Dispersed Camping in Pershing County, Nevada
Showing 9 locations in Pershing County.
3-Mile Playa Access
Dispersed camping corridor located along the 3-Mile Playa Access road on BLM land near Lovelock, Nevada. The area offers wide-open desert terrain with easy access.
Black Rock Desert BLM Primitive Road
A remote BLM primitive dirt road providing access to the expansive Black Rock Desert playa region in northern Nevada. The area offers wide-open landscapes with opportunities for dispersed camping, though conditions are heavily dependent on weather.
Black Rock Desert Playa Dispersed Area
The immense dry lake bed of the Black Rock Desert playa provides standard dispersed wilderness camping on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. While open to remote dry camping during most seasons, the area is subject to extreme weather, whiteout dust storms, and strict special permit zones and temporary closures during organized late-summer events when a temporary city is erected on the silt.
BLM Campsite in Humboldt WMA
A flat gravel camping area located within the Humboldt Wildlife Management Area. The site features an open landscape with panoramic desert views and is equipped with a basic pit toilet and stone fire rings. Access requires navigating several miles of washboard dirt roads, and visitors should be prepared for free-roaming cattle and seasonal insect presence.
BLM Land near Lovelock, NV
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BLM Primitive Road Dispersed
This primitive BLM corridor provides access to dispersed camping near the Trego Hot Springs and the edge of the Black Rock Desert playa. Sites are scattered along the dirt road, offering panoramic desert views and access to Old Razorback Mountain. Camping is permitted but restricted directly around the geothermal features to protect the resource.
BLM Primitive Road Dispersed
Scenic dispersed camping spots located along a primitive BLM road overlooking the Black Rock Desert. The area offers wide-open views and isolated camping, though it is highly exposed to the elements.
BLM Road (Lovelock)
This remote dirt corridor on BLM land offers primitive dispersed camping opportunities in a vast desert setting near Steamboat Mountain.
Rye Patch State Park Recreation Area
A developed state park recreation area featuring two distinct campground loops near the dam. The River Campground loop offers shaded, spacious sites with picnic tables and fire pits along the downstream river, while the Reservoir Campground loop offers closer lakeside sites near the boat ramp with access to hot showers and flush toilets.