Desert Creek Campground — Hotel in Yerington

This place has really gone down hill. Many of the sites are overgrown and neglected. The vault toilets are "decommissioned," so be aware of that. Because of the location between a canyon wall and a stream, there's not a lot of good choices for a cat hole. I arrived on a Thursday in early October and took the one spot that still looked good. There was nobody else there. I stayed for two nights and twice campers came through and left because there just aren't very good spots.

If you come from the north, there are 4 significant water crossings. Coming from the south there are 2. EDIT: added photos of the two largest water crossings. I did them on my own on a motorcycle, but would be tough in any...

March 22, 2022. The park is open. It would be best to have a 4WD regardless of what direction you enter. In my opinion, forget about taking an RV. We entered from the east, very bumpy, a little mud, and several stream crossings. The creek has a nice solid rock bottom. Leaving the park and continuing west, no cell signal. Lots of mud and soft shoulders in places. The last 4 miles are on finished dirt roads. The park...

Couldn't make it to campground in my van. High clearance vehicle should be used because of rocks in dirt roadway. First creek crossing before campground is not a crossing but the creek itself. 150 feet of the creek flowing down the road. These photos and video...