National Park Service · National Park · Nevada

Great Basin National Park

Here, one in six take walk-ups.

6Campgrounds
1Take walk-ups
1Free to camp
$20A night at all 5 priced
144Sites
7,080–9,900 ftElevation

Where they are

6 of 6 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Snake - Can Young N336 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Snake - Can Young S10 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Snake - Pole Ck79 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Snake - Peacock Cyn1,069 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Snake - Pole Cyn766 acres · 4 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Snake - Lexington B8 acres · 5 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Heads up

Park Closure
Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive Winter Closure Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive is closed to vehicle traffic at Mather Overlook due to winter weather.
Information
No Potable Water in Park Campgrounds There is no water available in any campground in Great Basin National Park. Water is available at the Great Basin Visitor Center and the Lehman Caves Visitor Center.
Source: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 23, 2026

Who answers for this land

Great Basin National Park’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Mark Amodei, official portrait
Mark Amodei (R)NV 2nd · 6 campgrounds · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly