or something.
Don’t tent camp at the first road at the entrance, it may be private from the river but at night all the way to 1am visitors are walking and talking up and down that road it kinda pissed me off but I probably chose a bad spot. Maybe just go a bit further up stream, yes it’s a great idea to camp further up stream so you don’t have to deal with visitors and shit who aren’t even spending the night.
Don’t forget to check out dinio junction for supplies and gossip.
AMAXING spot tho the night ski was crackling with white stars. It was windy during the day to keep the heat off and strangle not windy at all night. (Peaceful sleep if not for the guests talking ) And again fuckin windy in the morning lol.
Scout
The camp ground was great. It has the basic needs for most camper trailers. There are a few sites there with shore power but I didn’t see any water hook ups. There is water there if you need to fill up jugs, tanks or water bottles. There is a single flushing toilet that is available for overnighters as well as small store with food and drinks for sale. The staff was very nice and helpful. Be aware of the wind! Our first night in our teardrop was pretty rocky. Almost lost our awning because the gusts were at or above 60mph. We talked to the staff and they said to orient the trailer front towards the mountains. It seriously helped a lot. If you tent camp, I would recommend some sort of windscreen or just use your vehicle to block it somehow. Overall the scenery is majestic and is worth the drive out there. 10/10
Legend
We camped here in mid-September 2014. You can approach this BLM campground from either the Fields-Denio Road or from highway 95. Either way, you will be traveling on a graded gravel road for some distance through the immense Whitehorse Ranch.
There were no site numbers so you just pick a spot. We camped further away from the hot springs in case partiers decided to join us. Thankfully, no one did and we enjoyed the quiet and the amazing sunset and night skies.
There was one small vault toilet which was clean but no tp so that is why we bring our own.
There were two hot springs pools which were the perfect temperature.
Guide
You are in the dessert so don’t expect much. If you are camping here it’s because you plan to mine for opals. The bathrooms are good. Showers are nice and high psi! They have ice, ice cream and sodas for purchase as well as a small gift shop. The 30 amp pull through sites are really close the back-Ins are a bit more spread out. I can imagine this place is pretty tight if all sites are filled during their busy season but mid September it was comfortable. For RV drivers or trailer pullers beware the road is basically a washboard for the entire drive (appx 10 mi) so go slow. Gets windy in the eve as typical for high desert. Nearest gas and groceries is Denio Lakeview is about 100 mi away. Great owner and super friendly staff help at the mine. Super kid friendly my daughter and I had a blast.
LegendAs I saw mentioned earlier, this is not for everyone. The journey to get to Alvord was long. We traveled Hwy 20 from Bend to Burns, 205 to Fields, Fields-Denio Rd to Alvord. It was a long, very remote drive. The road from Fields is gravel, so be aware. Alvord is right off the playa. You do get an access code with your stay to be able to drive out there. We were warned to stay away if it rains. It turns to mud quickly and you will get stuck. The hotspring is pumped direct from the source. It's murky, unfiltered, unregulated bliss. There are two pools, so you have to get cozy with all the other soakers. The wind was cold and fierce when we stayed. I thought the trailer was going to tip over during the night. We met a many nice people and had fun conversations. Expensive for what it is, but certainly a memorable experience.
Scout
Choose tent wisely. A late night sandstorm came through and ripped our rainfly and tent was covered in sand. Had to sleep in car. I should have brought the smaller backpack tent. Beautiful place though. One night was enough.
Guide
This campsite is pretty minimalist, but absolutely beautiful. I was hoping to stay there but pulled in kind of late and the parking seemed full. There’s room for about two cars just above the campsite, as well as about three just over a tiny bridge. There were several tents set up on a meadow /flood plain of the river. In the morning I scoped it out and there were quite a few tents set up there, maybe 5? Kind of haphazardly placed with little space or privacy between them, making me think that there is no infrastructure of individual campsites.
Guide
Our trip was so amazing when we visited this camp site. We went opal mining and this campsites are right there at the entrance. It was so convent and beautiful. My favorite things about this spot.
GuideWe stayed here for 1 night during a long weekend escape to Steens. The campsites aren't very private as they sit amongst low sage bushes, and they're not particularly large; only enough space for 1 car and 1 tent. The facilities are clean. There are lots of great trailheads in the area. Other campers were quiet and respectful.
