Pickle Tavern
- Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct
- best months
- At 3,907 ft
- Black Rock Field Office
Pickle Tavern is a campground on Bureau of Land Management land in Nevada, within the Black Rock Field Office. It is a simple base camp with no set route, distance or climb to plan around, and it sits among several other named camping spots within a short drive, which makes it easy to pair with another stop. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from the Gerlach weather station, about 12 miles away, show May highs near 75°F and September highs around 84°F, while July averages climb to about 95°F and winter lows dip into the mid-20s. AEZ Town Hall is just 0.1 mile away, and Fire Camp, Station 3 is 0.4 mile away. Mobility Camp and the Chariot Project BRC are both about 0.7 mile off. For a walk, the Steamboat Trail lies about 5 miles away.
- AEZ Town HallCamping0.1 mi
- Fire Camp, Station 3Camping0.4 mi
- Mobility CampCamping0.7 mi
- Chariot Project BRCCamping0.7 mi
- Steamboat TrailHiking5.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
Best time to visit Pickle Tavern
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, 11.9 mi away at 3,954 ft. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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