Cave Lake State Park

This is a very nice state park with two campgrounds. We stayed in Elk Flat, which is not near the lake but there were very few people there on the weekend. Lake View Campground, a few miles away is close to the lake but with no views. It was nearly full when we arrived on a Friday afternoon and the sites seemed smaller and it was a tighter drive through the loop than Elk Flat.
There are miles of trails and dirt roads for hiking and the scenery is beautiful.
Bathrooms have flush toilets and showers but we were far away from them and didn't use them. There is a very nice dump station with water fill-up at the entrance to Elk Flat. Looking at the Verizon coverage map before we got there we expected to have no signal but did have slow 3G that was adequate for checking email.
Ely is an easy 14 mile drive for laundry and shopping. A good place to stock up before heading to Great Basin NP as there is nothing near there.

"Why are they called Utah Junipers if we're in Nevada?" my young son asked me.

Good question.

We decided to find out, and as everyone knows, the best way to learn something is to ask the teenage girls working at the nearest gas station. "I'own'ow." Was her reply.

So we set out to discover the story behind this scandal for ourselves, bypassing the KOA on BLM land and ending up here at Cave Lake State Park.

We smelled the leaves. Didn't smell like Utah to me. We foraged through the underbrush and looked under stones, but unlike the Bugs Bunny cartoons we assumed were documentary factual, no holes to China were found. My youngest son began eating dirt, diligently pursuing the truth that our tree identification books refused to reveal.

"What happens if you eat dirt?" I asked him.

His three year old eyes lowered to the ground as he squeaked out, "If I eat dirt I will get dead." Then he snuck one last lick, checked his own pulse, and the faint odor of 4 bars of E magically changed into 3 bars of 4G*.

It was a magical time.

* That part was true. No Verizon at all, though. More conspiracies, you presume. I assume your presumption is correct.

We are on two motorcycles pulling a tent trailer. The rate for a campsite is $17 but since we are on two motorcycles they charge double. Thirty four dollars is way overpriced for a single tent site. It seems that Nevada State Parks are trying to keep motorcycles out. I won't stay at any of them even in a single vehicle!

Wonderful park that we have stayed at a few times. We never go in the summer, so we are not sure how crowded it may get then. Lovely lake, great hikes, very clean park as we have found all of Nevada parks are.

Quiet location except for the campers that can't live without their generators.

I stayed at Cave Lake State Park one night, on Monday, July 24, 2017 with my eight-year-old granddaughter.

The park is several miles off the main road. And as the park is situated on a hill, the backend of my 33 foot rig dragged as we turned into/out of the campsite area.

This is a very beautiful area. Our site number 33, a nice level back-in site with trees, gave us a limited view of the lake and easy walking access to the lake.

As I hold the Nevada State Park Senior Discount Pass, I paid zero Site fees. The campsites have no electricity. Water faucets are located throughout the park. There is a shower/toilet facility conveniently located in the campground area.

I generally don't prefer hilly campsite areas which is what this camp site is. I felt like the sites were too close together. Especially distressing was, as a non-smoker, I could smell nearby campers cigarette smoking and even more challenging was the multiple campfires at night with their smoke filling my motorhome and impeding our ability to breathe well. My granddaughter is asthmatic. And, as there was absolutely no cell service, I became concerned. We, therefore, only stayed one night.

However, we thoroughly enjoyed and played in a beautiful afternoon rain storm that cooled the temperature down. We walked down to the lake a couple of times and took lots of pictures and were amazed at how beautiful this state park is!

There were several nice day picnic areas down around the lake. And the garbage dumpster was within easy walking range of our site. The park also offers a yurt for overnight rental.

And, whereas, for very personal reasons as noted above, I will not return to this park, it is certainly no reflection on the beauty of the park and what it offers those who enjoy its terrain and close proximity to other campers.

Quiet, nice, scenic, super clean & good value. Elk Flat cg has better sites, water and dump station than Cave Lake cg. Travel around USFS roads for fun 4wd high country experience! Nice soap-n-suds laundromat & taco food truck in Ely.

This can site was awesome. Clean bathrooms, fairly level sites, fire pits & tables. I can’t forget to mention the amazing fishing, and beautiful views. Would be good to take kids for a weekend fishing trip, or just a relaxing get away.

Very clean and well maintained. Level hillside sites. Great 360 degree views.
Free showers. Nice restrooms. Great small lake for fishing and boating. Hiking trails all around.

My kinda boondocking. No power, water was available, nice dump station, decent shower facility but whole floor gets wet so redressing was a dance.

This is the nicest State park boondocking campground we've ever stayed. The plots were flat, well groomed gravel, and near new, unmarked picnic bench.

I was very impressed - If you like dark skies and quiet camping, give this a shot.

No cel or wifi but plenty of air channels came in for tv.

While on a trip to CO, found myself too tired to keep going. Found this campground on good old Campendium! Great spot! Well maintained, beautiful views, space between sites and wonderful maintenance crew who helped me out with a car issue in the morning.
Took a beautiful hike first thing before packing up to go. Was so tempted to stay a few days but needed to get where I was going. So sad to leave, as was my dog. Will definitely be back... next time with a kayak.