Cathedral Gorge State Park

This is a very scenic, out-of-the-way part of Nevada. There are numerous trails into the formation from the campsite - we didn't need wheels at all to enjoy most of the park.

We rolled in at about 3pm on a Wednesday in mid-May. There were three sites still available at that hour. We had a site with 30/50A electrical service but no other hookups. A free (for campers) dump station is less than a mile from the campground.

On our way to Arizona we stopped for the night and oh, what a stop! Sites are first come/first serve and we snagged one of the two remaining. There is an overflow area, though. Power is available for an extra ten dollars, but we opted to go dry. Got up in the morning for a four-mile walk through the gorge. Words could never do it justice ... clearly sculpted by the hand of God!

We traveled from Montana and our eta was 4:30pm on Thursday. Realizing we had no plan B and unfamiliar with the location, I called the headquarters (located at Cathedral Gorge) and left a message regarding availability. Never received a call back. Fortunately, they have several two overflow areas. The park was beautiful and I would stay again. Not sure about the folks working at the headquarters office.

We parked in the last available site, on the road between the individual sites and the group site. It was very quiet and under shade trees. Since we are self contained it was a great stay. The gorge has a few easy hikes, we did the 4 mile loop. The shower was super. Nice camp with friendly rangers. We paid $15, the rate with no hookups. Electricity and water was available at the other sites for the $25 rate.

I arrived here on Labor Day, and since it was a "no reservations" campground, I had a list of back-up locations in case it was full. It turned out to be half empty, but it did fill up during the following week, with people arriving by 10am each day. If it is full, there is an "overflow camping" sign pointing left towards the CCC water tower as you make your way out.

The price was $15 per night, with an optional $10 extra for the electrical hookup, to be paid by cash or check in the iron ranger. I was surprised at the owners of expensive RVs who were too tight to pay the $10, and ran their generators at all hours with complete disregard for quiet time. There were threaded, high pressure water spigots around the campground, and at the dump station.

I had site 1, with a perfect view across the canyon to the cathedral spires on the opposite wall. The campground was spotlessly clean, and a worker came around daily to check and rake the vacated sites.

Verizon 4G was 2 bars, -103 dB, less than 1 Mbps down or up.

Gas was available at a reasonable price on the highway just south of the park. The grocery store in Panaca had very limited stuff, so come fully stocked.

Cathedral Gorge has very unique geography and plenty of hiking and climbing on the rocks.

Campground was nice and neat. We drove in at 3:45 and there were only 2 sites left.

Camping is only $15 but for an additional $10 you can use the power. There was water available and air channels were available for TV. 2 showers were available at $.25 per 5 minutes of water. Wife at different speeds was also available for a price list.

The campground is well kept and spaces are large. Though there is not much privacy given the lack of visual blocks between the campsites. I had challenges with noise from other campers at 2 am, and, then again another camper leaving his noisy car running in the night and shining his headlights right into my camper. So the experience may be challenging depending on your neighbors.

I would not recommend coming on a windy day. It’s already somewhat windy, and adding more makes being outside a bit unbearable.

Cathedral Gorge may be done in one day. It’s beautiful, but not large.

The bathroom facilities are clean. Shower is quite good.

Firewood is available on site - $5 for a load in your arms.

We spent Thanksgiving break camping and exploring in the area. We used this campground at our base camp, which was very nice. Very well-maintained campground with adequate water and available hook ups. There were quite a few people in the campground, but it was still quiet. Restrooms were clean with free showers. Unfortunately it rained quite a bit, so we were unable to explore unique features of the park. We look forward to visiting again.

We stayed for 2 nights in early May. The rangers warned us ahead of time that sites usually fill up by 1 p.m. We got there at a little after noon and got the last campsite with electricity in the campground, although there is overflow camping if all the sites are taken. The weather was great. Our campsite was supposed to have a fire ring, but didn't. The location wasn't too far from the bath houses. One is free and has a single shower available in the public bathroom area, the other site had two private showers, but it was 25 cents for 4 minutes. There is WiFi available for purchase and it worked well enough, we didn't try to stream movies on it though. There is great Verizon service but no T-Mobile. We brought a Straight Talk pre-paid SIM and it worked great. All in all, a great trip, very easy to access, although if you need electricity or a BBQ stub, be sure to get in early. Echo Canyon is a very short drive away with great campsites as well.