Stovepipe Wells Campground — Hotel in Beatty

The campground hosts were very nice! They know DV well and gave ideas for places to visit too including stopping to see the Pup fish, which we probably might have otherwise missed!

The campground itself had lots of ravens swooping about. We watched them attack a fellow campers table when they walked away for only a few minutes. Very annoying and they are protected animals in the NP. The RV parking is a gravel parking lot with sites very close and didn't seem to have hook-ups. Camping sites are very open so it's not a very private camping experience. There are picnic tables with each tent site and you'll be setting up on the sand (as it's near to the Sand Dunes), so a bit tricky to secure a tent. We used some rocks to help with that. There is also the option of walking to sites a bit back further in the sandy areas too, but there wasn't much privacy there either. We were glad to be there when it was basically empty of fellow campers, because it would have been too much if the place was busy.

There is a General store and gas station at the entrance, and it's pricey, but it will meet your needs for items forgotten and snacks. Lots of souvenirs of Stovepipe too if you're interested. The store is not part of the NP campground but they welcome all passersby of course!

There is a bathroom with flush toilets, a dish washing station, and we were told drinkable water at the campground. There is no hot water or showers at the campground, but there's a sign on the door that paid showers were available nearby. It was only $16 to camp, but we probably wouldn't choose to stay at this campground in the future. Texas Springs and Emigrant were better in...

I can only give this campground three stars. It is a dirt parking lot with way too many RVs and tents. Often times, this area becomes very windy. Guess what happens when you have a dirt/sandy parking lot and it becomes very windy? Yes, you are right. Your RV and tents will become full of sand and dirt. Other parts of the park get windy, but there is vegetation and a brush that stops some of the sand and dirt from being blown around. While we visited we stayed at this campground because truly there are not that many places you can camp in this area. There are some dispersed camping areas but it is really hard to find a place that is level and smooth to place a tent. Most of the roads aren’t just dirt, they are either sandy and extremely sandy and are continuous wash boards fir mikes and mikes or they are chunky small rocks that make for slow traveling and are frankly miserable. I am an avid off-roaster - that should give perspective to how poor these roads are. The road conditions have nothing to do with park management, it is really due to the nature and the geography. I’m not blaming the park for not keeping up the roads. My husband hates the entire Death Valley national Park. I talked my family into visiting it during spring break. My husband claims that it is a giant quary and should have never became a national Park. I believe there is some type of politics behind the reason for making this a national Park. We were supposed to spend one week in the park and ended up only...

Someone wrote that the campground provides RV hookups. The hookups are NOT associated with the NPS. They belong to the resort. You have to make reservations. $40 a night. Only the tent sites have fire rings and picnic tables. They fill up fast. There are 14 tent sites. The bathrooms only have 2 toilets in each mens and woman's. That's ok during non holiday times. We were there thanksgiving week. I had to wait a few minutes in the morning a couple times. There were about 7-8 5th wheelers and bumper pulls. They were all gathered in the row of regular campsites next to the tent sites. There were also extra cars to go along with all the rv's. It was crowded back there. They were monopolizing the tent sites. You couldn't even drive down the aisle because there was no room. The regular campsites are gravel. The row on the western edge is good because there is no...