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Spots in Nevada

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  • Echo Bay Campground
  • Lake Meade National Recreation Area, Overton NV
  • Omigosh! Google has shrunk their map of Lake Mead so that Echo Bay is like 10 miles from the lake now! The water level must be really low!

  • Las Vegas Bay Campground
  • Lake Mead NRA, Henderson NV
  • Still quiet and cheap and convenient, EXCEPT for the generators which always seem to be running here during the permissible hours. But really, a $10 (or $5 for seniors) nice campground 16 miles from the edge of Las Vegas ... gotta take the bad with the good. Checks not accepted, so make sure to have that $5 bill!

  • Spanish Creek Campground
  • Plumas National Forest, Greenville CA
  • Baker Creek Campground
  • Great Basin National Park, Baker NV
  • Never been here because it involves three miles of gravel road while the others are off paved road. My verdict: not worth it. Nice little creek, but very dusty, and sites are NOT level.

  • Wilson Canyon Roadside Rest
  • Nevada DOT, Smith Valley NV
  • Beautiful, idyllic spot on NV 208 right on the West Walker River. In the shade of a row of stately old cottonwoods, it's quite spacious and has at least four really nice RV spots right in the river.

  • Bailey's Hot Springs
  • private business Beatty NV
  • funky little place, needs a LOT of maintenance, but their wifi was pretty good.. They have three private bathhouses: 1 - pleasantly warm, 2 - hot (> 100) 3 - very hot. (> 104) So if the one you want is in use you're outta luck until whoever's inside has had their fill. The pools seemed hotter to me - the medium seemed like 104 and the hot like 107-8 ... your mileage may vary.

  • Old Brewery Hostel
  • Mizpah Hotel, Tonopah NV
  • Hostel-style lodging in a cool-looking renovated brewery building behind the actual Mitzpah. Register in the hotel, walk out the back door and across the street and there you are.

  • Ash Meadow NWR
  • US Fish and Wildlife Service, Death Valley Junction
  • very remote, no camping nearby, not like the NWRs I'm used to. Lotta driving to individual cool little habitats tucked away, one big pond and a couple of really beautiful cold springs.

  • Wildhorse Crossing Campground
  • Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Mountain City NV
  • this was closed for the gov't shutdown, but looked very nice. Across a little bridge over the river on a little point.

  • Angel Lake Campground
  • Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Wells NV
  • very pretty, nestled in the bowl of a lovely alpine lake

  • Catnip Reservoir
  • Sheldon NWR, Denio, NV
  • small lake, wildlife, barren, really pretty

  • home
  • private business Reno NV
  • nice kitchen, good heat and a/c, satellite tv, comfortable sofa and nice coffeehouse nearby. Why do I ever leave?

  • Wheeler Peak Campground
  • Great Basin National Park, Baker NV
  • Almost 10,000', peak views, good day hikes. A beautiful spot.

  • Thomas Creek Campground
  • Toyiabe National Forest, Elko NV
  • beautiful location in Lamoille Canyon

  • Stillwater NWR
  • US Fish and Wildlife, Fallon NV
  • large reserve, very flat (former Lake Lahontan), nice viewing areas, allegedly camping

  • Elton's house
  • private business Elko NV
  • I've stayed here twice, so that makes it a Spot! Nice futon in the basement where the brothers live. Good food. Somebody is always making coffee. Mom and dad are really, really hospitable and interesting.

  • Valley of Fire State Park, Arch Campground
  • Nevada State Parks, Overton
  • The park has stunning Utah-like weird-shaped colorful rocks, and it is a treat to stay here overnight.

  • Wild Horse Resevoir
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
  • didn't stay here, but looks real nice, on a point of land jutting into the reservoir. There is also private camping for $6 all over the place, where you can camp right up to the water's edge

  • Caliente Hot Springs Motel
  • private business Caliente NV
  • Recently re-opened, run by an earnest young couple for whom I wish nothing but the best. You can get a rooms with your own tub, or for cheaper a regular room like mine, which is still quite nice, with a spacious kitchenette. With one of these rooms you can use the private tubs all evening. There are four more or less identical private tubs to choose from. They are open to the public until 3pm after that they are solely for the use of us lucky lodgers. :) You fill your tub from empty each time, so hygiene is pretty good, I think.

  • Water Canyon Campground
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Winnemucca NV
  • Lovely, quiet campground in an amazing location, tucked in a little valley six miles south of Winnemucca. You can hike up,up,up the creek, or hike up the side if the hill for an epic view north to the Jackson Mountains.

  • Overton dispersed
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Overton NV
  • Allstays calls this Poverty Flats, and the area across the road Snowbird Mesa. That's too cheesy for me. They both are large, flat parking areas, one on each side of Nevada 169 about 4 miles south of Overton. Evidently anybody can park wherever they want for as long as they want. It's very nice!