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Horse Thief Camp
OHV / 4×4 · Bureau of Land Management · CA · 35.77639, -115.86364
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Ask about this camp →Bureau of Land Management lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Horse Thief Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 4,055 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Horse Thief CampNIFC · 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 Horse Thief Camp · Bureau of Land Management · CA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel14 mi
- @Mail14 mi
- DDump21 mi
- EVEV fast charger25 mi
- GGrocery26 mi
- WWater27 mi
- +Urgent care30 mi
- LLaundry30 mi
- RxPharmacy31 mi
- AAir-up31 mi
- MMechanic31 mi
- HHardware32 mi
- PPropane37 mi
- ShShower40 mi
- OOutfitter42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 27-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 14 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 — Horse Thief Camp
Access
OHV / 4×4
Land
Bureau of Land Management
Elevation
4,055 ft
State
CA
Coordinates
35.77639, -115.86364
Cost
Free · dispersed public land, no fee in any source
Nearby & resupply — around Horse Thief Camp · Bureau of Land Management · CA (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townSandy Valley · ~10.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~13.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~20.8 mi
- GroceriesThe Market at Desert Oasis · ~29.3 mi
EV charging — from Horse Thief Camp · Bureau of Land Management · CA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger25.3 mi straight-line S — Caltrans - Valley Wells Rest Area - Southbound, Nipton, CA (at a travel center) · Non-Networked · CHAdeMO, CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2024-01-09 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reachnone within 25 mi · 65 within 50 · 112 within 100 · 289 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)29.1 mi — Primm, NV - Tesla Supercharger, Primm
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)26.6 mi — Shoshone, CA - Waypoints Network (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · J1772 · 3 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 186208 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Horse Thief Camp · Bureau of Land Management · CA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletHorsethief Springs Cg -Vault Toilet · at this camp · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDumont Dunes Ohv -Vault Toilet 5 · ~21.3 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDumont Dunes Ohv -Vault Toilet 4 · ~21.3 mi W · BLM
- RestroomDumont Dunes Ohv -Toilet 6 · ~21.5 mi W · BLM
Open Horse Thief Camp elsewhere
Other camps near Horse Thief Camp
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Horsethief Springs/Cabin~1.0 mi
- Pahrump Valley Wilderness~5.7 mi
- North Mesquite Mountains Wilderness~10.3 mi
- Mesquite Wilderness~12.8 mi
How we know this — Horse Thief Camp
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
likely OHV (only a rough 4wd track in) — confirm
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 Horse Thief Camp
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 — Horse Thief Camp
Water on public land →What “dispersed” means here →Getting unstuck →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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