Sunset Campground

Basically a big parking lot where you can tent or RV camp. The staff are super helpful and friendly (Dawn was so great!). There is a restroom and wash sink area as well as a community fire pit. You can get a camping pass at the little kiosk there. Super easy and good location as it's fairly central to everything.

No reservations needed, beautiful scenery, great location near store/ restaurant/ visitor center ! Tent, RV, car camping all welcome. There are no hook ups. Bathrooms and running water are spread out throughout the campground. (You pay $18 at a kiosk at the back)

This is really just a large gravel parking lot with lines painted to indicate individual campsites. I was traveling with my brother (2 vehicles) and neither of us were tent camping, so the accommodations were fine. Price for site was very fair, and no extra for a 2nd vehicle.

just a parking lot but it has toilets. is close to the road but not too loud and there was plenty of space between people and we tent camped. pretty cheap at $18/night and very talkative camp host. amazing views and campground below sea level, I'll never forget staying here!

It is a parking lot. Dry camping. 18$ per night. Camp host are very nice. The view is super. However, the road from LA is rough for the transmission and brakes.

great place. lots of room. half empty. all gravel. no trees or hookups.

This is a sardine camp with plenty of sites for the holiday visitors. $14 per night for up to 30 nights! Decent restrooms. The nearby Texas Springs camp is better for tents, and generators are prohibited there. Both camps are first come. There is a free dump and fill station.

It's definitely a parking lot, dry camping, and self pay & dump station on site. Camp host was super friendly and helped us figure out the system! Would recommend just because it's always not full, where the other sites around can fill up pretty quickly.

This campground is great because it never fills up, does not require reservation, and our group can park next to each other without issue. There's potable water, dump station, dish washing stations, and flush toilet bathrooms. It's five minute walking distance to the Ranch at Death Valley and a couple more minutes walk to the visitor center. That said, it is essentially a big gravel parking lot. But it's inexpensive and if you don't want generator noise, there's Texas Springs campground. If you have a trailer or RV fill your water tank at the potable water hose by the dump station (north east corner of the campground). Don't try to fill it at the dish washing station and risk damaging the station structure and your rig. There are no showers at Sunset. You can get a shower pass ($14) from the Ranch at Death Valley by going to the registration desk (Town Hall bldg). It's good for the day (8 am to 11 pm), which includes use of the pool. FYI, there are no electrical outlets in the shower/bathroom.

This space was great when we couldn't make a reservation at Furnace Creek. I was worried about driving all that way when it was first come, first serve but as everyone else said - it's huge. Lots of spots but it really did fill up by Saturday morning. It's nice for groups to all be close to each other and the bathrooms were real clean when needed. Only issues: the row letters, traffic arrows, and site numbers are super hard to see at night and honestly even during the day. And the pay kiosks are terrible, super shotty and need replacing but after a few attempts they got the job done. Overall, the campground fit our needs, people were respectful of the quiet hours, and it's the perfect location.

Lots of flushable toilets, no showers. Great for night sky viewing! Picnic table, fire pit and nice views! A little cooler at night since it is at about 1800 ft elevation.

Adequate. Massively large; I can't imagine this place ever filling up. It is really just a large, large open area with spots marked off and paved lanes to drive around on. Does have an RV dump station and fresh water hose to fill up your tanks (yay). Bathrooms were very nice & clean (no showers, FYI). You are allowed to run your generators in this campground (as opposed to Texas Springs, which does not). Cheap; right across the way from the visitor's center; got done what it needed to get done, which was provide us a save clean place to park our RV for the night.

Sunset Campground -- it's there when you need it and that's about it. This campground was our last resort when trying to find a place to camp in Death Valley earlier this month. We arrived into DVNP around 11am on a Friday and tried to find a spot at the nearby Texas Spring campground. Sadly, every site was taken and Sunset was the only option. (Furnace Creek campgrounds was fully booked, probably months ago.) There are 270 sites at Sunset. Like Furnace Creek, this campground is also 196 feet below sea level. The amenities include potable water and flush toilets and that's about it. I guess that's why they only charge $12/night to stay here. Basically it sucks for tent campers but is decent if you have an RV. Sunset is just a huge gravel parking lot, and the sites are very close to one another. A site consists of a large parking space where you put both your car and your tent (or park your RV). There are no trees or anything else for shade or wind protection (unless you're in the shadow of an RV). There are no picnic tables whatsoever and only two communal fire pits that we had to hunt to find. FYI, the fire pits are just and only that -- no tables or chairs so be prepared to bring your own. This made cooking quite difficult. It also meant that people were drinking, singing, and loudly socializing around the fire until late into the night. There are a number of bathrooms but they are not clean -- not surprising considering how many people were using each one. At least this campground had those great big sinks that are perfect for washing dishes. Like the other campsites in DV, there are no showers. It can get very windy here. We saw several tents blown away by the wind, and the camp hosts came through with a mangled tent in hand while trying to find its owner. Be sure to properly stake your tent or you'll be very sorry. The ground is gravel and very hard dirt so we ended up having to purchase stakes from the Furnace Creek general store because our heavy duty stakes just wouldn't penetrate the ground. It's very dusty and the air seemed hotter and more stagnant here as compared to other parts of the park. It seemed like all the smoke from fires in the area settled over the campground and just kind of lingered over us for most of the night. That made it hard for me to breathe, and apparently it must have affected others as well. Like that guy that sneezed 50 time -- in a row -- at 2am. Then there was that moron who set a phone alarm for 4am and didn't wake up. The alarm went off -- I kid you not -- four separate times over the course of half an hour! Did I mention that sounds travel especially well at this campground? We could hear someone snoring loudly. People arguing. Tent zippers being pulled. You get the idea. If you have an RV, you'll be spared from most of the crappy parts that us tent campers had to deal with at Sunset. On the weekend we visited, it seemed to be half tents and half RVs. FYI, RVs are allowed to run their generators from 7am-7pm. Another very useful tidbit we found out from a park ranger is that Sunset never fills up so there is always a place to stay for tent campers, no matter what time you arrive. They have an enormous tent overflow area, but these spots are extra sucky because they're quite far from the bathrooms and running water. The location is good at least. You're very close to the Furnace Creek general store, Inn, and the visitor center. The much nicer Texas Spring campground is up the hill so I'd recommend checking there for a spot first. We ended up staying at Sunset on Friday night and moving to Texas Spring at 8am on Saturday morning because the experience was that lousy. But if you need a place to stay in this area and everything else is full, Sunset is there when you need it!

First come first serve campground. It's a National Park Campground. If you didn't have time to make reservation in other places, it's perfect. Nice views, rangers and campers very nice. Public bathrooms and easy way for payments. Highly recommended.