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Nye County
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · Nye County, NV · 38.61566, -117.30281
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Ask about this camp →Dave's been here. A spot from Dave's own travels on U.S. Forest Service land — free to camp. Conditions still change, so confirm access, stay limits and fire rules before you go.
Free, well-kept campground in national forest. Multiple sites with vault toilet, fire rings, and picnic tables. Fairly remote, peaceful, and unspoiled, with some tree cover and a small stream in a desert valley. No cell service. During our stay, we had all campground to ourselves. Enough space for one or two vehicles per site. Strongly recommended.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 6,247 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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 camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- GGrocery9 mi
- @Mail9 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- DDump24 mi
- WWater34 mi
- MMechanic38 mi
- HHardware38 mi
- +Urgent care38 mi
- LLaundry38 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 34-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 9 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
6,247 ft
County
Nye County, NV
Coordinates
38.61566, -117.30281
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureHorse Canyon (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townRound Mountain · ~9.4 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~9.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~24.4 mi
- GroceriesGeneral Store · ~9.4 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
No signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
Yes
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Highly recommended
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletPeavine Creek Campground · ~0.6 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth/South Twin Trailhead · ~19.1 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletColumbine Campground · ~20.1 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletMt Jefferson Trailhead · ~26.1 mi NE · USFS
Open this spot elsewhere
Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Peavine Creek Campground~0.1 mi
- Peavine Creek Campground~0.6 mi
- Columbine Campground~20.1 mi
How we know this
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 (Nye County, NV). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
Field check
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres 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
Before you go
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Fire rules & restrictions →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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