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Best Tent Camping near Great Basin National Park

241 Reviews

Great Basin National Park is home to ancient pine groves and some of the best camping in the state. Located in Nevada near the Utah border, you'll be able to see bighorn sheep and explore the Snake Mountains. Baker, NV, is only a few miles away and offers plenty of supplies for campers and RVs. Choose a campsite near Lehman Caves and spend the day exploring the limestone caverns. Campgrounds near the pine forests are ideal for exploring the park and viewing wildlife, or you can find a spot on the river for a day of fishing. Camping near Great Basin National Park will give you a chance to study the brilliant night sky away from city lights.

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Best Tent Sites Near Great Basin National Park (12)

    1. Grey Cliffs Campground — Great Basin National Park

    8 Reviews
    Baker, NV
    2 miles
    Website
    +1 (775) 234-7500

    $20 - $30 / night

    "While Grey Cliffs campground didn't impress me as much as the other campgrounds as it was more open with far less trees than the others, you won't have the RV crowd here, this is a tent only campground"

    "There is no water access, but the bathrooms are very well maintained & cleaned daily."

    2. Squirrel Springs Campsites — Great Basin National Park

    6 Reviews
    Baker, NV
    5 miles
    Website

    "It is the fourth campsite area along Great Basin National Park's Snake Creek Road. Campground is clearly marked and is on the south side of the road."

    "FREE

    Site: Squirrel Springs Campsites (First past bathroom)

    Vehicle: GMC Terrain

    Equipment: Tent

    AT&T and T-Mobile: Slow but useable

    The Squirrel Springs Campsites are about 9 miles from Highway"

    3. Monkey Rock Group Campsites — Great Basin National Park

    2 Reviews
    Garrison, NV
    7 miles
    Website
    +1 (775) 234-7331

    "Monkey Rock Group Campground is the first campground along Great Basin National Park's Snake Creek Road. Campground is just over a mile past the back boundary on the south side of the road."

    "There was a fire ban when we went, so we had to use a camp stove, but there is a fireplace and a grill at the site as well as two picnic tables and a vault toilet."

    4. Eagle Peak Campsites — Great Basin National Park

    1 Review
    Baker, NV
    4 miles
    Website
    +1 (775) 234-7331

    "Eagle Peak is by far the nicest campsite location along Great Basin National Parks Snake Creek Road."

    5. Pinnacle Group Campsite — Great Basin National Park

    1 Review
    Baker, NV
    6 miles
    Website
    +1 (775) 234-7331

    "Pinnacle is the second campground along Great Basin National Park's Snake Creek Road."

    6. Snake Creek Campground - Primitive

    2 Reviews
    Garrison, UT
    12 miles
    Website
    +1 (775) 234-7331

    "There are picnic tables and fire rings (so it’s primitive, I guess, but not dispersed) but you are asked to keep yourself within 30 feet of them and not so far off the beaten path that things get unwieldy"

    "Arrived around 3-4pm, very limited spots left. No cell service! Stayed in a 4wd van"

    7. Burbank Hills One Day Ride

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    Garrison, UT
    16 miles
    +1 (435) 743-3100

    8. Millard Desert Camp

    2 Reviews
    Garrison, UT
    29 miles

    "Pull off right next to freeway, large parking areas on both sides. More areas beyond fence on the north side. Stayed close to the entrance and didn't explore much."

    "The north side of the highway is a bit sandy and you might be cautious in 2wd cars. Nice views, pretty landscape and nothing much else."

    9. Notch Peak Trailhead

    2 Reviews
    Garrison, UT
    49 miles
    +1 (435) 743-3100

    "The BLM land on the way up to the Notch Peak Trailhead campground is a wide open desert area that is best suited for off-road vehicles.  No facilities, but scenic skies. "

    "The hike goes up through some dry drainages before finally rising to the saddle east of the summit.

    This thing is huge!"

    10. Marjum Pass Dispersed Camping

    2 Reviews
    Hinckley, UT
    49 miles

    "Photos are of the Western slope pouring out of the canyon. As you exit the Canyon heading West, there are pull offs on both sides of the dirt road."

