Emigrant Campground
- All sites are first-come, first-served.
- Campground is a flat, square-shaped, open, rocky, gravel space. 6 to 12 inch rocks are laid out in a line to mark the outside perimeter of the square campground. Lines of loose rocks extend into the open area to mark the boundaries of each of 10 tent spaces. Each space is approximately 30 feet wide by 40 feet deep. A metal picnic table is just inside the outer boundary of each space. The restroom is just outside the campground. A narrow, uneven gravel and rock social trail extends from the north-east corner of the campground 270 feet to a stone building. This building is the Emigrant wash room which sits along an asphalt road to the parking area beyond. Doorways to the bathrooms are behind privacy walls which open toward the parking area, women on the right side and men on the left side of the building. Gender signs are high above the privacy wall entrances. View to the far south is rounded hills with sharply eroded canyons. View to the east is the open end of a valley which opens to the pale brown floor of the rest of Death Valley. Low shrubs and rocky desert terrain surrounds the campground.
Furnace Creek Campground
- During the cooler winter season, the campground is fully open. Reservations are accepted from October 15 to April 15. Make reservations from 5 days to 6 months in advance by calling 877-444-6777 or visiting www.recreation.gov. The remainder of the year, the campground reduces to 41 sites and is first-come, first-served. Note: The NPS reserves the right to hold reserved sites at any time due to management needs.
Mahogany Flat Campground (Primitive)
- This campground is first-come, first-served. No reservations are available.
- A single lane road 12 feet wide made of dirt and gravel with 1 foot wide embedded and loose rocks, enters the campground to the left of a sign that reads Mahogany Flat Campground, Elevation 8133 Feet. Starting 120 feet out the road, turn into each of three campsites on the right. Each has a metal non-ADA table and a fire ring. A single-room vault toilet is between the second and third site on the right. Starting 80 feet further downslope along the road, turn into four tent sites on right with metal non-ADA tables and fire rings. Overlook views of Death Valley between trees on far side of each site. 400 feet further downslope is a loop at the end of the road with two trees in the center of the road loop. Two campsites are to the right with metal non-ADA tables and fire rings. One site is at the far end of the road loop and has a stone fire pit. Thick, downed tree trunk logs scatter throughout the sites of this campground. The whole campground area sits on top of a mountain with scattered trees and sloping edges.
Mesquite Spring Campground
- The campground is first-come, first-served. NPS reserves the right to reserve sites for management needs. Occupy your site first, then pay using the automated fee machine.
- Campground pay station and informational bulletin board is at the end of the dirt entrance road at a Y-shaped intersection. Wood sign reads “generator hours 7am to 7pm.” Glass-enclosed bulletin board to left has several signs, including no-drone zone, campsites $14 per night or $7 with access pass, and a park map. Directly across dirt road from pay station is a RV dump site and potable water fill. Continue right at this Y-intersection to a crescent-shaped asphalt main loop. Five roads bisect the main loop by turning left. The first road has a restroom building, the next four have additional camp sites. Campground host, in season, is at site 1 on left of main road after the first bisecting road. Each campsite includes a metal picnic bench and low-set metal fire ring. Some sites also include a pole-mounted bbq. The campground has two flush restroom buildings. An ADA accessible restroom is on the fourth bisecting road, to the left of site 35. Two asphalt paths extend from the campground road, one each to the gendered restrooms on both end of a brick and wood building. A center door opens to a dish washing sink. The restroom on the first bisecting road has an identical building but with loose gravel approaches to the doors. Sites on outside of loop on south side of campground end with a sharp drop off of about 10 feet into Death Valley Wash.
Stovepipe Wells Campground
- All sites are first come, first served, however NPS reserves the right to hold sites for administrative needs at any time.
- The campground is rectangular shaped, approximately 500 feet wide and 600 feet deep. At the entrance, there is a campground fee collection area to the right at a stop sign. An automated fee machine is labeled “pay fee here.” A dark brown informational bulletin board with a glass window is to the left of the fee station. Signs behind the glass include campground rules, do not feed wild animals, and rules for pets in the campground. 170 feet straight beyond the entrance is the campground’s restroom. Restroom is a beige metal building with privacy walls extending from the sides. Men’s room is to the left, women’s room to the right. A square concrete area extends from the center of the building about 15 feet. There is an approximately three inch step up to the concrete surface from the surrounding gravel. An overhang roof structure to the west of the restroom is over a dishwashing sink. The entire campground surface is gravel. To the right of the entrance is a public picnic area with three metal tables. To the left of the entrance are eight group tent sites. Four long rows of RV spaces are perpendicular to the entrance road. These spaces are designated by curbs and posts at the back, center of each site. About 20 tent-only spaces with metal picnic tables line the north border of the campground. No other spaces have tables, and there are no fire rings in the campground. The campground is surrounded by a wide expanse of rocky desert valley floor with short mesquite bushes. Tall mountains with sharply eroded canyons border the valley floor on all sides.
Sunset Campground
- All sites are first come, first served, however the NPS reserves the right to reserve sites at any time due to management needs.
Texas Springs Campground
- The campground is first-come, first-served, however the NPS reserves the right to reserve sites for management needs. Occupy your site first and then pay using the automated fee machines or head across to the Furnace Creek Visitor Center to pay your fee.
Thorndike Campground (Primitive)
- This campground is first-come, first-served. No reservations are available.
- Tall trees surround campsites and line both sides of a U-shaped road that intersect the main road on the east side. A post with a light brown tent symbol and wooden sign reading Thorndike Campground marks the upper entrance. The road is 12 foot wide hardpacked dirt and gravel with 6 inch wide rocks. It runs parallel to and about 20 feet higher than the main road. The first campsite is 60 feet out the road and a tight right turn. 100 feet further, two sites are laid out across the road from each other. The site on the right has six stone stairs that lead to a flat camping space. The site on the left is a multi-level space with a tent site up and to the left. Fire rings and metal benches are in each site. A one-room vault toilet is 230 feet down slope on right side of the loop. To the right of the vault toilet and 15 feet beyond the fire pit is a steeply sloped campsite. The road curves left and meets the main road in a T-shaped intersection. The whole campground area is a mountain valley with pine trees.
Wildrose Campground
- All sites are first-come, first-served.
- An asphalt entrance road leads up to an open dirt and gravel area about 100 ft wide followed by a figure 8 of 2-interconnected loops. Within the first open space there are three campsites on the dirt to the left and four to the right. Metal non-ADA picnic tables are located at each site. A single-room vault toilet is on the left beyond the third tent space. A brown bulletin board sign with glass is on the right side halfway through the loop immediately after the second site. A wooden sign is bolted to the bottom of the bulletin board, reading “Generators 7 am – 7 pm.” Signs behind the glass include “do not feed wild animals,” “high wind advisory,” “the use of metal detectors is not allowed in national parks” and “no drones.” Space #3, 20 feet past the sign has a wheelchair accessible picnic table. From the vault toilet to the left, an 8 foot wide dirt path with two S-shaped curves continues uphill, leading to two tent sites. From the vault toilet 25 ft to the right, a potable water spigot is on the far side of bushes. Beyond the toilet is the figure 8 of two loops of campsites with several campsites each. Potable water is available at a spigot in the center, half way into the first loop. The whole campground area sits in a valley surrounded by rolling hills. Low bushes are scattered throughout the campground and surrounding area.