Sawtooth Canyon BLM Campground | Established Campground

April 4th, 2024 by spotlessbrook80

Good spot, free, lots of rock climbing bolted. Lots of space to park with tables. Pit toilets no water

March 24th, 2024 by atsukoohtake

Absolutely beautiful quiet campground on BLM land. incredible views! sheltered picnic tables. Found secluded # 9 spot that was level.

March 7th, 2024 by GreenGrub

This place is absolutely wonderful... on a weekday. Sadly, it turns into a theme park on the weekend with loud, inconsiderate groups of people peeing in front of you, flashing their lights in your car, walking straight through your camp, flying drones, and letting their dogs run all over. I was here Thursday and left Saturday morning despite planning to stay longer. Shoot for off season weekdays if you can!

February 14th, 2024 by white.van_no.plan

We arrived at dusk and parked in a dirt spot nestled between lava rocks and with a fire pit. It was one of the first spots on the right before reaching the first three actual camping spots with picnic tables/pads. Great campground, scenic and quiet. However, when we left we noticed several large, rusty nails right at our front tires. We picked them up and threw them into the fire pit. Just wanted to warn others that you may want to get out and look before pulling in one of the spot that isn’t one of the actual campsites. AT&T was none to one bar but was a little better in other parts of the campground.

June 16th, 2023 by T. L.

This place is a gem. A beautiful campground that is well-maintained and completely free. It's the desert though, so it can get pretty hot during the Summer.

June 9th, 2023 by ma.pastore89

good gravel road access about 1mile of the paved street, 2wd no problems. pit toilets were ok, but lots of trash around the campsites, what a shame...

May 21st, 2023 by goodierivory

Awesome spot! Toilets were clean, based on reviews we thought it was going to be busy but there was only one other person and the place is huge. Can find some shady spots among the rocks.

April 22nd, 2023 by Mara

Kid friendly!
Great campground! Beautiful surroundings, play area for kids with climbing structures.
We came in around 6 pm on a Saturday in April and the place was pretty full, but we managed to find a level spot for our fambulance.
About 20 minutes outside of Barstow.

March 6th, 2023 by shaderfx

Came back here from a year ago. Still beautiful and peaceful but keep in mind the pit toilets have become unusably gross and are near full. I recommend planning for an alternative way to use the bathroom when you come here. And I am by no means shy from sitting on a pit toilet. But no. :)

February 10th, 2023 by robeverich

Best to check in early on Friday as the 14 spaces fill up quick for the weekend. Popular spot and for good reasons.

February 9th, 2023 by rob

Beautiful ridge line. This site is appropriately named.

January 3rd, 2023 by morehikes

surrounded by cool rock formations. arrived late, there were several spots to choose. pit toilet was out of paper.

July 7th, 2022 by rannbj

Stunning rock formations. Summer weekday gloriously silent. Ours is private site but many are in groups of three scattered about. Overall somewhat clean: random plastic and micro trash, hideous outhouses.

July 4th, 2022 by ace4van

Awesome BLM free campground. We were only two parties on July 4th. Toilet pretty clean (no toilet paper). Easy gravel access road. Felt safe

June 9th, 2022 by marie-weber12

Great Campground in beautiful location. Each site has a picnic table and a fire pit with grill. There are also a lot of sport climbing routes around. Makes it ideally for a few days of climbing. Downsides are trash and dirty pit toilets. A lot of brocken glas from beer bottles. That's a pity. Please take care of this nice place. Keep it clean and take all your waste with you.

May 7th, 2022 by shaderfx

Beautyful. Good cell with Verizon. Love this place. Somehow I was here with only one other person for the whole weekend.

March 22nd, 2022 by dreedy650

Beautiful, very full during this weekday but we found one spot. Very pretty. Verizon service isn’t great but one to two bars. Definitely worth the drive

March 17th, 2022 by overlandist

If you’re “self contained” meaning have your own toilet and water, it’s a cool spot. The worst pit toilet I’ve seen is here as well. Lots of people camping in areas with signs that say “No Camping” so there’s a little bit of anarchy but people are pretty respectful besides the occasional weekender RV running their generator all hours. Find a cool spot and enjoy the free sites and views. Pack it out🤙

December 22nd, 2021 by Viren Perumal

Mellow camping with fun and close rock climbing - seemed super quiet for our stay

December 19th, 2021 by rustyshacklefordgroot

nice campground, several spots. road coming in is badly washboarded, but passable for all vehicles. no camping fee. vault toilets. great rock climbing/scrambling nearby, be careful, rocks are extremely sharp!

December 17th, 2021 by froggietravels

lots of campsites and climbing around. there are a couple hiking trails to explore. i arrived after sunset on a Wednesday, and managed to find a nice site. beautiful views. road has some large puddles after a rain, but still very easy to do in 2WD. i would definitely come back!

