We camped last week in the Valley of Fire State Park about an hour and a half east of Las Vegas, Nevada off US Route 93. We were traveling with friends who also own a Leisure Travel Van.

There are two campgrounds in this state park. The park is also surrounded by public lands providing plenty of opportunity for boondocking – free camping for RV/tents that are self-contained.

Both of the campgrounds in the state park are first come first serve, no reservations allowed. At the front gate there’s a sign that says the campgrounds are full, ignore it – the people at the gate told us it’s not true. One of the campgrounds has a few campsites with water and electric hookups, but these campsites are almost always already taken by someone else.

We parked our rig in the second campground where all of the sites are dry camping – water available but no electricity. Our site had a nearby water faucet across the road about 65 feet from us. Our friends actually had water right on their site.

There are many Big Horn Sheep in this park with plenty of photo ops since these animals seem to not have any fear of humans. The landscape here lives up to its name, the rock formations are predominately red as fire. Come along as we explore our campground in the Valley of Fire…

Our campsite at Valley of Fire State Park is now one of our favorite stops while traveling in Nevada. It’s quite, beautiful, spacious and pristine with plenty of wildlife available for photo ops! Next we will explore the rest of the park with our ebikes…