Lava Flow Campground (Craters of the Moon) | Established Campground

October 19th, 2023 by Earendel

Only $8 in the off season.
There are several campsites that are level enough for a camper. Others are very small, more suitable for tents. Sites include picnic tables.
It's a quiet place, excellent dark sky, saw the Milky Way.
Cell signal is very patchy, worked one moment and then no signal the next.

September 28th, 2023 by instagram.com/woodysvanlife

Only 4$ if you have the America the beautiful pass. Self pay station by the park entrance.

September 27th, 2023 by powdersue

arrived around 4pm on Tues and all sites were full. we drove east to blizzard Mt Road for a nice spot. then the property owner, Monty, showed up. he let us (2 camper vans) stay but begged us to post that others shouldn't stay there. we went back to lava flow in the morning and plenty of sites were available. it turns out we saw a couple big rigs that parked overnight in the visitor center parking lot. loved the loop drive on our bicycles.

September 7th, 2023 by dedesko

Today, Thursday, September 7th, all the large sites were full by noon. Some larger trailers managed to squeeze in smaller sites, but many people were forced to turn around and leave without a site shortly after noon. But I've never seen so many large motorhomes with toads trying to get into an NPS campground b before.

Anyone in a camper van need not arrive that early.

Checkout is 11, but oddly many people did not leave until noon. No one was enforcing checkout time.

August 15th, 2023 by sarahgwallace

It’s cool camping in and around the lava rocks. Sites are small and close together. Although hot in the day, the wind picked up at night.

Sites are first come. People were still coming in after sunset and secured a spot.

June 19th, 2023 by alex5577

Busy place. Water is turned on. Caves are open. Pay station is staffed.

May 16th, 2023 by Nicole

no one at the ticket booth to check my america the beautiful pass. instructions for camping was to find a spot, park, then return to the kiosk and pay for the night. it was only $8 a night, no water, pit toilet, trash drop off, caves were closed. very hot during the day I parked at the closed visitor center and sat under tree shade to cool off during the heat of the day.

May 15th, 2023 by kdolezal536

Lots of campsites, only about ten were in use. Only cost $8 because water was still turned off for the season. Campsites have a picnic table and charcoal grill

September 20th, 2022 by syatessd

Lovely little site for tent camping. No wood burning at the site, but propane is fine. Night sky is about as much as you can ask for.

July 22nd, 2022 by Croissant Warrior

arrived early on a Friday as place was booking fast. up on the hill no large rig, so perfect for a tent spot. beautiful night sky. $15 per night and you need national park pass.

June 19th, 2022 by overlander

Campground was full when we arrived around 9pm. We stayed on the visitor center parking lot for the night without any issues. There are no „No overnight parking“ signs there and we were not bothered by anyone.

June 1st, 2022 by darylkarenmast

Nice small camp ground. $8/night. $4 for seniors. No hookups. Pit toilets. We have a 45’ bus and we’re as to fit into a drive-thru spot.

August 20th, 2021 by hiking.miller

beautiful views. sites are a little close together and the place filled up pretty quickly. each site has a picnic table and bbq grill. lots of trash bins everywhere. water spigots and restrooms scattered about the campground. paid $15 for a night. cave (lava tube) exploring was so fun and interesting!

May 30th, 2021 by thepurplepuss

Found a sweet van spot even on Memorial Day weekend. Facilities are good, people are friendly an all around unique location.

May 12th, 2021 by World Safari

Cool place to camp, $8 for the night. Clean outhouses. Quiet campground, great place for kids.

September 22nd, 2020 by dschmidt8000

Super cool campground. Some sites allow you to set up tents completely surrounded by black lava flow rocks higher than your head. RV sites as well. No power. Super clean restrooms. No showers. Verizon phone and internet from some higher locations throughout park.

July 9th, 2020 by tgpatrsn

Great place! Got here at 7pm and got the 2nd to last site.

August 14th, 2019 by rolling_tucker

Very nice and scenic campground.
We didn’t have any issues in finding a spot even if it was after 4pm.

May 15th, 2019 by bicitours.blogspot.com

With america the beautiful cards you get 50% off. So I paid $4 at the machine. Beautiful campground, pit toilets only. No water. No wifi. No cell service.
At the visitor center there is water and restrooms.

April 29th, 2019 by callumrogersnz

Great spot especially as we did not get charged as there is no running water in early season (end of April , start of May ) . Pit toilets and bbq and table at each site . Can accommodate big rigs .

October 13th, 2018 by Rainette the van

8$ during low season! But no water... still beautiful!

October 12th, 2018 by trailmagic.de

Wifi was turned off. Otherwise this is a nice campsite. They turn off the water around this time of the year, will be only 8$ then.

September 21st, 2018 by lisa.thyrion

As described. Nice campground. Come here early in the weekend. We had the last spot at 5.30 PM.

August 28th, 2018 by allyson_watts

Unusual lava flow rocks surrounding you. Good facilities.

June 18th, 2018 by zaemeumdwelt.ch

Nice NM Campground. Pit toilets. Wifi near the pay station. 15$ / night. Special landscape! ;) enjoy!

June 9th, 2018 by westwardgo.blogspot.com

Cool campground, very interesting landscape and lots of free talks, guided hikes and information in the visitors centre. The night sky is amazing from here and the park is well worth a visit.
No dump station or showers but otherwise perfect.

May 19th, 2018 by parenthesenomade.com

Nice and quiet campground. 15$ per site per night. Wifi on the sites near the entrance. No dump station.

October 6th, 2017 by albatros-on-tour.de

Nice place. I even had WiFi on one of the sites close to the fee paying station.

If station is closed self registration only possible with debit/credit card payment. No cash accepted.

August 6th, 2017 by floornagler

$15 for a site. Weirdest place to camp for us so far. Interesting landscape, take the time to exlpore!

April 16th, 2016 by gespanntreisen.com

nice place, 51 campsites with picnic tables and grills, no open campfires allowed, water only in summer or in the visitorcenter, shoulder season 8 $, no pets on trails only in campground and parking lots on the Loop road