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Located on the north east corner of the intersection of US-6 and Nevada state route NV-376, there is a large open parking lot for a rest area capable of holding at least 10 large semi trucks. The state has placed three trash barrels at the location, and the gravel lot is reasonably flat and immaculately clean. About three miles to the west is Tonopah, NV and a half a mile east is the Tonopah airport. In town is a Raley's grocery, gas stations, the excellent Tonopah Brewing Company (with pretty good barbecue), and a publicly available dump station at Tonopah RV Park for $10.

Between this intersection with US-6 and the Humboldt-Toyabe National Forest, you will find about a dozen similar parking areas on NV-376, state owned lots and access to open range and forest lands.

While there is not a huge amount of traffic at this intersection, this is US-6 and a major east/west route across Nevada. You will hear truck traffic at this site.

A great flat and quiet place 69 miles out of Wendover. Sinclair station open 24 hours for snacks and gas.

The dump station closes seasonally - confirmed closed on November 14 2020. Overnight camping here is insanely quiet and beautiful though.

Weird cell service - sometimes got Verizon to work, mostly got roaming and 3G

12 large, long, reasonably flat parking spaces. In a small valley down from the highway so the road noise isn’t that bad. Very well maintained and clean. Dump station is free.

It’s the other visitors who are the problem. Between the cars parking in the clearly obvious RV and trailer spaces or the schmuck who backed up to our coach and ran his generator ALL night. So… hit or miss.

Conveniently located on the north side of town right next to US-95, a very nice place for a self contained unit to get full hookups with a 50 amp circuit, water, and sewer. The folks who checked us in knew we were coming with a reservation, and because there's only 11 spots, they knew exactly who we were and guided us to the spot in the middle of the row of spaces. Each space has a cement patio for chairs and cooking and whatnot, and a common trash can is shared for every two spaces. Campground has a shower facility, but I did not use it (yay COVID.) Dog run is near the farthest west space, but it definitely needed some pooper scooper attention from unappreciative guests.

Bring a pressure regulator. Water is running well over 60 PSI, but hey, that's good! Also be sure to have a sewage hose with a twist in fitting required by the town; buying it locally at the campground is a bit pricy from what I overheard from a needy neighbor.

The folks at the camp are very proud of the local town and history and even gave us a complementary guide to the town for a walking tour, history of the buildings, and story of the massive flood and fire in the early 1900's that wrecked most of the town.

Busy times would be during the Best of the Desert and Goldfield Days (when COVID isn't canceling everything).

While the campground is right off US-95, you're in the middle of nowhere. And I mean NOWHERE. Gas stations are 67 miles south in Beaty and 27 miles north in Tonopah. There is a small general store in town, but be prepared for self contained conditions - you will not be dining out tonight. While Goldfield was the most populated town in Nevada in the 1900's, she is now a beautiful not-quite-ghost town of abandoned buildings, equipment, and history. The town and the road is quiet with no disturbance at night despite being the main north-south road between Las Vegas and Reno.

Cell Phone Service - This weird section of Nevada is covered by Verizon, but it reports as being in roaming mode. Ditto on T-Mobile - you might be able to get about 15 MB of data in this weird roaming area. AT&T had bars and absolutely no data. Phone calls were fine. WiFi is available at the campground, but we could not get a signal from our rig.

SPEED TRAP WARNING - Welcome to Esmeralda County, Nevada, where the majority of the money the county makes is off of traffic violations. No, seriously, they even explicitly have on their county site how when you get pulled over they'll knock your ticket down to a fine for "tail light violation" - https://www.accessesmeralda.com/county_offices/rules_about_traffic_citations.php - just to get you to pay up and shut up. Needless to say, that 25 MPH sign on US 95 means TWENTY FIVE MILES PER HOUR.

Park closed. Jersey barriers over the entrance blocking parking, dump station, and historical marker

Area closed

Located next to the US Post Office, the park sits atop the hills of Goldfield with a beautiful view of what once was Nevada’s largest city. This former mining town was wiped almost clean by fires in 1923, but what remains is a well preserved bit of history, and it’s obvious the locals take pride.

Sites are dirt/gravel, wide, and very long - my 27 foot trailer and F-150 barely take a 1/3rd of the length. Reasonably even sites. 50 amp circuit, full hookups, well maintained. Site markers use some of the old stuff left from the miners, so you’ll see rusty old cans and relics at the trees at the front and back of each site. 12 total sites, very private.

Easy walking distance to the historical sites of downtown.

If you are coming in from the south, be sure to stop in Beaty NV for gas. From the north, Tonopah. There are NO gas or groceries in town. Also speed limit in town is 25 - FOLLOW IT. Rural Nevada down US 95 gets almost all of its income from speed traps.

Side note: It appears that there’s some sort of rivalry between This place and Clark’s Custom Camp right down the street, one sided. Clark’s put up a sign as you enter the park saying you missed the park and to turn around. This is a bit childish IMHO, and Goldfield RV Park is as nice as Clark’s, has wider and longer spaces than Clark’s, is off the highway, and is very comfortable and quiet.

T-mobile and Verizon note: You may need to allow roaming for your device here. IDK why. Works fine as soon as you say yea, go ahead, “roam” on Verizon here in the US. Insert shrug here.

I don't want to dis a small family owned business that has been around since 1936. But there's little things that make the difference between a "welp, we were stuck here and we already paid" and "that was a really nice place." That all comes down to care and attention.

After reading an earlier review saying they didn't pay attention to online reservations, took the effort to call. Got a nice young gentleman (assuming that's one of the sons or grandsons) who took my dates for the reservation, a credit card number to hold, what type of equipment we had, what type of site we wanted, did we want cable TV. Cool.

Got to the park, sign on the door, out working in the park, and again, all good and cool. It's a small private park, assuming we're up to something, call the number, nice lady came over.

So the first thing is that the reservation is wrong. Only put down one night when we needed four. Second, the lady said it was a 20% cash discount - $35 a night - if we didn't use our credit card. Why not, even the president doesn't pay taxes, might as well enjoy a discount. Did we want cable TV. Okay, now it's getting weird - did you just sort of lose the reservation? Site map, drive around this way, and thank you.

Get to the site, and we're now in a 30 amp circuit instead of the requested 50. Welp, whatever. At least it's away from the road - NOPE, you're within 1/8th of a mile of I-80 AND the main transcontinental railway Union Pacific line with a mandatory horn (two short, so it's not a crossing, so not sure what they are doing). 50 amp circuits are in the front. Office is closed now. Well, whatever, and we paid cash.

Sites are gravel and fairly level, reasonably sized, and the land is reasonably well maintained and clean. Signage around the park especially how to get out is bad - had multiple rigs have to drive through empty sites to figure how to get out while we were here. Neighborhood is pretty dumpy - car repair shops, abandoned gas stations, abandoned old motels. Pilot station is half a block down, Mexican restaurant with zero cares about COVID, social distancing, health, changing fryolator oil (whuff, just the stink of it from outside, dang) is next door.

But if you need a place to sleep overnight, it's fine.

We stayed off season here on our way to Ely and Elko to visit northern Nevada. Beautiful views of the canyon. They're in the process of building a new restroom and laundry room facility (January 2020). Owners live on site and are very friendly. Crushed stone drive and sites, large old trees dot the sites to provide shade on hot days. Price was $25 for a 50 amp pull through site with full hookups, picnic table. You'll need to bring your own fire ring.

Caliente is an old water stop for the Union Pacific, so keep that in mind; you're in a canyon with an active train line about 1/4th of a mile away. There will be an occasional train horn, but there's only one crossing in town so muted and not often.