Elk Flat Campground

Elk Flat Campground is the first camping area park visitors see as they approach; Showers and flush-type toilets are available while the campground is open.  Camping is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Camping fees are charged per vehicle and are payable in the campgrounds. Reservations are not accepted and saving sites is prohibited. A few small group sites are available by reservation, and several sites can accommodate more than one vehicle.   Please contact the ranger for overflow camping information. The park offers two designated campgrounds: Elk Flat Campground and the Lake View Campground. All sites are level and include a fire pit with grill, table and parking. Access roads to campsites are unpaved.  The camping limit is seven days in a 30-day period. German brown trout are native to Cave Lake and park streams. Hatchery rainbow trout are stocked in the lake, which is fed by Cave Creek and empties into Steptoe Creek. Big game animals such as elk and muledeer, and predators such as bobcat, mountain lion and coyote, reside in the area. Hawks and eagles are common as are vulture, pinyon jay, magpie and varieties of waterfowl and songbirds. Several varieties of reptiles are present including the occasional western rattlesnake. Park vegetation is typical of the Great Basin and includes aspen, big sagebrush, rabbit brush, Mormon tea, wild rose, chokecherry and currant. A pinyon/juniper woodland area interspersed with wetlands surrounds Cave Lake. Sedimentary limestones and shales typical of the Great Basin dominate park geology, and the area is characterized by large up thrusts, narrow canyons and shallow caves.