Hot Creek Campground — Hotel in Pioche

I stayed 3 nights in free Dave Deacon Campground, which is 1 mile from the Hot Spring. I think these names are used interchangeably for the actual campground, because the hot spring location is not a campground. Coming off paved Hwy 318, you will turn onto gravel Sunnyside road, which is maintained but dusty & washboard. (Do not accidentally take Sunnyside Cut Off road to the campground, it is terribly! washboard.) Go 6 mi to the campground, there are signs. The campground is basically in a pasture, has gravel lanes, restrooms & water spigots. Minimal shade. Not bad for free. I believe a sign said you can stay 8 days. BUT your reward is the hot springs! Exit the campground south (opposite direction you came in), follow the sign at the fork & drive 1 mile. There is a gravel parking lot & restroom. Walk through the open gate, follow the footpath only a few yards. The clear blue gorgeous spring water is beyond beautiful. The area is clean & I was there alone x 2.5 hrs until I left, so peaceful. The water was not hot but warm. If you love water, the drive was all worth it. ATT cell...

Great free campground. It's fairly busy but mellow with lots of fishing traffic. Most campers seem to stay only two or three days. Spaces are flat and have shade structures (not that anyone cares in early April when it's cold). There are vault toilets, a dump station and water spigots. The water is turbid, so filtering is advisable. Hot Creek is about 1.25 miles away. It is not terribly warm, approximately heated-swimming-pool temperature, but pretty and would be fun to swim in if the weather were warm. The upstream pool is a little warmer. The road in is not bad, but there are many ruts where folks have driven in on soft roads. I saw rigs of every size except large Class A's. I'm not saying you couldn't get a large Class A in here...you probably could if you drive slowly...I just didn't see one. Many rigs in the 25-30 foot range. The ground tends to be softer than it looks, so I would exercise caution during...

This is very much an open- air free-for-all kind of campground. It has bathrooms but they're a one stall permanent outhouse kind of fixture. Blm seems to do a decent job at keeping them stopped with toilet paper, but there's no running water in the bathrooms... The only running water is frost-frees placed around the campground. We didn't mind the dry camping situation. I just wanted to be clear for anybody aiming at Hot Creek campground... Some high class glamorous glamping campground. The hot springs are not hot. They are warm. But it's the situation where when you stand up out of the, even in 80 90° weather you will feel cold. The water is as clear as Tahoe and the views...