Grey Cliffs Campground
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- Taking bookingsSites offered on 8 of the next 16 nights read 16:44 UTC
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 1613 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices
In the agency’s own words
For visitors to Great Basin National Park, Grey Cliffs Campground is an ideal place to setup and start exploring. Experience the solitude of the desert, the smell of sagebrush after a thunderstorm, the darkest of night skies, and the beauty of Lehman Caves . Keep reading
Recreation
The park offers a variety of trails with views of mountain peaks and alpine lake surrounded by beautiful cliffs at trail's end. Reserve a guided tour of Lehman Caves, take the scenic drive to the face of 13,063 foot Wheeler Peak or see 5,000 year old Bristlecone pine trees grow on rocky glacial moraines.
Facilities
The Grey Cliffs Campground offers vault toilets only. There is no potable water, but water is available at the (first-come, first-served) Baker Creek Campground, the RV Sanitary Station from late spring through early fall or year round at the Lehman Caves Visitor Center. A campfire is allowed in campfire rings only. RVs are not permitted due to space constraints.
Natural Features
The campground is tucked beside limestone cliffs and set amongst pinyon pines.
Nearby Attractions
Hike along the Baker Lake Trail, reserve a guided tour of Lehman Caves , take the scenic drive to the face of 13,063 foot Wheeler Peak or see 5,000 year old Bristlecone pine trees grow on rocky glacial moraines.
Charges & Cancellations
No-Shows: A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. The remainder of the reservation will be canceled and refunded, less the first night's rate and a $20 service fee. Refunds will not be provided within 24 hours of the first day of the reservation. Refunds will not be provided due to weather.
What the agency tells you
The campground accepts reservations from Memorial Day through September.
The Grey Cliffs Campground has vault toilets and no potable water.
The campground cannot accommodate RVs or trailers
Everything else this campground posts · 4
Groups utilizing a group campsite must include a minimum of 9 persons and cannot exceed a maximum group size of 16 persons per site.
This is an unstaffed campground. Bring your confirmation paperwork with you or be sure to have your confirmation uploaded onto your cell phone before you arrive (since many cellular providers will not work out here). You may need to be able to verify your reservation.
Refunds will not be provided within 24-hours of the first day of the reservation. Refunds will not be provided due to weather.
🏕️ GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK CAMPER NOTIFICATION 📍 Baker, Nevada If you are camping at Great Basin National Park, we encourage you to sign up for CodeRED emergency notifications while you are visiting the area. In the event of a wildfire, natural disaster, evacuation, or other emergency, Great Basin National Park employees and the White Pine County Sheriff’s Office may use CodeRED to provide important emergency notifications to campers and visitors. 📲 How to Sign Up Visit the White Pine County CodeRED registration page: https://accountportal.onsolve.net/whitepinecountynv CodeRED Registration - Create a CodeRED account. - When asked for your address, enter: 100 Great Basin, Baker, NV 89311 - Complete your registration and ensure your phone number is correct so you can receive emergency notifications. 🏕️ When Your Camping Trip Is Over Please log back into your CodeRED account and unenroll from the notifications associated with your Great Basin National Park visit. This helps ensure that emergency notifications are reaching visitors who are currently camping in the park. Thank you for helping Great Basin National Park and the White Pine County Sheriff’s Office maintain an effective way to communicate with campers and visitors during an emergency. Stay informed. Stay prepared. Stay safe.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 16 · 13 tent-only, 3 group
- Hookups
- None
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 15 of 16 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets - seasonal
- Drinking water
- None, bring your own
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Ranger programs
- Visitor center
- Wildlife viewing
13 of 26 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:44 UTC
recreation.gov lists 13 of the 16 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“The remainder of the reservation will be canceled and refunded, less the first night's rate and a $20 service fee. - Refunds will not be provided within 24 hours of the first day of the reservation.” · this campground’s own no-show terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 16:44 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
16 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 13 mapped sitesAll 16 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 13 of the 16 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| Loop A | A1 | tent only nonelectric | 124 ft | 111 ft | $20 | |
| Loop A | A10 | tent only nonelectric | 116 ft | 325 ft | $20 | |
| Loop A | A2 | tent only nonelectric | 100 ft | 123 ft | $20 | |
| Loop A | A3 | tent only nonelectric | 90 ft | 107 ft | $20 | |
| Loop A | A4 | tent only nonelectric | 90 ft | 88 ft | $20 | |
| Loop A | A5 | group tent only area nonelectric | 88 ft | 181 ft | $30 | |
| Loop A | A6 | tent only nonelectric | 49 ft | 93 ft | $20 | |
| Loop A | A7 | tent only nonelectric | 49 ft | 89 ft | $20 | |
| Loop A | A8 | tent only nonelectric | yes | 152 ft | 292 ft | $20 |
| Loop A | A9 | tent only nonelectric | 116 ft | 363 ft | $20 | |
| Loop B | B1 | type not stated | 239 ft | |||
| Loop B | B2 | type not stated | 114 ft | |||
| Loop B | B3 | type not stated | 85 ft | |||
| Loop C | C1 | group tent only area nonelectric | 475 ft | 182 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C2 | group tent only area nonelectric | 243 ft | 140 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | C3 | tent only nonelectric | yes | 243 ft | 382 ft | $20 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Baker Creek CampgroundGreat Basin National Park · 1.1 mi
Lower Lehman Creek CampgroundGreat Basin National Park · 2.1 mi
Upper Lehman Creek CampgroundGreat Basin National Park · 2.2 mi
Wheeler Peak CampgroundGreat Basin National Park · 4.7 mi
Snake Creek Primitive CampgroundsGreat Basin National Park · 4.7 mi
Cleve Creek CampgroundBristlecone Field Office · 23 miFrom the east or west: From U.S. Highway 6 & 50, turn south on Nevada State Highway 487 and travel 5 miles to Baker, NV. In Baker turn west on Highway 488 and travel 5 miles to the park. From the south (Utah): Travel north on Utah State Highway 21 through Milford, UT and Garrison, UT, which will become Nevada State Highway 487 as you cross the border. Turn west on Highway 488 in Baker and travel 5 miles to the park. From the south (Nevada): Travel north on U.S. Highway 93 (Great Basin Highway). At the junction of U.S. Highway 6 & 50 drive east to Nevada State Highway 487 and turn south. Travel 5 miles to Baker, NV. In Baker turn west on Highway 488 and travel 5 miles to the park.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Baker, NV
Typical weather
Typical October night 36°F, day 60°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical December night 20°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
Roadless country, and what’s coming for it
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Grey Cliffs Campground is in Nevada’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Mark Amodei (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →