Wildrose Campground

The campsite was perfectly quiet! It was colder than the predicted weather forecast. It got down to about 30 and the forecast was for the 40s. Beautiful place to stage for a visit to the kilns or to wildrose peak. Just don't set your tent right up on the bushes because the mice will come out and crawl on your stuff. The pit toilet was super clean. Trash cans are available also

I stayed here two nights on a Wed-Thu in mid-May 2024. Currently, the only way to access the campground is by Emigrant Canyon road from the north. It is a 31 mile drive with over 5,000 feet of curvy elevation gain through Emigrant Pass from Stovepipe Wells. This drive takes 45-60 minutes, so like most places in Death Valley, takes time and caution to get to. The campground has 22 sites and is free if you already have a park pass. Sites are fairly spaced out on a hillside. Sites are a hard gravel, come with fire rings and aluminum table, and are fairy level. There is potable water at a spigot near the vault toilet. PROs: The view is pretty nice and the campground is close to the Charcoal Kilns and Wildrose/Telescope Peak trailheads. Much cooler at elevation also. CONs: The campground is overrun by wild donkeys/burros. They aren’t aggressive if you keep sufficient distance. But they poop and scream wherever and whenever they please. They also can attract predators like mountain lions. The wind can be pretty intense, and particularly noisy at night, especially if you’re in a tent. This may affect your ability to sleep without other measures. The vault toilet had a bat and a black widow in it. Cool wildlife, but be careful.

Outstanding campground, the toilets are the cleanest I’ve seen in a national park, they have drinkable water (Dasani quality and taste) the whole campground is well taken care of and the night sky100/10 beautiful, a lot of shooting stars, very quiet, not a lot of traffic and you get to see the valley on one side and the snowy mountains in the other, I spoke to a nice ranger and he said it snows during winter but it’s only a couple inches so camping is doable during winter too. I stayed on spot 22 and I think the view make it’s one of the best but the 2 up the hill are for sure the best (the one right above 22 is the best of all) plenty of wild flowers (I was there from 29-01 may 2024) and the drive to the campground is breath taking.

Great place to camp for free in Death Valley (especially in summer) in higher elevation. Very clean and well stocked vault toilet and they even hang air fresheners.

One of the best campsites that i have camped at so far. It's in the death valley but it was heavenly at night. The sky was absolutely clear and the night was as dark as it could get to notice the Milky way through the naked eyes. Took some beautiful pictures of the galaxy . It was windy in the evening, tent was hardly holding up ..had to put my car behind the tent to be safe. But night it was fine, i slept in the hammock outside. Great night, great experience. I definitely recommend this😊

Stayed on one of the hottest days so far in July. Beautiful site full of wildlife to include burros, snakes, and a ton of flies of all sizes. However, the night sky was phenomenal and it was much cooler than lower elevations. There is a pit toilet, but we found it unusable as the flies were pretty thick in there.

If you're looking for some peace and quiet, this is it. Wildrose is a small, rocky, campground about 30 miles away from stovepipe wells. We went at the end of March and the campground is about 15 degrees cooler than furnace creek during the day since it's at a higher elevation and gets EXTREMELY windy (and really cold at night!) So make sure all your camping gear is secured! Fire pit w/ grill, potable water and one non-flushing toilet that is kept somewhat clean. It's a first come, first serve campground and it does fill up pretty quickly towards the evening so show up early!

This is a routine free campsite in Death Valley. There is one vault toilet for the entire site, but I have to admit that it was very clean. It is at about 4000ft elevation, which makes it feasible for the summer. It is nestled in a nice valley with very beautiful views of small peaks on both sides. There are 22 spots - and I think #22 is the best, situated a bit above and separated from the rest. There are at least 2 spigots with potable water, although one of them sprayed water straight into your belly rather than down a bit - everyone got soaked. Each site had a grill pit and picnic table. ||||The only drawback really is more related to the desert setting. There is absolutely no shade anywhere. Just empty flat rocky desert - seemed more like we were on Mars. Even Anza Borrego has a bit more interesting life to it, but this is Death Valley, and honestly the drive in was gorgeous. This area is perfect for Telescope Peak, Wildrose Peak, and a few other nearby trails. The drive in on the 190 through the Panamint Valley has become one of my favorite roads to drive ever!

An awesome free campground. What more can you ask for? It has a bathroom and an information board that has maps in a small mailbox. The map helped us SO much because this is a dead zone for cell phones.