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Humboldt County
Drive-up · public land · Humboldt County, NV · 40.92408, -117.65307
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Ask about this camp →Dave's been here. A spot from Dave's own travels on public land — free to camp. Conditions still change, so confirm access, stay limits and fire rules before you go.
This is not a campsite. This is an improvised flat spot sheltered by a rocky outcropping. It is an impressive location on the side of a bare mountain. Some cell service. Enough room for a single vehicle. Not very level at all. No fire ring or amenities. I spent the night here because it was an epic setting. Only a short drive south of Winnemucca. Recommended.
A night on record
Dave slept here on 3 May 2018. No agency publishes a season for this site, so that night is the only season evidence we have — what the site was then, not a forecast for this year.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Humboldt County
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,328 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Humboldt CountyNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
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 Humboldt County · public land · NV
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- DDump5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- LLaundry5 mi
- AAir-up5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- @Mail5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- ShShower5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- OOutfitter42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
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 — Humboldt County
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land · dispersed
Elevation
6,328 ft
Ground slope
55.5% · steep
Nearest rail line
~5.1 mi · passing siding
Nearest highway
~4.8 mi · Interstate 80
County
Humboldt County, NV
Coordinates
40.92408, -117.65307
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Humboldt County · public land · NV (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureWhites Creek · ~0.2 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townWinnemucca · ~5.4 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.1 mi · passing siding
- Nearest highway~4.8 mi · Interstate 80
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~4.0 mi
- FuelFuel · ~26.4 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~4.6 mi
- GroceriesStore · ~4.6 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~5.3 mi
- Hospital / clinicHumboldt General Hospital · ~5.0 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~5.4 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
Had a signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Recommended
EV charging — from Humboldt County · public land · NV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.0 mi straight-line NW — Winnemucca, NV Rechargery Relay - Grass Valley Rd · IONNA · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 6 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach5 within 25 mi · 7 within 50 · 15 within 100 · 29 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO5.3 mi — Walmart 2617 (Winnemucca, NV), Winnemucca
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)100.0 mi — Gallagher Ford, Elko, NV (at a public site) · RED_E · J1772, CCS · 5 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: not listed
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Ledgestone Hotel - Tesla Destination, Elko, 99.5 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 448532 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Humboldt County · public land · NV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomWater Canyon Vt1 · ~0.3 mi SE · BLM
- RestroomWater Canyon Vt2 · ~0.3 mi SW · BLM
- RestroomWater Canyon Vt3 · ~0.8 mi W · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletWinnemucca Sand Dunes Recreation Area Double Vault Toilet · ~11.7 mi N · BLM
Coming out here — Humboldt County · public land · NV
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Whites Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.2 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 55.5% — steep. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (10 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~5.1 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a passing siding. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 80 is mapped ~4.8 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Assume no services at all. Most dispersed camping in a national forest has none: no tap, no power, no dump, often no toilet. Everything you need, you bring.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Humboldt County elsewhere
Other camps near Humboldt County
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- BLM public land~0.3 mi
- Water Canyon Recreation Area~0.5 mi
- BLM public land~1.2 mi
- Winnemucca Sand Dunes~11.5 mi
Who holds the land at Humboldt County
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Humboldt River Field Office, manager on record: Bureau of Land Management (federal). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Humboldt County
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Humboldt County, NV). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
A night on record
Dave's own GPS diary, 2017–2020: the date of the waypoint he saved here. The timestamp is UTC, so an entry saved in the evening carries the next morning's date. An observation of one night, never a forecast.
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
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. He camped here on 3 May 2018. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know about Humboldt County
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.
- How many rigs actually fit
- 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 — Humboldt County
Finding water out here →Stay limits →Your first dispersed night →Dispersed camping tips →All field notes →