Snowbird Mesa - Poverty Flats Dispersed Camping

We had a hard time figuring out which snowbird parking we were in but we came from Great Basin and took the first sharp left and up the rutted and steep path to the left. The right path was shorter but steeper and we didn’t want to chance it.

Spectacular views and sunsets, so much space up on this butte/plateau area that everyone was nicely spaced and lots of spaces to choose from. If we were smaller and higher clearance we would of went much further back but instead took the first spot on the left overlooking the road. Pretty quiet, can get windy but felt very safe. Will return! Great launching point for Valley of Fire and 90mins one way to Hoover Dam.

We have a 42 ft 5th wheel and arrived around 1:30pm. We were arriving through the Overton NV side. There are 2 large flat areas on either side of the road just past the gravel road up to the mesa. You can camp in those 2 spots or up on the mesa. With a big rig it is better to turn around there and approach the road up to the mesa from the Valley of Fire side. We stopped in one of those areas and scouted for a spot on our e-bikes and ultimately headed up to the mesa. There is a bit of steep hill right at the turn off onto the gravel road. We parked on the north side of the mesa about a half mile from the main road. There are lots of spots to pull out off of the gravel road and several established fire rings. The rock in the camp spots is pretty chunky and jagged but worth it for the views.
Very faint road noise at times while sitting outside.
Verizon signal was great, and with such an open spot our Starlink also worked great.

We practically got blown in as it was so WINDY the day we arrived! Never been here before and depended on Campendium's reviews for a good and safe site, we definitely found it here at Poverty Flats. We stayed closed to the road as we only stayed one night for an easy departure. We are 72' feet in total length, with a semi pulling our travel trailer and a Ford Bronco sitting on the flat bed behind the semi. It was an awesome spot and even though we were close to the main road, there hardly an noticeable road noise. We had great views, level parking (can be a challenge at some boondocking spots) and pretty good internet, if you have T Mobile. Verizon was not as strong as T Mobile. I highly recommend this place even for 1 night or more. Lake Mead is nearby for plenty of recreational activities, plus it is FREE if you have a national, senior or military pass. Great place!!

Huge spot mainly leveled, great views, close to town that has stores, gas, propane and a dump station at the valley of fire state park for 10/15 dollars depending if your a nevada resident. We were here in February and the weather was perfect and a bit of a breeze. I read some reviewers state here for months at a time. I can see why they would, it’s easy here and enjoyable. We stayed a week and we are leaving because we have reservations elsewhere. Our 37’ class A had no problem here. If we are back again in the future we would stay.

Great place to Boondock !! Wind really blows at times and it’s a long way to town. We left because cell data was Terrible on T-mobile. Reception was great with all 4 bars but a data speedtest returned 0.21 ??!?!?! Called t-mobile and they created ‘work order’ to look into it but no change while we were here. Just too many people on one tower I guess !?! We’ll return to Government Wash.