Great Basin National Park · Nevada

Baker Creek Campground — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Baker Creek Campground is one of five developed campgrounds at Great Basin National Park. Intended for those who like to plan on a bit shorter notice, this campground has a short reservation window to accommodate those last second travel plans. Baker Creek is an ideal campground for those seeking out the backcountry with the Baker Lakes Loop Trailhead easily accessible from this location.

🏕️ 37 sites 🚐 Standard, RV, Walk-to / hike-to

Booking Baker Creek Campground

Sites at Baker Creek Campground are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.

Site facts

Total sites37
Site typesStandard, RV, Walk-to / hike-to
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Baker Creek Campground

Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.

itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Baker Creek Campground around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.

Other campgrounds in Great Basin National Park

Wheeler Peak CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Upper Lehman Creek CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Lower Lehman Creek CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Grey Cliffs CampgroundCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Baker Creek Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.