Elk Flat Campground, near Ely, Nevada, is a fantastic spot for those looking to unwind in a clean and well-maintained environment. With sites that come equipped with picnic tables and fire rings, it’s perfect for cozy campfire evenings and sharing meals outdoors.

This campground boasts flush toilets and hot showers, which many visitors appreciate after a day of hiking or fishing. One camper noted, “The campground was clean and well maintained,” highlighting the attention to detail that makes this place stand out. The surrounding scenery offers stunning views of the mountains, and the area is rich with wildlife, making it a great backdrop for your outdoor adventures.

If you’re up for some exploration, you’ll find nearby hiking trails and the picturesque Cave Lake, perfect for swimming or kayaking. Just a heads up, the lake's water levels can vary, so check ahead if you’re planning on fishing or floating. Elk Flat Campground is a solid choice for a peaceful getaway, whether you're just passing through or planning a longer stay.

Elk Flat Campground — Cave Lake State Park

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Wonderful place to camp. They have fire pits, shade, lakes, restrooms, and a place to get supplies of needed including firewood. They also have a play ground for the kiddos and they just loved it. Check it out yourself I don't think you will be disappointed.

Cave Lake State Park

Cave Lake State Park offers outstanding recreational opportunities year-round. Stocked with rainbow trout and home to German brown trout, the 32-acre reservoir provides outstanding fishing and boating. Other summer activities include swimming, hiking, camping and mountain biking. Once winter arrives, guests of the park can enjoy ice fishing, skating, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing. The park is also home to abundant and diverse wildlife.

The campsites are very nice and offer views of the lake, be aware of mice....don't leave any food out!

Star gazing here is incredible as there is no light pollutin...sit back and watch the wheel in the sky turn - Milky way baby!

Best spot outside Ely

First off, all the facilities were super clean. Showers were cold and the area doesn't have much shade. They also no longer have a firewood pile to take from so make sure you bring your own. It's a nice distance between Comins Lake and Cave Lake. Handicap spot was concrete and helped my son traverse around the campsite.

Nice but still hot

$15 per night. I would have give this campsite as is a 3.8 if I could or maybe even 5 stars but the lake was very low and so the bottom was like quick sand where we'd sink about 18 to 24 inches (thick sediment). So we spent the entire on our floaties. There are 8 or so camp spots and if they are full or your in an RV you can use an overflow area. Juat where we parked thinking it was the overflow area. Fortunately for us we were there only one night and the next morning a ranger came by to let us know that we were in a no camp zone. Oops  Easy acces to the lake. The road into the park is paved. The bathroom was clean. 

Perfect break on our way to NoCal Hwy.

I spent two nights here and really enjoyed the campground and surrounding activities.  The campground was clean and well maintained.  Campsites are gravel, have fire pits and tables.  The campground has flush toilets, warm water and showers that are free.

  

This is a high desert campground, it was in the 80s during the day in late September and cooled off quickly at night.  

  

Nearby there are several great hikes / mountain bike trails.  Cave Lake is also close.  It is a small lake a perfect for swimming, canoeing or kayaking.  There are also several OHV roads.

Great place to chill out

i camped here towards the end of october and upon arriving, there were only two other spots taken. by the time i was leaving i had the grounds to myself. there’s a simple self pay station. make sure you have cash to pay. i believe it was $15 a night. there were also clean toilets, sinks, and showers. the spots each had a picnic table and fire pit (for when there aren’t fire restrictions). it was so quiet and the view of the valley was so calming. i needed an escape from city life and these grounds offered that. there is a lake and a few hikes nearby. make sure to get gas in ely before you hit the road home. you may not pass another gas station for a while, especially if you drive out toward st. george. 

quiet, easy, and clean getaway spot

Very nice camp ground and great fishing! 
This place is awesome and the temperature was perfect.
Each site offers a nice table, fire ring and good sized tent pad. 
We made some incredible dutch oven turkey chili!! 

Everyone was so nice. Clean showers and the bathrooms were spotless.

Trout fishing at its best!

We found our spot mid afternoon on Thursday and shortly after that all the spots were filled and all night Thursday and Friday people were looking for spots and striking out. Just keep that in mind. 
Really cool trails and a scenic loop nearby. They do have another camp ground about 10 minutes away if it’s not snowing it’s open so you now have a back up.
 Oh and they have a fish cleaning station it wasn’t working but they still have one
 

The color of the lake is unreal

You can locate the campground on your left hand side right before you get to cave late so if cave lake campground is full you have the ability to come back to this one and enjoy camping just a few minutes from Cave Lake.
Overall identical campgrounds to Cave Lake except you get a lot more green because you’re a bit further up really stunning views of the surrounding mountains wildlife everywhere!!!
the road going up is dirt so It can be muddy and much harder for heavy vehicles to get up to. When it snows they shut this down due to the mud.

You can camp here for free if you have a state park pass but if not camping is fairly cheap they do have restrooms, at each camp spot they have tables and fire rings.
They did Have a bit of construction going on up there in regards to making sure the roads were completely even an easy drive for people to get into very well-kept grounds as well. 

At this location at the bottom of the hill they do have a dump station provided which is pretty cool

Really nice sites 

Thought for sure Elk Flat would be packed late on a sunny summer Saturday afternoon. Pleasantly surprised with plenty of options!  Up off the canyon floor. Clean, Quiet, Well maintained campground. Flush toilets. Push button showers.  Shower temp is whatever the camp host decides. Ours - Perfect!

NICE place!

We stayed here for one night as we were traveling. Very nice bathrooms with showers.  As it was early in the season we had no problem getting a site.  Only the lower half was open.  The lake has been drained - we were told they are rebuilding the dam.  We would stay here again.

Perfect Stopover

Nice enough

This was a stopover on our trip along Highway 50 and I was very pleasantly surprised. A very quiet and beautifully maintained campground and they even had flush toilets and showers. Hidden gem for sure. Next time we will stay more than one night and try some hiking and visit the lake nearby. 
Again, this campground is very well-maintained. Clean campsites and bathrooms and beautiful views. We stayed in site number two, which was a very nice site. There was also some privacy with the native pines and junipers.

Quiet and pretty campground 

Lovely state park near Ely. Two campgrounds, but lake is emptied for maintenance so we didn't even check the other one out. Nice, mostly flat sites with quite a bit of juniper and some scrub pine in between so pretty private. Water taps and dump station. Flush toilets and free showers were nice. Very very quiet. Some trails fairly near by but we walked up a closed road for a bit. 

Food aside: Had freeze-dried (Readywise) creamy pasta chicken with some added chicken and it was good. Very low FQ (fart quotient). Veggie chorizo scramble for breakfast- bit of a bite but hard to identify the chorizo in there; potatoes were good for heartiness.

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