Sacramento Pass Recreation Area

Huge spaces spread out around a small fishing pond, awesome views, covered picnic tables, firepits, vault toilets, and trash service – and it’s all FREE. Wow. We were super impressed with Sacramento Pass BLM campground. There are only 6 sites in the lower loop so we were a little worried about getting a spot - we pulled in on a Thursday afternoon and had the entire lower loop to ourselves! A few more spots filled up after dark, but it was lovely, quiet and peaceful.

There is an equestrian area with 4 campsites, a small corral and access to trails about a mile further up the gravel road (I walked it so maybe it’s not a mile, but it felt like it!). It also has terrific views and is much further away from Hwy 50. Although after dark there is hardly any traffic and we were not bothered by road noise in the lower loop either. The equestrian area appeared to be popular, two of the three spots were taken there. Note: if you stay in the upper equestrian loop you’ll need to pack your garbage out and deposit it in the cans in the lower loop.

The campsites were clean and the grounds were well maintained, with the exception of the tent pads. Some had quite a bit of prickly vegetation growing on them. It didn’t affect us, but something to note if you’re tenting.

The Sacramento Pass Trail leaves from the campground area. I would love to have stayed longer, but we had a commitment elsewhere and had to move on. I would certainly stay again and recommend this stop right off Hwy 50.

The only downside, we had no Verizon service. Hmmmm…one night with no political rants/tweets/requests for money, that might be worth an extra star. 😊

Since moving out west I would have to say this was the nicest free site we stayed at (we have paid for worse). Each spot had a covered picnic table and grill. There was a nice pond with deck and a pit toilet. We had a great time at Great Basin and surrounding state parks. We will be back and for sure stay here again. Not sure how others had service but my Verizon phone had zero service as did my wife’s with TMobile. Road is somewhat close but I had no issues with the noise and we were the second spot from the road.

We used it for a base camp to visit GBNP. It's kind of a hybrid gravel lot-rest stop-campground, not very private, a bit noisy, but with good shelters and lots of parking. And park just about anywhere people did, including inside already occupied sites (at least on Saturday night). The upper section is nicer, but sites there are too closely packed.

After hauling our 36 ft fifth wheel to Great Basin NP and finding only a couple campsites that would accommodate us (and they taken), we drove the 18 miles back to the Sacremento Pass BLM land we had passed earlier on the way to the park. SOOOO glad we did! 7 or 8 sites, all extremely nice! My thoughts echo all other reviews above. In the center of the campground there is a fishing pond---full of KOI!! Extremely clean bathrooms. Campsites have a shelter, grill, fire ring and a tent pad. All are also suited for a large RV, although it took a little finagling to get a level parking spot. The equestrian campground up above is really nice too. Three small private camp sites, one large one the center.

There are a couple displays talking about the trees and plants of the area. Trash cans easily
accessible and in neat little corrals. Very well maintained campground!

Very serene location. views are amazing. The campground is surrounded in rabbit brush and sage brush, in full bloom when we were there. In the background, mountains and pinion trees all around. and dark DARK night skies!

AT&T service 4g and LTE available at 1 spot at the top of the hill between 2 fence posts around the pond. LOL!

The only real negative is the highway. My husband is allergic (LOL) to noise at night, But for the most part, the traffic is slow at night, was only awakened a few times in our 6 nights there.

No water here, but water and dump are available at The Border Inn 15 miles east toward Utah.