Mid Hills (Mojave National Preserve)
Mojave National Preserve · near Barstow / Needles · California Desert
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Elevation
- 5600
- Campsites
- 26 sites
- Season
- Year-round (higher/cooler)
- Fee
- ~$12/night
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- No
- How to reserve
- FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED. A high (5,600 ft) pinyon-juniper campground in the Mojave Preserve — cooler than the desert floor, with a high-desert feel. Pit toilets, no reliable water (bring it). Rough dirt access road. Free dispersed camping park-wide.
What is here
- Setting
- desert
- Amenities
- High/cool pinyon-juniper setting · Cooler than the desert floor · Mid Hills to Hole-in-the-Wall trail · Uncrowded & remote
- Best for
- Cool, remote high-desert Mojave camping
- Features
- High pinyon-juniper woodland · Cooler than the low desert · Trail to Hole-in-the-Wall · Deep solitude
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · dispersed
- Intl tip
- FIRST-COME. High (5,600 ft) pinyon-juniper — cooler than the desert floor, more forest-like. Rough dirt access road (check conditions). Hike Mid Hills to Hole-in-the-Wall (8 mi). Bring ALL water; pit toilets. Deep solitude. Free dispersed camping elsewhere in the preserve. Remote — fuel up. A cool, quiet Mojave gem.
The guide
Mid Hills sits high in the Mojave National Preserve at 5,600 feet, in a pinyon-juniper woodland that feels more like a mountain…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Mid Hills (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
- 35.125, -115.427