November 6th, 2021 by natedog211

Cool place and fun to explore. Not very good cell reception w/AT&T occasionally one bar. Also had rock climbers come climb early in the morning right in my campsite but it was Saturday morning so understandable.

October 22nd, 2021 by roxythegypsybarber

just as described. I have stayed here for 7 nights now and it has been wonderful..very peaceful

October 12th, 2021 by cgkindsupplier

Arrived 5:00 pm on an October Tuesday. Most sites are open. No toilet paper in pit toilet, but otherwise great.

August 16th, 2021 by 1skiphall

Second time staying here. It is mid August and it was hot (102°f) coming in last night around 8:00 pm. But there is a bit of elevation and usually a light breeze and this made things very comfortable with windows doors open. I awoke to a beautiful 73°f, I believe. A very restful and peaceful night. As it was in the middle of summer, there was only one other vehicle in the campground and the site is so nicely spread out that it was just by chance that I saw them. I stayed as far back as I could to catch some elevation at coordinates 34°39’55” N 116°58’42”. As you can see from the pictures this place is beautiful, very quiet, isolated and a real respite. When temperatures are cooler it does get busier. The gravel roads in had significant washboards most of the way in (~3 miles) but manageable with sedan if that is what you have.

November 22nd, 2020 by info

Great place for free camping. There are pit toilets but no water or trash bins. Popular place with rock climbers and several nice hikes in the area. As this is a “campground”, the BLM Park ranger told us they are telling people to only camp in designated campsites. It is not a free-for-all dispersed camping area. Get there early if you want a legitimate site.

May 30th, 2020 by caseyclemens100

Great place to come and forget about quarantine just drive through the sign people to Kevin it’s awesome hike the mountains it’s worth

March 20th, 2020 by riptyd64

Nice place if you get here before the climbers

February 21st, 2020 by jurassicoverlandadventure

Very nice place to camp for a few days. Would have been better if water was here
Also not sure if you’re allowed to camp in the informal sites.

January 24th, 2020 by hailingbao

Good base for climbing at New Jack City. Pretty clean.

December 18th, 2019 by TG_Ltd

Big area to camp about a quarter-mile off the main road turned left off of 247 Going south. Huge area big enough for any size rig quiet big sky a bit of trash

please people take your mattresses LOLwith you

December 12th, 2019 by m.m.e.gonecamping

we tried to find this place, without luck - the only entrance we could find was private. so went to the other spot across the road.

November 20th, 2019 by lee.myrah

Yes indeed - a great place. I think all the numbered sites with shelters and fire rings are occupied. But there are other not numbered sites for tents, trailers, etc. Pit toilets not well maintained - no odour control, no paper. Small negative to an otherwise great place.

October 21st, 2019 by aeminten

wonderful boondocking location, there are maybe 14 sheltered sites with pits great for RVs, check the map up front, there are also many tent sites with no fire pits but also nice, beautiful story Rock formations all around to hike. Vault toilets in each area.

October 16th, 2019 by ikglaze33

beautiful rocks. one of my favorite campgrounds so far because of the new beauty.

October 4th, 2019 by risinghearttribe

Awesome! Well worth it. Only a few others here on a Friday night :)

May 17th, 2019 by Randy Oakley

Pleasant campground, interesting rock forms, some short hikes. Very busy with rock climbers on the weekend. But they didn't party hard at night so it was quiet at night. T-mobile data service vastly improved once weekend crowd cleared out, was pretty much unusable Saturday night.

March 30th, 2019 by baumannphoto

great spot but man does it get crowded on weekends (climbers, loud kids, drones, etc)...at least compared to weekdays.

March 28th, 2019 by baumannphoto

Amazing! Exceeded all expectations, better than most national park PAID campgrounds, this place is a hidden gem.

January 31st, 2019 by djoeclimber

Beautiful place. Clean pit toilets. 16 sites with covered picnic tables. looks like lots of other spots to camp. We were travelling through and didn't explore much. pit toilets were clean and we'll cared for.

December 11th, 2018 by kimkayeontheroad

Nice, quiet campground during the week. Spectacular rocks for climbing/hiking. Fire pits & clean pit toilets. Better here than a hotel in town! Can get cheap firewood from Costco in town.

November 23rd, 2018 by WindingDirtTravels.com

lovely place! spots are nice and spread out.

if I hold my phone over my head, I can can get 4g 😁

November 14th, 2018 by trailmagic.de

Nice large campground with unique places and lots of climbing opportunities

October 12th, 2018 by instagram.com/2.5nomads

Free BLM campground, 16 official sites with tables and fire rings, and a bunch of informal sites. Fills up early on the weekend with climbers. Pit toilets. Decent T-mobile cell service