Big Rock Wilderness Area North Campground

The review from a person a year ago remains true. We entered from Caliente Airstrip off the 93 and down Boulder Wash Rd. Very straightforward road. We drove a Bronco Sport and a Subaru Forester. We drove around the area counter clockwise. There was one specific area that had soft sand near Mecca Climbing area. 4x4 Definitely recommended if you end up on that side.

Stumbled upon this area when we couldn't find any open spots at the wildlife refuge in Alamo, NV. Decided to give this a trip albeit there was no reviews on the internet about this specific area. We packed for primitive, so we were ready. Taking the Great Basin Highway and turning off on Rattlesnake Road. The Google instructions are accurate, but you will need 4x4 especially if it's been raining. This is not just highly recommend bc the pamphlet at the registration station actually graded this to be 4x4 required. So save yourself the headache and trouble and plan accordingly and don't risk it. We visited in the middle of April, and the roads were dry but there are patches of super sandy area that you will get stuck if you don't have 4x4. There is very limited to zero cell service on either Verizon or t mobile, so if you get stuck, you'll kick yourself for not taking heed to this warning. But once you're there, you'll be the only one there. We are there from Wednesday to Sunday and we saw one single soul, who we presume to be the rancher. He graded the road and we never saw him again. He left us to ourselves without any issues. The BLM website says there is camping area and picnic table. We only saw one and that's in this specific area, which we used for the week. The one site can easily fit 3 cars (1 tundra, 1 bronco sport and 1 Mercedes GLC). Along with one trailer with a rooftop tent, two tents, one outdoor tent. There are fire rings throughout the area for use. At this specific site is the trailhead and at the end of the road, there is a natural spring you can get water from. I wouldn't drink from the spring but for washing and stuff seem to be OK. It was a bit chilly when we were there. Partly because we didn't pack for the mountain as we were going to go to the lake/ wildlife refuge. It was nonetheless a beautiful area. Lots of biking trails in the area. If you're looking for a place to get away and disconnect that's 3 hours outside of Las Vegas and can camp primitive, then this is the place to go.