Deer Creek Road Area Camping | Mt Charleston Wilderness, Nevada

There are 2 developed campgrounds on Deer Creek Road:

• Hilltop Campground (35 single and double tent and trailer campsites; picnic tables, campfire rings and grills; vault toilets and trash collection are provided. Roads and parking spurs are paved.) Details and Reservations
• Mahogany Grove Group Campground (6 “tent only” group sites, picnic and serving tables, grills, campfire circles, and tent pads; vault toilets are provided. Roads and parking areas are paved.) Details and Reservations 

There is very limited dispersed camping across from the Deer Creek Catch Pen Loop Trailhead.

Types of Camping in the Spring Mountains:

• Developed Campgrounds
• Dispersed Camping
• Backcountry (Backpacking)

Dispersed and backcountry camping are explained in detail on the Lovell Canyon Camping page of this website.

Nearby Hiking Opportunities | Deer Creek Road Area Camping | Mt Charleston Wilderness, Nevada

The Deer Creek Road camping areas put you in closest proximity to the massive Mummy Mountain with a summit area larger than a football field! The surrounding limestone cliffs and Bristlecone Pine forests are their own entire wilderness area offering endless hiking and camping opportunities. For example, you could hike up 7-Mile Canyon to the Summit of Mummy’s Nose, or to Mummy’s Forehead and Mummy’s Chin. There’s the beautiful Mummy Springs area, brilliant in the Fall with neon yellow Quaking Aspen trees. You can hike further above Mummy Springs to Mummy’s Knees and Mummy’s Toe…a viewpoint that feels like you’re standing on the bow of a ship, looking over the Las Vegas Valley! There’s also the wooded Fletcher Peak where you might see deer grazing in the Bristlecone Pine forest, and the ancient Raintree...a majestic 3,000-year-old Bristlecone Pine predating Classical Greek times! Some of these routes require pathless wilderness navigational skills, but you may be in the area long enough to begin to develop those skills.

Directions to Camping Areas | Deer Creek Road Area Camping | Mt Charleston Wilderness, Nevada

Highway 158 Deer Creek Road between Kyle Canyon and Lee Canyon. To get to this point from Las Vegas head North on Hwy-95 taking a left at one of the last Hwy-95 exits in the Las Vegas area, Kyle Canyon exit. Continue up Kyle Canyon Road about 17 miles and a couple miles before Charleston Village take a right on Highway 158 toward Lee Canyon. You’ll wind around the hillside to the left until you reach the high point near Angel Peak. Pass Angel Peak to find the Hilltop Campground on the right. Shortly thereafter arrive at the Mahogany Grove Group Campground, also on the right.