GuideTaking the 140 South, turn Right on Bogg Hot Road. Go about 5 miles on the dirt road. You have reached the hot springs on the left hand side. This HS is located in Nevada’s Northwest corner of the state. A large open area just in front of the HS for day use and camping. It is in the form of a creek with some rock dams to slow the water and make soaking spots. It seemed to be around 105, just an estimate. Waiting till it gets cooler to relax in it. Primitive camping next to a hot spring. I did see a couple fire pits in the open area for people spending the night. Quiet location, no road noise and your surround by desert. Flying insects during the day, mainly a couple different types of flies, including horse flies.
RangerThis is a fantastic place with huge views of the Pueblo mountains as well as the Black Rock and Pine Forest mountain ranges. Sunsets are amazing here. We have been here before this latest time. I was reluctant to review or ID the place because it is such an awesome place or it was anyway. The first time we came here in 2018 we had the place to ourselves for hours and then just one other couple showed up. This latest time there were 3 fifth wheels, 4 RV's, 3 trailers, various other tent and truck campers. It was super crowded. So i guess the word is out. It is on google and noted in various books.
One sad note was as we walked around there was a fair amount of trash and toilet paper. It was incredible how much human poop was just left on the ground in the surrounding desert. Total bummer. Bury your stuff!
This place is located a few miles off Hwy 140 near the Sheldon Wildlife Refuge. The hot water actually flows down a creek from the spring. People have used rocks to make various pools and courses. The water is obviously hotter closer to the source but the main pool is right around 98 to 95 degrees. The temps vary along the creek. The camping is dispersed and primitive with no amenities what so ever. Pack in and pack it out.
Ranger
On Thursday (10/12/23) I left home with the plan of driving to the Virgin Valley Hot Springs via 299/8A to see the Annular Solar Eclipse. I arrived at the state line a tad later than expected and followed a beautiful graded 'dyrt' road. The first camp I came across was Fish Spring. I saw some open spaces and figured things were going to get busy with the eclipse, so I grabbed a spot. Beautiful simplicity!!! No real defined spots, but several areas of access. Some pull-throughs were occupied by RVs, other spots had nothing but a car/tent combo. One vault toilet was very clean & well-stocked with paper. I could not find the spring or water spigot. There is a horse corral but looks to be in poor condition. A sign requests "pelletized feed only'. There were only a handful of fire rings and no picnic tables. This was my camp for 2 nights. The following day I drove the rough Mud Spring Canyon Rd to the Royal Peacock Mine & Virgin Valley, and on Saturday, witnessed the Annular Eclipse from here.
GuideTruly had the best time at virgin valley, only stayed one night sometime this past week and I’m so glad we did. ~2mi down a dirt road off of 140, you do not need ORV/4x4 just go slow and even a sedan will be fine. A lot of the sites are wide open but there are a few with tree cover &/or grass. We tented it and the weather was great, cold at night. The hot spring was warm (not hot) as others have said but it was still LOVELY. It’s great to find the warmer vent spots and just relax for a while. There are two running spring fed showers and drinking water by the spring. Also some pit/vault toilets scattered around the camping area- the one by our site was the CLEANEST pit toilet I’ve ever used in my life- dare I say it smelt good ! The only qualms I could see for some is there is zero service for AT&T (a pro for us but a con for some) and if it was seriously hot there isn’t much space/shade to escape the heat.
Will also end this with the only downside to our visit which was that we were woken up at 6am to a family of ~6 with 3 little kids SCREAMING in the hot spring. They had absolutely zero social awareness that there were clearly 8+ groups asleep and were yelling their conversations before sunrise. Unsure if it’s common for others passing by to visit just for a dip (and be as loud as these guys were) or if this was an anomaly but it certainly made for an early morning & a quick move-on.
Scout
Chalk one up for private enterprise: The Alvord Ranch (which also owns the Alvord Hot Springs) is charging $60/night to camp at Pike Creek with no amenities other than open-air vault toilets (be sure to bring your own toilet paper!) I like the idea of paying for a campsite on private land to show the owners that there is intrinsic value in land in its natural state and that you can make money off your land without exploiting it. However, this land owner is trying to have it both ways, because the cows are not fenced out of the campground land (there was cow manure in our campsite.) Also, if you are going to charge for camping, you need to do some work on the land to make it into a campground and maintain it, such as: make it clear where the campsites are (there are no signs or markers), block off unnecessary side roads causing devegetation and erosion, make it clear where day-use hikers should park (they parked in our campsite), fix the road (2WD low clearance vehicles would have difficulty), provide level areas for tents (I saw only 2 places), provide picnic tables (there are none), and pick up litter (there was used toilet paper in our campsite.) The camping fee includes access to the hotspring, but when we drove there, both pools were totally full of people so we didn’t go in. We would rather have the option of paying less just for the campsite, or else let us reserve a time to use the hotspring and set a reasonable limit on the number of people in the pools at one time. The camping fee also includes access to the Indian Creek Canyon trail, but hiking the Pike Creek trail takes all day so we didn’t have time for another hike. The camping fee also includes the use of their private road to the playa, but you can drive onto it for free at Frog Springs just down the road, which is where we camped the night before. The gate to the campground is supposed to be locked, but both times we drove up, the lock was open. There are 2 locks on the chain and they only give you the combination to one of them, so whoever is using the other lock could accidentally lock you in or out. The Pike Creek trail is great and we enjoyed listening to the creek gurgling, the crickets singing, and the coyotes howling.
