Wildrose (Death Valley High Desert)
Death Valley National Park · near Trona / Panamint Springs · California Desert
Camping
At a glance
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Elevation
- 4100
- Campsites
- 23 sites
- Season
- Year-round (open in summer — higher/cooler)
- Fee
- Free
Permits and booking
- Reservation required
- No
- How to reserve
- FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED, FREE. A high-elevation (4,100 ft) campground in the Panamint Mountains — cooler, so it can be camped even in summer. No water (seasonal), pit toilets. Gateway to the historic charcoal kilns and Telescope Peak.
What is here
- Setting
- desert
- Amenities
- Free camping · High/cool (summer-viable) · Charcoal Kilns nearby · Telescope Peak trailhead
- Best for
- Free, cooler Death Valley camping + Telescope Peak
- Features
- Free high-desert camping · Cooler — even summer-viable · Historic charcoal kilns · Telescope Peak (11,049 ft) trailhead
Worth knowing
- Dogs
- Allowed
- Good for a first timer
- No
Camping detail
- Camp type
- developed · dispersed
- Intl tip
- FIRST-COME and FREE. High/cool (4,100 ft) — one of the few Death Valley camps viable in summer. Bring water (seasonal only). Visit the historic charcoal kilns; hike Telescope Peak (11,049 ft, snow-free summer/fall). Pit toilets. A cool, free escape from the valley heat. Combine with the main park in cool season.
The guide
Wildrose offers a completely different side of Death Valley — free, high-elevation camping in the pinyon-and-juniper of the Pan…
In the Guidebook
Everything above is yours for free. The written guide to Wildrose (Death Valley High Desert) — what it is actually like, and what we would tell a friend before they went — comes with the Guidebook.
Getting there
- Coordinates
- 36.265, -117.188