Hole-in-the-Wall (Mojave National Preserve)
Mojave National Preserve · near Barstow / Needles · California Desert
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Elevation
- 4300
- Campsites
- 35 sites
- Season
- Year-round (best Oct–May)
- Fee
- ~$12/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- No
- How to reserve
- FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED. In the vast, uncrowded Mojave National Preserve, amid dramatic volcanic rock. Water, pit toilets. The famous Rings Trail (climb through a slot using iron rings) starts here. Free dispersed camping also allowed in the preserve. Cool-season best.
What is here
- Setting
- desert
- Amenities
- Dramatic volcanic rock formations · The Rings Trail (iron-ring scramble) · Water & pit toilets · Vast, empty preserve
- Best for
- Uncrowded desert wilderness camping
- Features
- Dramatic volcanic 'holes in the wall' · The adventurous Rings Trail · Vast, empty Mojave Preserve · Kelso Dunes & Joshua trees nearby
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv · dispersed
- Intl tip
- FIRST-COME. Do the Rings Trail (iron-ring slot scramble) right from camp. The vast, empty Mojave Preserve holds the Kelso Dunes, the largest Joshua tree forest, and lava tubes. Water and pit toilets; free dispersed camping allowed elsewhere in the preserve. Cool-season best. Remote — fuel up and bring supplies. Wonderfully uncrowded.
The guide
Hole-in-the-Wall is the gem of the Mojave National Preserve — a first-come campground set amid dramatic reddish volcanic rock f…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Hole-in-the-Wall (Mojave National Preserve) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 35.048, -115.393