    "And has ~2000' of vertical rise and lies 4000' above the surrounding valley. Theres some good climbing in the canyon but there is room for plenty of development."

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241 Reviews of 12 Great Basin National Park Campgrounds

  • R
    Sep. 24, 2018

    Grey Cliffs Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Rocky but roomy campground

    This is a campground within Great Basin National Park. It is reservation only, which is why we picked it, but there are several other campgrounds within the park. I believe the others are first come, first served. We found that the sites were pretty private and not on top of each other at all. The cliffs here are very pretty and are a nice backdrop. Grey Cliffs is a tent only area and each site has a fire ring with a grill and a picnic table. There is no running water, vault toilets and trash cans put here and there. We have a tent that needs to be staked-this was a problem there. The ground is so rocky it became very difficult to drive a spike into the ground far enough to work and not bend them. Do not bring a large tent, the pads are small. It wasn’t terrible once we were set up, and the price is right. If we were to come back to the park we’d try to either camp at Baker or Wheeler Peak, up the road a ways.

  • Dexter I.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 19, 2022

    Baker Creek Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Quiet Camping at Baker Creek

    Baker Creek Campground is a first come - first served campground in Great Basin National Park.  Campground has 37 sites and sits along Baker Creek.  It is a dusty drive to Baker Creek campground along a gravel road, but that dust leads you to a pleasant campground.  Stayed in the upper most loop at site 14.  RVs and Trailers over 24 feet are not allowed on Upper Loop.  Three sites in the campground are ADA sites.  Each site has a picnic table and metal fire ring.  Water is currently not available in the campground, water can be obtained at the visitor center.  A fire ban was in place due to dry conditions.  No cell service at the campground except for a few spots in the upper loop.  If I stood in just the right spot in my camp site I could get service.  Campground has vault toilets and dumpsters for your trash.  The campground was quiet at night and being next to the creek was an added bonus.

  • Deborah C.
    Jul. 6, 2019

    Baker Creek Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Baker creek, June, 2019

    We loved this park, Great Basin National Park and all the hikes were amazing. The campground was beautiful but our particular campsite #5 was not the best. The place to set up our tent was very small and sloping down. It was so windy that our tent would have blown away had we not tied it to the tree. No showers, no flush toilets, but clean. Picnic table and fire ring were good.

  • Dexter I.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 20, 2022

    Grey Cliffs Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Tent only camping in Great Basin NP

    While Grey Cliffs campground didn't impress me as much as the other campgrounds as it was more open with far less trees than the others, you won't have the RV crowd here, this is a tent only campground, No RV's or trailers allowed.  Campsites can be reserved during the summer season.  On my visit only two of the three loops were open in June, the other loop was being used by the Park Service.  Sites are nicely spread out which is nice.  There are 2 ADA Accessible campsites site C3 and A8 both sites are located next to accessible restrooms.  Campground has vault toilets, trash service and recycling.  Each site has a picnic table and metal fire ring.  Fire ban is currently in effect.  No water is available at the campground, water can be obtained at the Visitor Center.  Campground does have some group camping sites for groups between 9 and 16 people.

  • Dexter I.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 21, 2022

    Upper Lehman Creek Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Quiet Creek side camping

    Upper Lehman Creek campground nice sized campground in Great Basin National Park. Campground has 24 sites sitting in trees.  Campground is available by reservation only. This is the second campground along the paved Wheeler Peak Drive. Campground road and parking pads are all paved. Each site has a picnic table and metal fire ring. Trash, recycling is available. Campground has vault toilets. The campground has two ADA campsites(Site#2 and#18) . While water spigots are located through out the campground water is currently not available at the campground and a fire restriction was in effect. Water can be obtained at the Visitor Center. Campsites are nicely spread apart and being in the park made for a silent night with the only sounds coming from the nearby creek.  Some of these campsites are listed as no tents, so be careful when registering for a site if you are tent camping.