GuideWe tend to seek out primitive, dispersed campsites and this was certainly that. It was much different than I was expecting but it grew on me. It’s more of a hot, shallow creek with some deeper sections. We all got in and the kids had a great time. We only spent one night, as it was on our way to the next destination and I can say it’s not a place I would recommend as a special trip unless you live fairly close. Maybe that’s because there were more people camping than I was expecting and there were a lot of ATVs and dirt bikes cruising past our campsite. I tend to think of hot springs as quiet and relaxing and this was not the vibe while we were there. Glad I saw it though and we had a nice time. We were on a spring break trip in March and woke up to a dusting of snow, which made the view even more spectacular.
TravelerGreat little gem. Just off the highway it made for a quick overnight stay on our road trip with the bonus of a hot spring river. The area was very desolate. But had a beautiful hot spring river right next to your camp spot. Slow moving river so it wasn’t had to sit in but still very clean. Great with my young kids.
GuideWell groomed dirt/gravel roads and many pullout/sites to choose from. Sites are pretty spread out and we only saw one other person out here. A local recommended we not go in the hot springs due to lots of biting bugs though
GuideStayed 3 nights just off the parking area. The ground was a powdery dirt off the parking area and was everywhere. The hot springs were good in the morning and after 6 in the evening(water temp upper 80’s lower 90’s). Anytime in between they were too hot between 100-120 degrees. Won’t camp there again, made me nervous when people pulled up after 10 at night . I understand everyone has a right to. My dog found used toilet paper with feces dried on it, saw a lot of used toilet paper around. If checking out the hot springs or camping in the parking lot for one night it is a good place.
TravelerCamped here on my way west. It was 100 degrees when I arrived. But after sunset the hot spring felt amazing. If stargazing is your thing, it doesn’t get much more dark sky than here.
Legend
Very primitive. Far from the main road. You definitely need a 4-wheel, high clearance vehicle for this. And we saw a rattlesnake in the middle of the road.
ScoutI drive a lifted 4wd and have years of experience driving in all sorts of conditions. I started out on this road to Onion Valley after a moderate rain storm and wished I hadn’t. Less then half way in, there is a shelf road that winds around a mountain next to a valley. The mud was so slick and heavy that the back end of my truck was literally sliding to the valley side of the road. Scary as hell. Moving in the lowest drive gear, creeping along, I steered into the slide and worked my way out. Use caution on this route. Do Not Drive When Wet!!
GuideThe drive-in was stunning with the small ponds, swimming ducks, and hopping rabbits in the forefront of a fading autumn sun.
The cost per night is FREE! Along with a “hot” spring! The water was probably in the mid 90’s but it was freezing outside in October. The shower was fed from the spring so had a nice temp but obviously very low water pressure.
No grey water dump but the water fill was very good, one of the best tasting waters out there!
TravelerThis is a simple campground...spaces laid out across the desert, pit toilets and a water spigot. The warm springs are awesome... a large pool with 90 degree water, and a bathhouse with two continuous flow springwater showers. Remember to take your trash with you.
GuideStayed here one night while travelling through. Nice hot springs pool, and shower facility. Most sites are primitive only, no fee, firepit and picnic table.
GuideAn absolutely gorgeous place to camp, and an even more beautiful drive in. The road is easy on any car in the summer months, and is well maintained. There are scenic ponds throughout the drive to this particular campground and many other campgrounds past this site too. While we didn’t partake in the hot springs on this trip, many visitors did and it looked clean and inviting. The bathrooms were also very well maintained. The pond at this site has a handicapped accessible ramp to the small dock, and there looks to be fishing available there (though, with restrictions). There were some small trails to walk around and explore, and beautiful sunsets to experience.
The only downside was the lack of privacy, that I think is expected in this environment but worth noting. There are a good number of spots but no trees/space in between them. Wasn’t a deal breaker for us as we are van campers anyways, but something to keep in mind!
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