Deer Creek (FR 45560) in NV -- Camping Rules & Access
Deer Creek (FR 45560) in NV
Road corridorHumboldt-Toiyabe NF, Spring Mountains National Recreation Area
20 mi from Las Vegas
Maps 5,774 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest ↗
Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- All 7.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
- Near Desert View Natural Environment Area.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 3 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- Water crossings 0.3 and 0.8 miles along the road.
Known camping along this road at mile 1.3: .
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
- Mud Hole Spring lies 0.1 mi off.
- Mummy Mountain stands 5,752 ft above the map pin, 7.4 miles southwest.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Climate averages
October normals 42–68°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.