Best RV Parks & Resorts near Round Mountain, NV

What a treat the Desert Skies RV Resort in Mesquite, Nevada is! The park is large and very spacious with FHU back-in and pull-through sites. The sites are double width with a gravel parking half and a concrete patio half, allowing for plenty of room for all your vehicles and toys. There are also some park model mobile homes that have full-time residents sprinkled in. It is located next to a beautiful golf course and near town and casinos. There is an office, mailroom, gym, laundry room, billiard room, restrooms, pool, hot tub, mini-golf course, dog runs, driving net, pickle ball courts, and access to desert trails for walking. So much fun to be had! All of the facilities here are very clean and there is no trash in the park. All of this and 360’ mountain views! If you are near Mesquite, this RV resort is worth a stay.

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Great national forest campground way up a long dirt forest road. Elevation like 7,000, so cooler. Various size sites with fire pits and picnic tables. Lots of trees provide privacy and wind screen too. Centrally located pit toilets.

Campground is at the trailhead of a short hike to the Toquima Cave, which is well worth the walk even though the mouth of the cave is fenced off. You can still clearly see the amazing artwork on the cave walls. Beware of rattlesnakes. We ran into one right on the trail near the cave.

Note there are also many free dispersed camping sites on this road up to and after the campground, plus all the dispersed sites at Spencer’s Hot Springs down below near the head of the forest road.

We had stayed here about two years ago when we were again going North out of the Las Vegas area. This review is written from an overnighter point of view versus a destination campground (CG). We were glad to see a high of 90 here versus the 110 prediction we’d just left. We were amazed how Tonopah had changed in two years and found out the reason. Silver and gold veins had again been found in the hills near here. The discovery of silver is what originally got this town started. Even the famous Clown Hotel and adjourning cemetery had a new owner and face lift. Several movies and documentaries had been made based on this haunted motel. Check in was easy and we were assigned pull through site 18 with FHUs out in the front (all the sites here have FHUs). The cost of the site seems to be based on how many times you have stayed here. We got a discount for being repeat customers. We hooked into their WiFi and found it OK. We also used their cable and found it to be a little fuzzy. Last time we were here both were better but there are way more people staying in the CG and motel this time around. There was a class A checking in at the same time and since they were staying a week they were placed in another area west of the office behind the motel. The sites back there are spaced a little wider apart. There were way more gas stations and restaurant options than last time. Even better location now for an overnighter as long as the boom continues.

We pulled into to Tonopah as a halfway stop between Reno and Nellis AFB. They are first come, first serve, so try to arrive before it gets too late. We have a great level spot, great water pressure, full bars of cell service, full hookup 30/50 and laundry facilities on site. As I write this we haven’t visited the restaurant yet. EJ the desk clerk was extremely friendly and helpful. We wanted to check in, she said, find a spot you like, hook up and come back and let me know your spot number. $27/for full hookup is EXCELLENT. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be back this way, but if I am, I’ll be stopping here again!

Nice little campground toward the mouth of Big Creek Canyon. The campground is right on the creek. Big Creek Canyon is beautiful about 15 miles from the town of Austin and is full of Aspens. There are probably about 10 sites in the campground with plenty of space between each site. Hunting season gets busy but I have never seen more than one or two groups in the campground at one time if it’s not hunting season. There is not a ton of privacy within the campground but there is plenty of space for each campsite. There are trout in the creek and easily accessible depending on how much snow the mountain range got the winter before. The road that goes through Big Creek Canyon is a decent BLM road that will take you to the summit of the range then down into Kingston which is a fun adventure. If you like camping in Nevada but don’t like dry camping or digging holes to use the bathroom, this place is awesome!

An off the beaten path experience for anyone who loves ghost towns or fossils. The old 1800s ghost town of Berlin, Nevada provides the entrance to this unique camping experience. A short trail from the campground leads up to the fossil house where one can view the remains of the largest collection of Ichthyosaurs (ancient marine mammals) ever found. Most of the camping sites are pull through and there are very clean vault toilets throughout the campground. The only drawback for us is the fact that this campground does not accept reservations. After a long days drive we were lucky to find one of the last two spots, but under other circumstances it would’ve been difficult as there are no other camping areas nearby. Remember to bring cash for the self-serve pay station. $15 per night. Also, if you use a GPS to head toward Tonopah after camping here, be warned that you may end up on primitive roads for many miles. Even though the distance is longer, it would be safer to go back to the highway. Let’s just say we had that primitive road experience, and not in a four-wheel drive vehicle 😬