Free and paid camping in Nevada

114 camps in Nevada: 84 free, 30 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in Nevada, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest58 camps

• Alum Creek6,540 ft
• Angel Creek Campground6,790 ft · fee
• Angel Lake Campground8,385 ft · fee
• Belmot Camground7,171 ft
• Berry Creek Campground8,185 ft
• Big Bend Campground6,959 ft · fee
• Big Creek Campground6,676 ft
• Bird Creek Campground7,573 ft · fee
• Bob Scott Campground7,248 ft
• Camp Draw Trailhead7,635 ft
• Cherry Creek Campground6,677 ft
• Cherry Creek Campground6,988 ft
• Columbine Campground8,593 ft
• Desert Creek Campground6,286 ft
• East Creek Campground7,408 ft
• East Creek Campground7,329 ft · fee
• Elko County7,079 ft · notes
• Elko County5,719 ft · notes
• Fletcher View Campground7,039 ft · fee
• Hilltop Campground8,398 ft · fee
• Jack Creek Campground6,525 ft
• Jarbidge Campground6,297 ft
• Kalamazoo Campground7,111 ft · fee
• Kingston Campground7,080 ft
• Kingston Campground7,639 ft
• Kyle Canyon Campground6,934 ft · fee
• Kyle Canyon R.V. Group Campground7,064 ft
• Lower Bluster Campground6,526 ft
• Lower Bluster Campground6,786 ft
• Lye Creek Campground7,329 ft
• Mahogany Grove Group Campground8,337 ft · fee
• Mcwilliams Campground8,458 ft · fee
• McWilliams Campground8,598 ft · fee
• Mount Rose Campground8,915 ft
• Mt. Rose Campground8,905 ft · fee
• Nye County6,247 ft · notes
• Pavlak Campground6,461 ft
• Peavine Creek Campground6,254 ft
• Peavine Creek Campground6,863 ft
• Pine Creek Campground7,496 ft
• Pine Creek Campground6,569 ft
• Pine Creek Campground7,631 ft
• Pine Creek Campground6,837 ft
• San Juan Campground7,471 ft
• Sawmill Campground6,189 ft
• South Ruby Campground6,132 ft
• Thomas Canyon Campground7,713 ft · fee
• Timber Creek Campground9,179 ft · fee
• Toquima Cave Campground7,889 ft
• Toquima Cave Campground7,755 ft
• Upper Bluster Campground6,507 ft
• Upper Bluster Campground6,790 ft
• Urdahl Campground6,842 ft
• Ward Mountain Campground7,276 ft · fee
• White Pine County6,971 ft · notes
• White River Campground7,035 ft
• Wildhorse Crossing Campground5,965 ft
• Wildhorse Crossing Campground6,136 ft · fee

Bureau of Land Management33 camps

• Big Dune OHV Area2,473 ft
• Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area3,979 ft
• BLM Corral5,376 ft
• BLM dispersed camp — Clark County, NV1,387 ft
• BLM public land5,994 ft · notes
• BLM public land5,423 ft · notes
• Boulder Reservoir5,756 ft
• Buffalo Hills5,847 ft
• Cleve Creek Campground6,237 ft
• Dry Valley Rim5,851 ft
• Gold Butte Back Country Byway1,468 ft
• High Rock Canyon4,930 ft
• Illipah Reservoir Campground6,864 ft
• Jean / Roach Dry Lakes Dispersed Camping2,821 ft
• Lahontan Cutthroat Natural Area6,839 ft
• Mathews Canyon Dam Recreation Site5,454 ft
• Moon Rocks Ohv Area4,610 ft
• Onion Valley Campground7,093 ft
• Pahroc Wash Trailhead4,498 ft
• Patterson Pass Campground6,176 ft
• Pine Forest Recreation Area6,474 ft
• Red Rock Canyon Campground (BLM)3,392 ft · fee
• Sacramento Pass Recreation Area6,720 ft
• Shoshone Ohv Trail System 4,821 ft
• Snake Creek6,130 ft
• South Fork Canyon Special Recreation Management Area5,195 ft
• South Fork Owyhee River Recreation Area4,895 ft
• Stampede Campground6,152 ft
• Steven'S Camp Recreation Area5,769 ft
• Walker Lake Recreation Area4,020 ft
• Water Canyon Recreation Area5,757 ft
• Wilson Canyon (BLM staging areas)4,680 ft
• Winnemucca Sand Dunes4,378 ft

National Park Service15 camps

• Baker Creek Campground7,657 ft · fee
• Boulder Beach Campground1,267 ft · fee
• Callville Bay Campground1,247 ft · fee
• Clark County644 ft · notes
• Cottonwood Cove Lower Campground684 ft · fee
• Cottonwood Cove Upper Campground808 ft · fee
• Echo Bay Campground1,318 ft · fee
• Grey Cliffs Campground7,065 ft · fee
• Las Vegas Bay Campground1,275 ft · fee
• Lower Lehman Creek Campground7,358 ft · fee
• Shoshone 1 Campsite (Snake Creek Road)8,269 ft
• Shoshone 2 Campsite (Snake Creek Road)8,270 ft
• Snake Creek Primitive Campgrounds6,390 ft
• Upper Lehman Creek Campground7,621 ft · fee
• Wheeler Peak Campground9,861 ft · fee

Other public land5 camps

• Eldorado Free Campsite1,710 ft
• Gold Butte National Monument1,819 ft · notes
• Humboldt County6,328 ft · notes
• Lander County5,826 ft · notes
• Pershing County3,908 ft · notes

Elsewhere in Nevada3 camps

• Berry Creek Campground6,660 ft
• Inyo National Forest8,320 ft · notes
• Nevada Beach Campground6,243 ft · fee