Big Bend Campground

in Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

The numbers that decide it

Recreation.gov publishes no site-level detail for this campground, so we cannot say what length of rig it takes. Call the managing office before committing to it in a large vehicle.

Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero.

Big Bend Campground

Very popular with hunters during the hunting seasons. The mining town site of Gold Creek, within the Island Mountain Mining District, is 5 miles south of Big Bend on county road 745. Very little remains of the town as most of it was moved or torn down in the 1920s. A plaque at the town site contains additional information. In an aspen grove surrounded by wide open country, 15 miles northeast of Wildhorse Reservoir.

Before you go

Season

May – November

Reservations

First-come, first-served

Fees

Per Day: $? Single/$?Double

Hours

May - November, as weather and conditions allow.

Restrictions

Dogs must be on a leash at campground.

Make it a night on a better road

Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.