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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · California and Nevada

Toiyabe National Forest

27 federal campgrounds, 7 of them with first-come, first-served sites, and 4 free to camp.

27Campgrounds
7With first-come sites
4Free to camp
$10–$34A night, across 3
595Sites, from 17
5,930–9,710 ftElevation
2States
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 27 of these 27 campgrounds

Where they are

27 of 27 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 27

27 campgrounds
ReservableOpen
Nevada Beach Campground
Toiyabe National Forest · NV
54 sites54 with a bear boxrigs to 60 ft6,250 ftdrinking watertoilets
ReservableOpen
Silver Creek
Toiyabe National Forest · CA
22 sites22 with a bear box3 pull-through sitesrigs to 51 ft6,810 fttoilets
ReservableOpen
Lookout Campground
Toiyabe National Forest · CA
20 sites19 with a tent pad3 pull-through sitesrigs to 50 ft6,750 fttoilets
ReservableOpen
Kit Carson Campground
Toiyabe National Forest · CA
12 sites11 with a bear box1 with a tent padrigs to 45 ft6,860 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Buckeye
Toiyabe National Forest · CA
68 sites6,880 fttoilets
Reservable
Zephyr Cove RV & Campground
Toiyabe National Forest · NV
150 sites47 hike-in sites30 pull-through sitesrigs to 50 ft6,270 fthookups
Reservable
Robinson Creek North
Toiyabe National Forest · CA
53 sites4 pull-through sitesrigs to 40 ft7,130 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Trumbull Lake
Toiyabe National Forest · CA
42 sites1 pull-through siterigs to 82 ft9,710 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Mt. Rose CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · NVfrom $32 · 8,870 ft · drinking waterOpenBig Creek CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · NVFree · 6,740 ftFirst-comeBob Scott CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · NVfrom $10 · 7,250 ftFirst-comeCenterville Flat CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · CA5,930 ftFirst-comeColumbine CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · NVFree · 8,590 ftFirst-comeDesert Creek CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · NVFree · 6,280 ftFirst-comeGalena Creek Visitor CenterToiyabe National Forest · NV6,080 ftLower Twin Lake CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · CAfrom $34 · 7,200 ftLower Virginia Creek Primitive CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · CA9,140 ftFirst-comeSan Juan Dispersed CampgroundToiyabe National Forest · NVFree · 7,470 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Bodie Hillsmining · 20 mi
developing
Yosemite National Parkdefunding · 21 mi
Roadless
Silver Hill4,423 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Iceberg - Silver Mtn.294 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Rose - Summit9 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Hoover - Mt.olsen624 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Hoover - Virginia Lks5,050 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Hoover - Emma Lake1,007 acres · 2 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.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Heads up

Wildfire
Hawk fire · 7.2 mi from the nearest campground here · 15,085 acres · 98% contained
Wildfire
Fred Mt fire · 17 mi from the nearest campground here · 3,482 acres · 100% contained
Wildfire
Bonetti fire · 33 mi from the nearest campground here · 0 acres
Source: NIFC/IRWIN via MTJP wildfire tracker · Sep 7, 2026

Who answers for this land

Toiyabe National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 3 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Kevin Kiley (R)CA 3rd · 17 campgrounds · grade F
Mark Amodei (R)NV 2nd · 8 campgrounds · grade F
Steve Horsford (D)NV 4th · 2 campgrounds · grade A+
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly