Agency-listedNPSFee
Las Vegas Bay Campground
Dispersed · public land · NV · 36.12785, -114.87257
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USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Las Vegas Bay Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,275 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Las Vegas Bay 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 Las Vegas Bay Campground · public land · NV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel0 mi
- WWater7 mi
- DDump7 mi
- GGrocery8 mi
- MMechanic8 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- EVEV fast charger9 mi
- PPropane9 mi
- RxPharmacy9 mi
- +Urgent care9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- OOutfitter10 mi
- LLaundry11 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
- ShShower14 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Las Vegas Bay Campground
Access
Dispersed
Land
public land
Elevation
1,275 ft
State
NV
Coordinates
36.12785, -114.87257
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Las Vegas Bay Campground · public land · NV (OpenStreetMap)
- Nearest townWhitney · ~9.4 mi
- Drinking waterWater · ~7.0 mi
- FuelLas Vegas Bay Fuel · ~0.5 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~8.8 mi
- Dump station~7.4 mi
- GroceriesSmith's · ~7.6 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~8.8 mi
- Hospital / clinicVA Southeast Primary Care Clinic · ~8.9 mi
- HardwareU-Haul Moving & Storage at College Drive · ~9.0 mi
EV charging — from Las Vegas Bay Campground · public land · NV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger8.6 mi straight-line SW — L541 CPE250-SERVICE1, Henderson, NV · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach68 within 25 mi · 76 within 50 · 111 within 100 · 135 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)9.5 mi — Boulder City, NV - Tesla Supercharger, Boulder City
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.8 mi — Henderson, NV - Tesla Destination · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 12 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- 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 360565 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Las Vegas Bay Campground · public land · NV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomLV Restroom Campground 522 · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomLV Restroom Campground 523 · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomLV Restroom Picnic Area 530 · ~0.7 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomLV Restroom Ramp 531 · ~0.7 mi SE · NPS
Open Las Vegas Bay Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Las Vegas Bay Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Boulder Beach Campground~7.4 mi · fee
- Callville Bay Campground~8.1 mi · fee
- Eldorado Free Campsite~18.7 mi
How we know this — Las Vegas Bay 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. 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. NPS lists this as one of the six Lake Mead-side campgrounds (nps.gov/lake/planyourvisit/lake-mead-campgrounds.htm) and its own POI dataset carries two campground restrooms here ("LV Restroom Campground 522/523"). NOTE: the lake's shoreline has receded far from this campground; it is no longer a lakeside site. NEAREST TOWN: Las Vegas / Henderson, NV. Coordinate is the NPS Public POIs pin. SOURCE: https://www.nps.gov/lake/planyourvisit/lake-mead-campgrounds.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 Las Vegas Bay 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 — Las Vegas Bay Campground
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