Big Creek Campground in NV -- Campground & RV Camping

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Big Creek Campground in NV

CampgroundUSFS

87 mi from Tonopah

10 mi off US 50 (straight line)

Maps Reviews 6,676 ft

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FreeOpen 5/15-10/25
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Moderate
  • All 0.1 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, dirt the whole way.
No drinking waterVault toilets

Setting

Some privacy

8 camp units on Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, 12 miles southwest of Austin, NV on west side of Toiyabe Range. Picnic tables, vault toilets. No potable water. Free. Mid-May through late October. Direct access to Kingston Canyon and Groves Lake. Setting features water birch, cottonwood, Russian olive trees along creek.

  • Moderately separated here.
  • Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
  • North Toiyabe Peak stands 4,110 ft above the map pin, 3.4 miles east.
  • North Fork Big Creek runs 0.9 mi off.

Rules

  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 37–60°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 85 of 100.

Tree cover10%30m sat. est.