Agency-listedNPSFee
Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground
Dispersed · public land · NV · 35.48758, -114.69603
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USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 808 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Cottonwood Cove Upper CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground · public land · NV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail1 mi
- FFuel12 mi
- GGrocery13 mi
- AAir-up19 mi
- EVEV fast charger19 mi
- DDump20 mi
- HHardware24 mi
- LLaundry24 mi
- RxPharmacy24 mi
- ShShower26 mi
- MMechanic27 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- WWater32 mi
- PPropane42 mi
- OOutfitter43 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 32-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground
Access
Dispersed
Land
public land
Elevation
808 ft
State
NV
Coordinates
35.48758, -114.69603
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground · public land · NV (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townSearchlight · ~12.8 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~12.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~20.0 mi
- GroceriesTerrible Herbst · ~12.6 mi
- PharmacyLaughlin Pharmacy · ~24.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicNorthwest Urgent Care · ~30.5 mi
- HardwareThe Home Depot · ~23.6 mi
EV charging — from Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground · public land · NV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger19.2 mi straight-line NE — White Hills, AZ - Tesla Supercharger, Willow Beach, AZ (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 41 within 50 · 105 within 100 · 164 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS27.9 mi — Anderson Ford Bullhead City, Bullhead City
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO39.8 mi — Prizm Outlets (Primm, NV), Primm
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)19.7 mi — Last Stop Travel Center, White Hills, AZ · Blink Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 157941 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground · public land · NV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomCC Restroom Upper Campground 224 · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomCC Restroom Upper Campground 223 · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomCC Restroom Upper Campground 225 · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomCC CONC Lower Trailer Village Shower/Laundry L-LAKE001-24 · ~0.4 mi E · NPS
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Other camps near Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cottonwood Cove Lower Campground~0.6 mi · fee
- Clark County~18.5 mi
How we know this — Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground
Stay limit
30 nights (Camping is limited to 30 days in any campground)
Source
public land records
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Lake Mead National Recreation Area, NPS-operated developed campground -- the upper loop at Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mohave. FEE: this is an NPS-operated campground and IS a fee campground, but nps.gov did not publish the nightly rate on any page reachable this fire -- the fees page defers to the campgrounds page, which renders client-side and returned no rate. The two Lake Mead campgrounds that DO publish a rate (Boulder Beach, Callville Bay) both show $20/night for NPS-operated sites, so $20 is the likely figure, but IT IS NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS SITE. A reviewer must confirm the rate before this ships. STAY LIMIT: Lake Mead superintendent's compendium page (nps.gov/lake/learn/management/superintendent-s-compendium.htm, read 2026-08-17): "Camping is limited to 30 days in any campground" within a consecutive 12-month period, and total stay in the recreation area is capped at "90 days within a consecutive 12-month period". ENTRANCE FEE: nps.gov/lake/planyourvisit/fees.htm gives $25.00 per private vehicle valid 1-7 days -- that is on TOP of the camping fee. DO NOT CONFUSE WITH THE RESORT: the concessioner Cottonwood Cove Resort separately offers "Around 75 RV sites ... with full hookups, and another 45 campsites ... for tents and RVs without hookups" (nps.gov/places/cottonwood-cove.htm) at concessioner prices. This row is the NPS campground, not the resort. There is a dump station at the upper loop (NPS POI "cc cottonwood cove upper campground dump"). NEAREST TOWN: Searchlight, NV. Coordinate is the NPS Public POIs pin. SOURCE: https://www.nps.gov/places/cottonwood-cove.htm | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground
Water on public land →Hot-weather camping →Bugs & critters →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →
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