Mesquite Spring (Death Valley North)
Death Valley National Park · near Beatty (NV) / Furnace Creek · California Desert
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- beginner
- Elevation
- 1800
- Campsites
- 30 sites
- Season
- Year-round (best Oct–April)
- Fee
- ~$14/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- No
- How to reserve
- FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED. A quiet campground in the park's north, near Scotty's Castle and Ubehebe Crater. Water, flush toilets. Higher and cooler than Furnace Creek. Cool-season best; rarely fills.
What is here
- Setting
- desert
- Amenities
- Quiet northern Death Valley · Water & flush toilets · Near Ubehebe Crater · Often first-come available
- Best for
- Quieter Death Valley base + spontaneity
- Features
- Quiet, uncrowded northern location · Near Ubehebe Crater & Racetrack · Water & flush toilets · First-come flexibility
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- Yes
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · rv
- Intl tip
- FIRST-COME (rarely fills) — great for spontaneous trips. Quiet northern location near Ubehebe Crater and the Racetrack road (high-clearance/4WD for the Racetrack). Water and flush toilets. Higher/cooler than Furnace Creek. Cool-season best. Incredible dark skies. A calm, uncrowded Death Valley base.
The guide
Mesquite Spring is Death Valley's peaceful northern campground — a quiet, first-come oasis near Ubehebe Crater and the road to …
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mesquite Spring (Death Valley North) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 37.021, -117.366