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Wheeler Peak Campground

Dispersed · public land · NV · 39.01068, -114.30272
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The land manager lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Wheeler Peak Campground
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Aerial image of Wheeler Peak Campground
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Weather outlook — at Wheeler Peak Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 9,861 ft.
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Everything you need — measured from Wheeler Peak Campground · public land · NV

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 4 miWLehman RV Dump Station · Dump · 5 miDBaker Fuel and RV · Fuel · 10 miFSilver Sage Travel Center · Grocery · 34 miGBath Lumber Co. · Hardware · 34 miHWSE (Western States Enterprises) · Mechanic · 35 miMLaundry · 10 miLShower · 10 miShOutfitter · 12 miOBaker Post Office · Mail · 10 mi@Ely, NV - Tesla Supercharger · EV fast charger · 34 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • WWater4 mi
  • DDump5 mi
  • FFuel10 mi
  • LLaundry10 mi
  • ShShower10 mi
  • @Mail10 mi
  • OOutfitter12 mi
  • GGrocery34 mi
  • HHardware34 mi
  • EVEV fast charger34 mi
  • MMechanic35 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out, the nearest EV fast charger is a 34-mi run (and back).

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 — Wheeler Peak Campground

Access
Dispersed
Land
public land
Elevation
9,861 ft
State
NV
Coordinates
39.01068, -114.30272
Cost
Fee

Nearby & resupply — around Wheeler Peak Campground · public land · NV (OpenStreetMap)

  • Nearest townBaker · ~9.8 mi
  • Drinking waterWater · ~4.5 mi
  • FuelBaker Fuel and RV · ~9.7 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump stationLehman RV Dump Station · ~4.7 mi
  • Groceriesnone within 30 mi

EV charging — from Wheeler Peak Campground · public land · NV — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Wheeler Peak Campground · public land · NV — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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How we know this — Wheeler Peak Campground

Stay limit
14 nights (maximum continuous stay limit at any campsite is 14 days)
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
Great Basin National Park, developed campground, high on the Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive. Great Basin NP fee page (nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/fees.htm, read 2026-08-17): "All developed campgrounds in the park have a $20 per night fee." Same page: "An entrance pass is not required to access Great Basin National Park." Camping page (nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/camping.htm): "Primitive campsites at Great Basin National Park are free but do not have water." STAY LIMIT: "The maximum continuous stay limit at any campsite is 14 days" (nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/primitive-campgrounds.htm and nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/backcountry-camping.htm, read 2026-08-17). SEASONAL: the park says "Some campgrounds are closed seasonally due to weather" -- check nps.gov/grba current conditions before driving. WATER: the park's own campgrounds page says "Potable water is not available." CAUTION: this is the park's highest campground and is snow-closed for much of the year; the park's campgrounds page warns "Some campgrounds are closed seasonally due to weather." Also note backcountry camping is "not permitted within the Wheeler Peak or Lexington Arch day use areas" (nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/backcountry-camping.htm). NEAREST TOWN: Baker, NV. Coordinate is the NPS Public POIs national dataset pin. SOURCE: https://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/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 Wheeler Peak 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.

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