BAKER, NV – Park officials closed Great Basin National Park’s Lower Lehman Creek Campground on May 20 to facilitate a major renovation project and expansion. The project will improve the visitor experience and expand year-round camping opportunities in the park, according to a park release.
Lower Lehman Creek Campground is the park’s only year-round campground. The site was originally built by the Forest Service in the 1950s and expanded in the 1960s as part of the USFS Operation Outdoors program.
The new additions will more than double the campground’s capacity to 20 sites, and existing sites will be upgraded with new picnic tables, fire pits, and other improvements. Several of the new sites will be sized to better accommodate modern camping equipment, including RVs, and one will be fully accessible to people with disabilities.
The campground’s entrance will also be widened for improved access by larger vehicles.
While Lower Lehman Creek will be closed during the summer visitor season, three other park campgrounds with a total of 76 sites are now open, with a fourth scheduled to open in June.
The Lower Lehman Creek project completion and reopening are scheduled for late fall 2025.
The $3.7 million expansion and renovation project is funded by the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, administered by the Bureau of Land Management. For more information, visit https://snplma.blm.gov.
