LAHONTAN STATE RECREATION AREA
RUN BY: Nevada State Parks
LOCATION: Silver
Springs, NV
UTILITIES: none
COST: $15
DISCOUNTS: State
Senior Pass available to NV residents only
OUR RATING (1-5): Category I, Rating 4+
NOTES: There were very
few people camping in October. The lake
and area are beautiful but you can not eat the fish because of mercury and
other heavy metals, and many warn you not to drink water even if it is labelled
‘drinking water’. Sadly, this is true
most places in Nevada because of mining. Most of the campsites have nice views
and a majority look out at the lake. We
had a beautiful view from our back window. The entire road and sites is
paved. One can also camp on the beach
for free. It does seem firm enough to support a good-sized trailer in many
places.
Environment:
Very open. Some old, gnarly Cottonwood trees along the lake.
Amenities: None
Dump: Yes
Public Water: Yes
Toilets: Yes
(but closed in Oct.)
Showers: Yes (but closed in Oct.)
Laundry: No
Phone Service:
Verizon 4G-3bars
Location: At
the intersection of US-50 and US-95ALT in Silver Springs, NV., 35 miles east of
Carson City, NV., turn south on US-95Alt and go a short distance to Fir Road.
Turn left on Fir Road and follow this road to the park entrance. Park entrance
is 39.375120 -119.203965
Proximity to shopping:
very limited in Silver Springs. Carson City would be your best bet for
something other than the very, very basics.
Camping Population:
In October there were lots of locals and people heading south for the
winter. Summer it is packed with locals. Indicators of residential campers* but
no problems.
Sites: Roomy
and paved. Dry camping on some of the
beaches is permitted at no cost other than getting into to the park.
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| The view out of our big back window. |
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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
* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers
by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people
but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more
crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even
though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have
good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of
vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in
life, I’m calling them ‘residential
campers’. It is only when you get a
high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in
petty theft, etc.
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