Camping near Panaca, Nevada

Camping near Panaca at a glance

Public campgrounds

2 (2 State Park)

Getting a site

2 reservable

Cost

Lowest posted fee at Beaver Dam State Park: "$15/night ($20 non-NV)"

Distance from Panaca

2.6 miles (Cathedral Gorge State Park) to 26 miles (Beaver Dam State Park) in a straight line; 1 within 15 miles

Elevation

4,800 ft (Cathedral Gorge State Park) to 5,197 ft (Beaver Dam State Park), 2 of 2 on record

Season

2 open all year

Campsites

52 across the 2 campgrounds that state a count

RVs

2 take RVs; hookups at Cathedral Gorge State Park; longest stated RV length 28 ft (Beaver Dam State Park)

Drinking water

2 of 2

Distances are straight-line miles from Panaca'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 Panaca

• Echo Canyon State Park, 11 miles from Panaca in a straight line , State Park , reservable ($15/night + $10 hookup fee ($20 non-NV)); listed under camping near Pioche.
• Kershaw-Ryan State Park, 15 miles from Panaca in a straight line , State Park , reservable ($15/night + $10 hookup fee ($20 non-NV)); listed under camping near Caliente.
• Meadow Valley Campground, 19 miles from Panaca in a straight line , BLM , first-come (free); listed under camping near Pioche.
• Spring Valley State Park, 22 miles from Panaca in a straight line , State Park , reservable ($15/night ($20 non-NV)); listed under camping near Pioche.
• Mathews Canyon Dam, 22 miles from Panaca in a straight line , BLM ; listed under camping near Caliente.

Things to do near Panaca

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

• Cathedral Gorge slot canyons, at Cathedral Gorge State Park (2.6 miles from Panaca): Narrow slot canyons with tunnels leading to hidden chambers, known locally as caves, reached from the campground's own Nature Trail.
• Cathedral Gorge State Park, its campground is 2.6 miles from Panaca; publiclandsdb.com has its hours, entrance fee, and boundary.
• Echo Canyon Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 11 miles from Panaca; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Echo Canyon State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 11 miles from Panaca; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Echo Canyon State Park, a swimming hole whose mapped point is 11 miles from Panaca; swimming details on swimholesmap.com.
• Caliente Hot Springs, a hot spring whose mapped point is 13 miles from Panaca; soaking details on swimholesmap.com.
• Kershaw-Ryan State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 15 miles from Panaca; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Eagle Valley Reservoir fishing, a fishing water whose mapped point is 20 miles from Panaca; stocking record and species on fishypedia.com.
• Spring Valley State Park, a state park whose mapped point is 21 miles from Panaca; its hours, entrance fee, and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.
• Tunnel Spring Wilderness, a wilderness area whose mapped point is 24 miles from Panaca; its permit and camping rules and boundary on publiclandsdb.com.

Supplies and emergencies near Panaca

Nearest emergency room: Grover C Dils Medical Center, 700 N Spring St, Caliente, NV, 13 miles from Panaca , (775) 726-3171. Next nearest: St. George Regional Hospital, 1380 East Medical Center Drive, St George, UT, 67 miles, (435) 251-2100. Both report emergency services in the CMS Hospital General Information dataset (accessed 2026-09-26) ; the location of St. George Regional Hospital is from OpenStreetMap, the Census geocoder could not place its address. In an emergency, call 911.

Groceries

• Shell convenience store · 0.4 miles
• Panaca Market supermarket · 0.8 miles
• Tillies Mini Mart convenience store · 10 miles · (775) 962-5205

Fuel

• Shell fuel station · 0.4 miles · (775) 728-4461 · Hours 24/7
• Sinclair fuel station · 10 miles
• Sinclair fuel station · 14 miles · (775) 726-3189

Laundromat

• Thee Laundry laundromat · 13 miles

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