News Release

Lower Lehman Creek Campground Closing May 19 for Long-awaited Expansion and Renovation Project

Date: May 20, 2025
Contact: Travis Mason-Bushman, 775-293-2146

BAKER, NV – Great Basin National Park’s Lower Lehman Creek Campground has closed today to facilitate a major renovation and expansion which will improve the visitor experience and expand year-round camping opportunities in the park.

• The park’s only year-round campground was originally built by the Forest Service in the 1950s and expanded in the 1960s as part of the USFS Operation Outdoors program.
• A new addition 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 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, while a fourth is scheduled to open in June. 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.

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