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| The road to Baker Campground |
RUN BY: National Park
Service
LOCATION: Great Basin
National Park, Baker, NV
UTILITIES: None
COST: $12.00
DISCOUNTS: Senior
(50%) and certain Interagency passes
OUR RATING (1-5): Category I, Rating 3+
NOTES: We visited
Great Basin National Park in the middle of October 2017. The weather was great. The days were moderate
– coat weather for southerners – and the nights were cold. It went down into
the 20s each night. Our site had a
fantastic view but, in looking around, it was only one of one or two sites that
had such a panorama. Our friends were camped near us in the other site. We both
had difficulty leveling. The area is
beautiful and the cave is awesome! NOTE:
The other three campgrounds were already closed when we got there Oct 16th. Baker Creek Rd, on which Baker Campground is
situated, is a three mile dirty road closed
from November through April. Wild
Turkeys were in abundance! Our friends were awakened by them pecking at their
Class-C shinny hubcaps.
Environment:
You are in the high desert at an elevation of 7,423 ft.
Junipers and Pinyon Pines. October weather was warm days (50-60s) and
cold nights (20-30s).
Amenities: None
Dump: Yes (but
closed by October. There is one in Border, NV about 10 miles away)
Public Water: Yes, but is turned off for the winter by
October
Toilets: Yes
Showers: No
Laundry: No
(nearest Laundry is Ely, NV >60 miles away
Phone Service:
rather poor Verizon 4G signal
Location: Enter
the park from the town of Baker on State Rte 488. The campground is 3 miles up a dirt road to
the left of the main road to the visitor center. It is well marked. Coordinates
for the turn off of 488 are 39.009095
-114.211786
Propane: Border might have propane. We had just
filled up at a KOA in Ely.
Proximity to shopping:
>60 miles to Ely, NV. There is
gasoline within 10-15 miles at a place called Border, NV with a truck-stop type
store.
Camping Population:
Probably quite diverse during season. There were only three of us there
when we visited in October.
Sites: Tend to
be small. Leveling is difficult in most sites. Long units will have difficulty
if they can get in at all.
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RATING KEY:
category - score
Categories: I -
established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days
II
- boondocking, dry camping where there
are no designated sites and no amenities but
one might choose to stay for more than a night.
III
- over-night areas
You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to
things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities,
location, safety, camping population, site, phone service
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