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Camping is allowed at Sportsmans Beach, Tamarack Beach and Twenty Mile Beach.
Sportsman's Beach provides 34 developed campsites with cabanas, picnic tables and vault toilets. Tamarack Beach and Twenty Mile Beach provide opportunities for dispersed camping for RV or tents along the shoreline.
Walker Lake offers a variety of recreational opportunities including swimming, picnicking, boating, bird watching, water-skiing and camping. Sportsman's Beach provides thirty one individual camp sites plus two undeveloped camping areas that accommodate RV and tent campers. Facilities include vault toilets, covered picnic tables, grills, pull through and back-in camp sites, paved access and a public boat ramp area. There is no potable water available at Sportman's Beach.
User fees at Sportsman's Beach are collected for overnight use of the area under the following schedule:
Developed Camp Site: $6/night/vehicle $36/week/vehicle $2/night/vehicle Primitive Camp Area: $4/night/vehicle $22/week/vehicle America the Beautiful Senior and Access Passes are honored.
This is a great spot for a stop over. The place was quiet and clean. The road noise was minimal and the lake was pretty. Covered picnic tables and fire rings available. The downsides were: locked bathrooms, signs are old and can’t read them, no pay envelopes. Overall, $6/night was a good price for a rest area.
So many sites that were empty - it was beautiful. Even though you are right next to a highway it doesn't feel like it - quiet and peaceful. I was really surprised there was really nobody there. Don't just take the first right you see into the campsites though - keep following the road there are more below all with tables, pits and shade. Lizards were very cool /interesting. Clean toilets - bring toilet paper though and watch for all the spider webs.
Here are some current photos of Walker Lake. We drove through here three years ago, and the lake did not look so good. No salt ring exposed, and beautifully blue. Please check out the pictures.
