Black Rock Desert - Nevada's Best Free Camping

Camping at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada

Nevada’s Black Rock Desert aka “Black Rock City” is one of the coolest places to camp in the United States.  If you can be blessed enough to spend just one night out here on a cloudless moonless night you will never forget the display mother nature put on that night.  The Black Rock Desert isn’t just good for tripping out and being in an obscure remote area. 

There’s miraculously some geothermal hot spring activity in the area.  The premier hot spring and the only one worth going to check out is the Black Rock Hot Spring.  If you are trying to find it just look for the black rock to the north and it’s directly underneath it.  It’s a fun journey heading out to the spring and it’s a very large hot spring too.  You can camp up to 14 days on BLM land and always pack out your trash and let’s keep these places pristine.  

Also, it can get very dusty out on the Playa so be prepared for a few dust storms. We had a few dust storms that lasted all day.