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The Fairgrounds in Fallon weren’t accepting reservations due to an event. So rather than staying at a casino parking lot, we decided to stay at Fallon Naval Air Station.
First of all, making the reservation was easy over the phone. Even though we weren’t told we had to enter through the South Gate, because of seeing some other reviews, we knew that is what we should do. Upon arriving at the South Gate, we found it unmanned, gated, and locked. We had to call the MWR Office to ask how to get in. They said they would call the Security to come to the gate to open and let us through, which they did.
After some confusing directions on getting to the Fam Camp, we arrived. We had to park our rig on the grounds and then walk 3 blocks to the MWR Community Center to register in. After walking back to the campground, we parked in our assigned space, finding the power pole to be locked. We had to call again to ask someone to unlock the power.
The parking area is a gravel lot with concrete pads. No grass, trees, or shade. You will occasionally hear the “sounds of freedom. “
The facility does have a building that has some nice clean restrooms, showers, and laundry, even an ironing board and an iron. There is also a small library.
If you need diesel, buy it in Fallon before you come to the base. There is no diesel sold here.
All in all, there were some hassles in staying here, but you can have most of your necessities.

We arrived at South Fork State Recreation Area on a Sunday afternoon. After driving through the hookup area, we thought we would have a look on the other side of the lake, where there is dry camping. There were a handful of campers, nearly all of them left by the end of the day.

We liked this campground the best of all of them. You can either back in or pull through, as you wish; but whichever way, you are camped right on the shoreline of a beautiful reservoir with Ruby Mountain views. And unlike the hookup area, you can easily take your paddle board or kayak straight from your rig down to the water. It was very quiet and peaceful.

The fishing was fantastic. Fish were jumping along about dinner time, and my husband through a line in and caught one within 15 minutes. The next day, we kayaked all around the lake. Perfect conditions for the beginning of October. Spring Creek and Elko are only about 20 minutes away for whatever you need.

Try The Star Restaurant in Elko for delicious Basque cuisine!

With our Senior Nevada State Parks pass, we paid $0. For all others, it’s $15 for Nevada residents and $20 per night for out of staters.

We tow a 35’ fifth wheel. The station property has walls around it, and the turns around the busy gas pump islands to get into the dump/water area are pretty tight. We didn’t try it.

This beautiful campground is a hidden gem just south of the community of Belmont, Nevada, at the southern end of the Toquima Mountains. It is lovingly maintained by volunteers from Belmont. The campground sits in the midst of widely spaced pine and pinyon trees. There are no assigned spaces, first come first serve, and no fees. Rigs of about 25’ would easily fit here. It is clean, quiet, and peaceful. A pretty rock cliff can be seen near by. Picnic tables and rock fire rings are scattered among the trees. There is also a pit toilet on site. The nearest supplies would be found in Tonopah. No dump station or trash services. So pack it in and pack it out.

The Kingston Campground is located on the eastern slopes of Nevada’s central Toiyabe Mountain Range. It is in the riparian Kingston Creek canyon. There are numbered campsites amidst tall trees and green bushes. There is a small shallow creek that runs through some of the campsites. There are restrooms with vault toilets, picnic tables and fire rings. Suitable for tents and smaller trailers, probably no longer than about 25 to 30 feet. There is, however, a pretty narrow bridge coming into the campground, so be careful. Also, there are low hanging tree branches on the road coming to the campground.
As far as recreation, there is a reservoir nearby that has fish. It was pretty low in September. There is also the trailhead for the Toiyabe Crest Trail nearby, just up the road. The main road continuing west goes over the Toiyabe Range. It’s an adventure for breathtaking, top of the world views. It ends on the other side of the range at Big Creek Campground. Only go with a 4-wheel drive, high clearance vehicle. It gets pretty steep and does cross the creek in several places.
I saw no fees associated for this campground.

Big Creek Campground is located on the western edge of the northern Toiyabe Mountain Range. It is a wide open campground without much benefit of shade trees. The campsites are attractively bordered by small boulders. Good spacing between campsites, but few to no trees or bushes if you need privacy. Their are picnic tables and fire rings and clean, TP supplied vault toilet restrooms. It is in a pretty setting going into Big Creek Canyon. The creek is shallow, but we did see some brown trout in the creek. There are several sites and group sites that could accommodate larger rigs.
If you have a high clearance 4 wheel drive vehicle, you can continue up the canyon road to explore the beautiful mountains and long big sky views after reaching the crest of the range, the road goes down into Kingston Canyon. DO NOT attempt to take a trailer on this road. Have fun exploring!

This was our second year visiting Lost Dutchman and visiting our daughter who lives in Phoenix. During COVID restrictions, no campground visitors were allowed. During our stay, this restriction was lifted, and so we invited our adult daughter and her boyfriend to join us at the campsite for dinner one evening. Upon their arrival at the entry gate, they were met by a surly woman, who with some kind of attitude told them that there were to be no more than two cars and 10 people at a campsite; there were only two of them in one car. And they were also told that they had to be gone by 8 pm. When my daughter arrived, she was upset and told us that she was sorry she had come. So much for having a nice quiet dinner, campfire, and sunset with the old folks. I wish I knew her name, but maybe if she is tired or doesn’t like her job, she should go home or look for something else to do. We will not be back. By the way, Usery Mountain Regional Park nearby is beautiful with nice friendly staff.

I think White Bridge May have fallen on a little hard times, since the first review. While it was a welcome place to spend some “cool” summer days, many of the camp site parking pads were crumbling and cracked asphalt, the restrooms were kind of dirty, and there was tall grass very near our fire ring. The dumpsters were full to nearly overflowing. The dumpster nearest our campground disappeared with a garbage truck one day. (???)

On the bright side, though, our campsite was reserved and open upon arrival. There is a creek that runs the length of the campground. If you take a look at the campground map, you can see the creek that runs behind many camp sites. There kids can play in the water, and we even saw someone fishing and catching one.

If you are trailer camping, don’t go to sites 25 through 28. Trailers are not recommended in that area, as you will have trouble turning around at the end of the road.

There is a dump site with water available. The price paid reflects the access pass discount. We had no Verizon cell service. I would not recommend real big rigs. Most sites would be a little too short for them, and many of the sites have low-hanging tree branches.

White Bridge is pretty much right between the town of Panguitch (nice little place) and Panguitch Lake, where there is a General Store, fun fishing and boating activities.

After having spent 7 days in the National Forest near Flagstaff, we planned to travel to Cortez, CO, which is a long drive from Flagstaff. A stop at Tuba City breaks this drive up nicely. Here you can have full hookups, good cell phone reception with Verizon and access to the laundry room, which was clean and with machines in good working order. A great deal for only $29 a night. By the way, this is no longer a Quality Inn. It is now Navajo Land.

We had planned to only stay one night passing through. We decided to stay an extra day, because it was so nice and beautiful. I think it’s great for families and adventurers of all ages. There are several easy trails that meander through the desert vegetation and up on the ridge lines, where you can also spend time walking around large rock castle islands and explore many slot canyons. With no big cities nearby, the night skies are amazing. All very interesting for kids. Near the group site, there is a park with a large area of manicured green grass (bring your frisbee), a tether ball, and a horseshoe pit. The rest rooms and showers are sparkling clean. The picnic tables are veranda shaded. There are sites of varying sizes: some for tents and a few pull throughs for bigger rigs. All sites have electric, but cold water can be pumped at several spigots around the park. Highly recommend this park.