About this campground
Bird Creek Recreation Area is located in the Duck Creek Basin, high on the Schell Creek Range. It sits at an elevation of 8,200 feet, approximately 25 miles from the small city of Ely. Hiking, mountain biking and off-road vehicle riding are popular activities enjoyed by visitors to the area.
The campground has nine sites. Site A is a day-use group stie, site 5 is a mult-family site, sites 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 are single sites, sites 8 and 9 are double sites requiring a short walk from the parking area, on one to two bridges over Bird Creek. All sites have picnic and serving tables, campfire rings and grills.
Vault toilets and drinking water are provided seasonally. This is a "pack it in, pack it out" facility.
Bird Creek flows perennially through the campground. A mixed forest of juniper, pinyon pine and alder trees covers the area, but provides only limited shade.
The Ranger Trail can be accessed from this campground. The Ranger Trail is a designated OHV trail that also accommodates hiking and mountain biking use as well. The 30-mile Success Loop Scenic Drive is also in the area, with views of high desert and mountain terrain.
Amenities
Sites
- Back-In
Setting
- Forest
- Lake
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- .GOV
- .RECREATION
- Bathrooms
- Biking
- Boat Launch
- Boating
- Campfire
- Canoeing
- Dirt
- Dogs
- Family Friendly
- Firepits
- Fishing
- Forest Service
- Group
- Hiking
- Horseback Riding
- Hunting
- Kayaking
- Pets
- Primitive
- Public Park
- RV
- Scenic
- Shade
- Swimming
- Tents
- Trails
- Trees
- US Forest Service
- Water
- Wildlife
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Location
- Address
- National Forest Development Road 426, Bird Creek Campground, NV 89301
- GPS
- 39.4629° N, 114.6514° W
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