Camping near Owyhee, Nevada

Camping near Owyhee at a glance

Public campgrounds

3 (3 National Forest)

Getting a site

3 first-come

Cost

1 free; lowest posted fee at Wildhorse Crossing Campground: "Single Site: $5 per night ($2.50 with a senior or access pass)"

Distance from Owyhee

21 miles (Wildhorse Crossing Campground) to 30 miles (Jack Creek Campground) in a straight line; none within 15 miles

Elevation

6,000 ft (Wildhorse Crossing Campground) to 6,500 ft (Jack Creek Campground), 2 of 3 on record

Season

3 seasonal with posted dates

Campsites

34 across the 2 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

3 take RVs; no hookups on record; longest stated RV length 35 ft (Wildhorse Crossing Campground)

Distances are straight-line miles from Owyhee'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 Owyhee

• Wilson Reservoir Recreation Management Area, 19 miles from Owyhee in a straight line , BLM ($10 per vehicle per night); listed under camping near Elko.
• North Wildhorse Recreation Area, 26 miles from Owyhee in a straight line , BLM ; listed under camping near Elko.
• Wild Horse State Recreation Area, 28 miles from Owyhee in a straight line , State Park , reservable ($15/night ($20 non-NV)); listed under camping near Elko.

Things to do near Owyhee

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

• Dry Creek Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 8.7 miles from Owyhee; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Wilson Sink Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 19 miles from Owyhee; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, all 3 campgrounds here sit inside this national forest, the nearest Wildhorse Crossing Campground at 21 miles from Owyhee; publiclandsdb.com has its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary.
• Wild Horse Reservoir water level, a reservoir whose mapped point is 25 miles from Owyhee; current water level on reservoirfinder.com.
• Wild Horse State Recreation Area, a state park whose mapped point is 28 miles from Owyhee; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Wildhorse Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 28 miles from Owyhee; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Wild Horse Boat Ramp, a boat launch whose mapped point is 28 miles from Owyhee; launch details on boatrampsfinder.com.
• Wild Horse Reservoir, a swimming hole whose mapped point is 28 miles from Owyhee; swimming details on swimholesmap.com.
• Gold Creek ghost town, at Big Bend Campground (29 miles from Owyhee): A historic mining town site 5 miles south of the campground on County Road 745, within the Island Mountain Mining District; little remains after most structures were moved or torn down in the 1920s, but a plaque at the site gives its history.

Supplies and emergencies near Owyhee

Nearest emergency room: Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital, 2001 Errecart Blvd, Elko, NV, 80 miles from Owyhee , (775) 738-5151. Next nearest: St Luke's Elmore Medical Center, 895 N 6th E, Mountain Home, ID, 88 miles, (208) 587-8401. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) . In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Tammen Temeeh Kahni supermarket · 6.1 miles · Hours 07:30-19:00

Not mapped in OpenStreetMap within 25 miles of Owyhee: fuel station, propane, RV dump station, potable water fill, 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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