  • Dexter I.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 29, 2022

    Eagle Peak Campsites — Great Basin National Park

    Nicest campsites along Snake Creek Road

    Eagle Peak is by far the nicest campsite location along Great Basin National Parks Snake Creek Road. The three sites are off the road and in full shade of large trees and sits along Snake Creek which is flowing at this location. Each site has a picnic table and metal fire ring. An ADA accessible vault toilet is located at the campground, and is also the location of the trash and recycling bin. No water is available at Eagle Peak unless you filter it from the creek. Eagle Peak is the last camping area you can drive to along Snake Creek road. Hiking trails for this area of the park are just down the road.

    Be warned, the information on the parks website is a bit misleading. Road is not for RV's or trailers. Just after you enter the park on Snake Creek Road a sign clearly indicated no RV's or trailers past the roads first pull out. Road is a narrow single lane road for almost all of its length.

  • Dexter I.The Dyrt PRO User
    Jul. 17, 2022

    Lower Lehman Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Mountain camping at 7300 feet

    Lower Lehman Creek campground is a please small campground in Great Basin National Park.  Campground has 11 sites, all within the trees with the exception of site 11.  Six of the eleven sites are pull though sites.  Campground is available by reservation only. This is the first campground along the paved Wheeler Peak Drive.  Campground road and parking pads are all paved.  Each site has a picnic table and metal fire ring.  Trash, recycling is available.  Campground has vault toilets.  Water is currently not available at the campground and a fire restriction was in effect.  Water can be obtained at the Visitor Center.  Campsites are nicely spread apart and being in the park made for a silent night with the only sounds coming from the nearby creek.

  • Samantha M.
    Jun. 29, 2016

    Baker Creek Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Amazing campground!

    I recently went to Great Basin National Park and stayed at the Baker Creek Campground. The campground was very clean & very well kept up. It had multiple spaces to place tents, a picnic table, a firepit and their was also a bathroom on the campground. The bathroom was extremely clean for being outside and basically being set up like a port-a-potty. It also even had seat covers and toilet paper. The campground also has "quiet hours" at night so it's very peaceful out there. There is also a small river inside of the campground and you can hear the water running from your space. It's amazing! I would recommend this campground to everyone!

  • Johanna S.
    Jul. 22, 2018

    Grey Cliffs Campground — Great Basin National Park

    Great camping

    Some sites are bigger than others, ours was big enough for 2 4-man tents. There is no water access, but the bathrooms are very well maintained & cleaned daily. Would recommend staying there during the cooler months, we went in July & it was pretty warm, but hiked in the higher elevation areas (wheeler peak) & the weather was great. If you stay near Great Basin National Park make sure to check out the Lehman Caves. Also, the people at the Lehman caves gift shop & cafe are super nice & awesome people. Currently, fires are not allowed.

Guide to Great Basin National Park

Tent camping near Great Basin National Park in Nevada offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in stunning natural landscapes while enjoying the serenity of the outdoors. With several campgrounds to choose from, each providing distinct amenities and experiences, you'll find the perfect spot for your next adventure.

Explore Scenic Attractions

  • The Grey Cliffs Campground is conveniently located near the main attractions of Great Basin National Park, making it an ideal base for exploration.
  • Eagle Peak Campsites offers beautiful views along Snake Creek, providing a picturesque backdrop for your camping experience.
  • At Squirrel Springs Campsites, you can enjoy the tranquility of nature while being just a short distance from hiking trails.

Affordable Camping Options

  • Tent camping at Monkey Rock Group Campsites is free, allowing you to enjoy the great outdoors without breaking the bank.
  • The Pinnacle Group Campsite also offers free camping, making it a budget-friendly choice for groups seeking solitude.
  • For a small fee of around $10, you can camp at Grey Cliffs Campground, which is half-off with an America the Beautiful Pass.

Activities for Outdoor Enthusiasts

  • Enjoy hiking and exploring the scenic trails accessible from Squirrel Springs Campsites, where you can immerse yourself in the beauty of Great Basin National Park.
  • The Eagle Peak Campsites provide easy access to hiking trails, perfect for those looking to experience the park's diverse landscapes.
  • At Grey Cliffs Campground, you can set up camp and enjoy stargazing under the clear night skies, a highlight of the Great Basin experience.

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