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NOTE: No fires or charcoal grills allowed at this campground. Camp stoves are okay.
First come / first served tent only campground with no additional fee. Located next to CA 190 at 2100' feet in elevation. Emigrant campground overlooks the Cottonwood Mountains which is a part of the Panamint Range. This is a small campground with 10 sites southwest of Stovepipe Wells Ranger Station. A building with flush toilets is 270 feet down a dirt trail just outside of the campground.
40 min from the Furnace Creek Visitor Center. From the visitor center, turn left on CA190 and drive west past Stovepipe Wells. Emigrant Campground is 10 miles southwest of Stovepipe Wells.
No fee to camp, but you must pay an entry fee to the park.
Fires and charcoal grills are prohibited. Pets must be on a leash and attended to. Limits: 30 days. No holding or reserving sites. 1 recreational vehicle w/ tow, 2 cars, or 4 motorcylces. 8 people per site.
Nice place to camp. There are bathrooms and a place to get water. I enjoyed watching the sunset and the stars in the night sky.
This is a favorite camping spot for heading into or out of the main part(s) of Death Valley. While first-come-first-serve, I have never had an issue getting one of the sites. A communal potable water spigot is available, and a restroom building is just a short walk away. Only down side is that it is located fairly close to the main road, so vehicle headlights can be annoying on the inner sites. Otherwise, the outer sites offer a decent view of the valley and surrounding mountains.
This is a free campsite for tents only. However, several people brought in their car campers & just set up a tent. You can leave your tent in one of the 10 spots & travel throughout the park during the day but that is not best practice because then others will not have an opportunity to use a site as they come in for their 1st night. This has working toilets that flush & are kept well. There are multiple trash cans that are changed out.
While the ground is hard & filled with stones which make it hard to get a good stake in the ground, this is a good campsite due to location, it is free, the amenities are quite nice given this. This is a 10 minute drive from Stove Pipe Wells (just SW of Stove Pipe) & you can get gas as well as general store stuff there.
I would advise you come early & get a spot. Many people arrived just before sunset & after dark but were not able to get a spot because this filled up so quickly. Do not be that guy at 10 PM circling the lot & spotlighting everybody.
Finally, while this has good bathrooms & drinking water available, you need to know that those facilities are located a bit off the side. You’ll have to walk, not far, to the structure to use them just so you know.
Best place to camp in the valley. Restrooms with flush toilets, 2 sources of water. Places with spots big enough for RVs and a handful of primitive camp sites. But it’s right next to the highway so you may hear a big truck or two in the middle of the night. Super remote so get a great view of the stars at night
