Mount Rose in NV -- Campground & RV Camping in Nevada

Mount Rose Campground is located at 9,300 feet on the western slope of Mount Rose off Highway 431, under 30 minutes from Lake Tahoe. Set in a shady forest of lodgepole, Jeffrey, white pine, and red fir, the facility features paved roads and parking spurs. Sites include single, double, and triple-family layouts, with six designated for tents only. Campsites supply picnic tables, campfire rings, grills, and food storage lockers, complemented by drinking water and vault toilets. Trailheads for the Tahoe Rim Trail, Mount Rose Wilderness, and Mount Rose Summit lie right outside camp.

Road difficulty 1 of 5 -- an easy drive in. Recorded as maintained for passenger-car comfort, paved, pitching to 4%, 33% of it on a shelf. Flat ground is scarce -- under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.

Crowded here -- the nearest through road is 0.1 miles off, a 26-site campground. Slide Mountain stands 777 ft above the site, 0.7 miles east. 6 hike-in sites -- most of them shaded. Tamarack Lake lies 0.6 mi off. Night skies measure Bortle 3 -- a dark rural sky. The nearest town, Incline Village, is 4.2 mi off.