Camping near Baker, Nevada

Camping near Baker at a glance

Public campgrounds

5 (5 National Park Service)

Getting a site

5 reservable

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Baker Creek Campground: "$20/night ($10 with a senior or access pass)"

Distance from Baker

5.7 miles (Grey Cliffs Campground) to 9.8 miles (Wheeler Peak Campground) in a straight line; 5 within 15 miles

Elevation

7,115 ft (Grey Cliffs Campground) to 9,886 ft (Wheeler Peak Campground), 4 of 5 on record

Season

1 open all year, 4 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

133 across the 5 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

4 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 50 ft (Baker Creek Campground)

Distances are straight-line miles from Baker's point in the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2025), not driving distances. Every other fact comes from each campground's own sourced record, linked from its page.

More campgrounds within 30 miles of Baker

• Snake Creek Primitive Campsites, 9.5 miles from Baker in a straight line , National Park Service , first-come (free); listed under camping near White Pine.
• Sacramento Pass Recreation Area, 12 miles from Baker in a straight line , BLM , first-come (free); listed under camping near Ely.
• Cleve Creek Campground, 26 miles from Baker in a straight line , BLM , first-come (free); listed under camping near Ely.

Things to do near Baker

Public land and water within 30 miles of Baker, the public land its campgrounds sit in, and landmarks at those campgrounds, nearest first.

• Great Basin National Park, all 5 campgrounds here sit inside this National Park Service unit, the nearest Grey Cliffs Campground at 5.7 miles from Baker; publiclandsdb.com has its entrance fees, current alerts and fire restrictions, and boundary.
• Lehman Caves, at Lower Lehman Creek Campground (6.4 miles from Baker): The Lehman Caves Visitor Center, start of the park's cave tours, is 2.5 miles down Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive.
• Lehman Creek viewing platform, at Upper Lehman Creek Campground (6.9 miles from Baker): Lehman Creek runs through the campground; a viewing platform over the creek can offer a look at cutthroat trout.
• Baker Lakes Loop Trailhead, at Baker Creek Campground (7 miles from Baker): The Baker Lakes Loop Trailhead is a short way up Baker Creek Road from the campground.
• Highest campground in the National Park System, at Wheeler Peak Campground (9.8 miles from Baker): At 9,886 feet, the highest-elevation campground in the National Park System; the Bristlecone and Alpine Lakes Loop trails start just outside the entrance.
• Sacramento Pass Pond fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 12 miles from Baker; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Highland Ridge Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 17 miles from Baker; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Mt. Moriah Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 20 miles from Baker; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Cleve Creek fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 24 miles from Baker; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Baker

Nearest emergency room: William Bee Ririe Hospital, 1500 Ave H, Ely, NV, 43 miles from Baker , (775) 289-3001. Next nearest: Milford Memorial Hospital, 850 North Main Street, Milford, UT, 73 miles, (435) 387-2411. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) ; the location of Milford Memorial Hospital is from OpenStreetMap, the Census geocoder could not place its address. In an emergency, call 911.

Fuel

• Baker Fuel and RV fuel station · 0.7 miles · Hours Mo-Su 12:00+
• Phillips 66 fuel station · 4.7 miles · Hours 24/7

RV dump station

• Lehman RV Dump Station RV dump station · 5.2 miles

Potable water fill

• Lehman RV Dump Station RV dump station · 5.2 miles

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Baker: grocery or convenience store, propane, pharmacy, laundromat, and ice. Stores, fuel, propane, dump stations, water fill, laundromats, and pharmacies are the nearest few mapped within 25 miles, straight-line, © OpenStreetMap contributors (data as of 2026-09-26; this extract under the ODbL). Hours are as mapped; call ahead.

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