Lovely folks run the place, they were able to help us find a repair shop so our trip wasn't interrupted. It's in a great location on the way to Great Basin or before heading off to the Black Rock Desert to the north. Amenities are simple and very clean, don't expect a casino resort experience.
They are very flexible and helpful, we have stayed here a couple of times now and look forward to our stops.
We live nearby, and we come to this campground to check out our RV systems or sometimes just so we can enjoy our RV. It's easy to back in our trailer, the sites are not as close together as you sometimes find in commercial parks.
There's a great playground if you have small kids, and lots of gentle hiking trails. If you hate wind, you should know it can get windy here. If you want rural isolation you'll want to know a major highway can be seen from the park. But it's generally pretty quiet and low key.
Sunset campground is one of three campgrounds in the Furnace Creek area. Furnace Creek campground has full hookups for RVs, can be reserved and is often full. Texas Springs campground is more tent friendly, can handle smaller RVs but does not have hookups, and is first come first served. Sunset campground is a large flat gravel lot, no hookups and no reservations. The advantage is that it's really big, with a lot of overflow capacity and so if you can't find a spot at the other two, there's likely an available spot here. It'll be close to other RVs and the campground itself isn't pretty, but it is surrounded by beautiful hills.
We were here in late January, and the lot was probably a quarter full, so our views weren't blocked and we were able to find a spot immediately. Next time I would try Texas Springs first and if that's full (it was most nights while we were there) I'd go to Sunset. You drive in, select your spot and pay at one of the pay station.
The location is central -- it's just across the street from the Ranch at Death Valley (which has a fancy general store and some restaurants, including an ice cream shop). Gas at the filling station was $1.50 a gallon more than at Stovepipe Wells. The campground is walking distance to the Death Valley visitor center. It's pretty central to most of the sights in the area.
People who run the place are very nice. Everything is very very clean. Gravel sites, not a lot of trees. We didn't use the laundry but the machines looked spotless.
This is probably more of a place to stop between SF and LA, as there's not a lot to do nearby. Harris Ranch is one exit away on I-5 with barbeque and a well known restaurant.
While we were there The Dyrt ran a speed test on the WiFi using our connection. We used the free wifi, not the better wifi you can pay for. That regular wifi was fine for us even though The Dyrt rates it as slow.
Our site was near the edge of the property, near an orchard.
We camp here with our travel trailer at the start of each season, to check out all our systems. If you are visiting and want to go to San Francisco, I think this is one of the closest RV parks to the city.
Sites are grassy, some with trees, and pretty close together.
If the Alameda Fairgrounds are having an event, you can't beat this location, it's on the property.