Fire Camp, Station 3
- Free
- fee
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
Clear at last check
Weather is good · OpenWeather · checked 12 h ago
- At 3,907 ft
- Black Rock Field Office
Fire Camp, Station 3 is a BLM campground on Bureau of Land Management land within the Black Rock Field Office in Nevada. The surrounding land is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, and the camp sits among a cluster of other campgrounds, with Pickle Tavern and AEZ Town Hall both about 0.4 miles away. There is no fee to use the camp. Summer is the warmest stretch, with typical July highs around 95°F and lows near 62°F, based on averages from a nearby weather station in Gerlach, while May and September are milder, with typical highs of about 75°F and 84°F. Other campgrounds close by include Mobility Camp and Chariot Project BRC, each about 0.9 miles away. For a hike, the Steamboat Trail lies about 5 miles off.
- Pickle TavernCamping0.4 mi
- AEZ Town HallCamping0.4 mi
- Mobility CampCamping0.9 mi
- Chariot Project BRCCamping0.9 mi
- Steamboat TrailHiking5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
- CasaCamping · Next door
- Alternative Energy Zone (AEZ)Camping · Next door
- Pickle TavernCamping · Next door
- MeatisGrossCamping · Next door
- AEZ Town HallCamping · Next door
- Pickle FrontierCamping · Next door
- Mayors CampCamping · Next door
- Desert RatsCamping · Next door
- Hipster CafeCamping · Next door
- JesseCamping · Next door
Best time to visit Fire Camp, Station 3
Best months: March–June and September–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
44° / 24°
7 wet · 2 snow
Feb
50° / 28°
6 wet · 1 snow
Mar
59° / 33°
6 wet · 1 snow
Apr
66° / 37°
5 wet
May
75° / 46°
5 wet
Jun
85° / 54°
3 wet
Jul
95° / 62°
2 wet
Aug
93° / 59°
2 wet
Sep
84° / 49°
2 wet
Oct
70° / 38°
4 wet
Nov
54° / 28°
5 wet · 1 snow
Dec
43° / 22°
6 wet · 2 snow
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Gerlach, NV, 12.3 mi away at 3,954 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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