Ward Mountain Campground

After driving miles through Nevada, the Ward Mountain Campground was a beautiful, quiet and welcome respite. I pulled into site 1, which is a double size pull through for a single site cost. Check the board at the entrance to verify open sites (non-reserved). Almost as soon as I pulled in, the helpful Ranger stopped by to greet me and hand me a payment envelope. The night was quiet and peaceful and as I left in the morning, I regretted the fact that I had to leave to make my next reservation. Next time, I will plan on staying a couple of nights!

So quiet and peaceful! Lovely campground with well maintained sites. Spotless vault toilets. We did not make reservations (September) so took a FF site #21. Our only complaint would be the site was not level and we could not get our van level with blocks. We would definitely come back here again.

Showed up on a Sunday. Plenty of open spots. That’s a camp host, Todd. Very informative. Very helpful!

Most sites are reservable, but a dozen of them are FCFS
No water at all
Very clean toilets
At 7,300 feet elevation....even in August, it was in the 50F’s at night and cool during day
About 1 hour drive to Great Basin National Park
Try cool scenic drive Success Loop Scenic Drive...33 miles, starts at Cave Lake State Park, about 10 miles away from campsite
Paid $4 per night with senior pass ( normally $8)
Love’s Gas Station is about 7 miles in closest town, Ely
AT&T cell service...2 bars LTE...good reception

Love loop A, space 6. Pull thru site, 2 8' picnic tables, 2 tops for your propane bbq or Blackstone grill, 1 charcoal grill, 1 fire pit. Across the street from there bathroom and a bicycle trail at the back of the site!! Tent site here, and at the opposite end of the site from pull thru area! Only gave it 4 stars on noise because of the Jake brakes you here from the highway....

We stayed over Memorial Day weekend which is early season for this high elevation campground. We had SNOW on our last night there, which they said was unusual but it seemed like the campground never "officially" opens with all services until early June anyway. The area is open year-round due to the immense amount of nordic ski trails directly accessible from the campground.

Pay is a self-serve station. Camp host on-site during the Summer months.
$8/ni cash, no change. About 30% of sites are First Come First Served, so even if there are no sites available online, there's a good chance you can get one first-come.

Great proximity to Ely NV and Cave Lake State Park. We originally planned to stay at Cave Lake State Park but there weren't any spots large enough to accommodate our 40' motorhome. At Ward Mountain however there were large sites, including some pull throughs, and a nice big circle to drive in/out.

Each campsite has a nice new patio/pad, grills, picnic tables, etc. Plenty of space to yourself.
We both work full-time from the RV and had no issues with Wifi/cell signal while camped here.

The hiking and off roading straight from the campground were a plus!

If you'd like to see more about the area including our jeep trip UP Ward Mountain and a quick drive-through of downtown ELY, please watch our youtube video: https://youtu.be/eNB7JnllgiM

Arrived early Spring. No envelopes to fill out for pymts so assumed free.
Very nice camping area with several loops. Graveled and nicely spaced. Group site and RV, big boys site and smaller one. I stayed at both. Got snowed on, no big deal. Apparently hiking and Maybe ORV trails, check local guides.
Town of Ely near by, laundromat towards East end of town, very nice but a little $$$.
Like staying here, cost was good and Illipah Res was a little too windy.
Dry, no hookups no dump n fills.
I used the KOA for water as the dump n fill on the highway was closed, due to winter/early Spring at the Gas station facility. Use the Dump app to find it, forgot the name, like Maverick station.

April 8, 2018. Super clean campground. Here in early spring and water was not yet turned on and was free. Access to 20 miles of trails (hiking and biking). A little road noise but not bad. Campground mostly vacant - one other camper here the night we stayed. Great separation in the sites.

Ok, certain sites are reservation only, others are first come basis. Only 2 water sources in entire campground, bottle, jug, bucket filling only. All water hydrants are shut off until further notice due to Rush Copper Pit draining the aquafir, they have to dig a new well and that won’t even start for more than 2 months from now! Only 2 trash containers in entire campground. Camp sites are awesome: some privacy, gravel, level, shady, easy access, clean, good road off highway 6. Town of Ely is only 6 miles away. Senior National Park Pass accepted. I gave it a 3 because of the water situation. No maps of trails available here.

Very good water
Clean heads
Quiet