About Ward Mtn. Campground (Murray Summit)
Number of accommodations: 20
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Reviews (117)
What Guests Are Saying
Ward Mountain Campground offers a beautiful and well-maintained setting just 5 miles from Ely, featuring spacious and clean campsites with great amenities like BBQ pits and picnic tables. Many reviews highlight the campground's quiet atmosphere, clean restrooms, and friendly hosts, making it a pleasant spot for both short and longer stays. However, visitors should note that water availability can be an issue, and some have experienced challenges with reservations.
What Guests Are Saying
Ward Mountain Campground offers a beautiful and well-maintained setting just 5 miles from Ely, featuring spacious and clean campsites with great amenities like BBQ pits and picnic tables. Many reviews highlight the campground's quiet atmosphere, clean restrooms, and friendly hosts, making it a pleasant spot for both short and longer stays. However, visitors should note that water availability can be an issue, and some have experienced challenges with reservations.
Review Summary
Charles W
VerifiedJune 23, 2022 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: WMPT
Wide, level sites with gravel surface. Includes grill, fire ring, stand for portable stove and level wood picnic table. Campground host was friendly and diligent. This campground is on the top of the summit and it gets breezy up here. We has 75MPH gusts one evening we were there. Water was not available but we were warned by email in advance and filled our fresh water tanks before coming in. Only 15 minutes to Ely, NV.
Leon S
VerifiedJune 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: WMPT
Very nice campground. Everyone we met was friendly. Very close to Ely and little more than an hour to Great Basin NP. If you haven't been to GBNP make sure to put it on your list. Love that area around Ely too.
Mary T
VerifiedOctober 8, 2021 • Stayed at: 010, Loop: WMPT
Ward Mountain Campground has a wonderful group of sites for bigger rigs. The bathrooms are very clean for pit toilets. Lots of trails for hiking and biking. Very nice group sites with an amphitheater, pig roasting pit, swings for kids, horseshoe and volleyball pits. Overall, a very peaceful and fun place to go for a dry camping experience.
Craig S
VerifiedOctober 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: WMTL
Easy to find. Clean site, friendly host. Only spent the night. But, I wouldn't mind spend a few days there.
CRAIG C
VerifiedOctober 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: WMTL
Very spacious campsites, and not busy when we were there in late September. There are three large group areas close to the campground which might indicate it is more bustling sometimes.
CYNDY G
VerifiedOctober 1, 2021 • Stayed at: 006, Loop: WMPT
Huge sites. Convenient location. Spotless vault toilets. Great experience.
Susan M
VerifiedSeptember 28, 2021 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: WMTL
I like this campground in the Pinon/Juniper forest. Just far enough from the highway to be quiet, lovely campsites, lovely setting.
Roger H
September 22, 2021
Great place, beautiful mountain, only complaint is there was no running water.
William J
VerifiedSeptember 17, 2021 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: WMTL
Really enjoyed Ward Mountain campground. VERY clean and well kept by the hosts. Looked like a nearly new fire ring, BBQ and a separate stand for propane stove or your own BBQ. Clean air and lots of stars. And very quite. Just the occasional 18 wheeler coming up the grade. No water but that is not the fault of the operators. I would recommend for a night or a week and it's short drive to Ely for shopping or an evening out.
Justine D
VerifiedSeptember 13, 2021 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: WMTL
Lots of shade, really nice camp host and clean toilets. We were just doing an overnight passing through but I’d stay there again for sure.
Location Ward Mtn. Campground (Murray Summit)
Address:
825 Avenue E
Ely, NV, 89301
United States
From Ely, travel south on Highway 6 for 10 miles. Turn left just before Murray Summit, at the sign for the recreation area.
From Las Vegas, travel north on Highway 93 for about 86 miles, to the junction with State Route 318. Follow State Route 318 north for 124 miles, to Murray Summit. Turn right at the sign for the recreation area.
Latitude & Longitude: 39.2125 / -114.968
Elevation: 2240 feet
Policies & Rules
General
- Utility hookups are not available
- Off-highway vehicles (ATVs, motorcycles, and side-by-sides) are only allowed on the main campground road
- Additional first-come, first-serve campsites may be available within the campground
- Don't Move Firewood: Help prevent the spread of tree-killing pests in our national forests by obtaining firewood near your destination and burning it on-site. For more information visit dontmovefirewood.org.
- All individual sites can accomodate for a Tent or RV.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
