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Located 37 miles west of Ely on Highway 50, turn at the sign for Illipah Reservoir and continue 1 mile to a road junction, turn left and continue 1.3 miles to the campground.
We stayed in Ely and came out to try some fishing. Really enjoyed Illipah. The campground was just above the lake and looked nice enough. Bathrooms and a giant dumpster. Next time we want to camp here. Fishing was great ended up with six nice trout fish to bring back for dinner.
Nice place, BLM free overlooking a Reservoir. Can get windy so heads up. Mainly a fishing lake. A little long on the dirt road, 2 mi? but not a problem.
Stayed a night in our RV while passing through. Has a covered picnic table area with a fire pit and grill at each campsite. Plenty of spots and best of all it's free! Beautiful views to wake up to and lots of fish in the lake
Stopped here on a motorcycle trip...very cool hidden gem in the middle of the desert. Ironically it was actually raining and very windy when we arrived (early June) but it quickly cleared up and we had a fantastic view of the stars that night.
The lake looked a bit low but there were a ridiculous amount of fish in it as you could see the bloop holes everywhere. I'm not a fish person but my buddy who's a fly fisherman went down in the evening and they were biting practically instantly after casting.
Covered spots, vault toilets, not many people there. Pretty sweet spot!
I love this campground. The spaces are spaced far apart so you aren't bothered by others. They have picnic tables that are covered that came in handy when it started to sprinkle. Going down to the reservoir you could see the fish from the banks. We didn't fish but from the looks of it the fish were biting pretty good.
