River Campground
Rye Patch State Park
Write a Review 2505 Rye Patch Reservoir Rd. Lovelock, NV 89419 775-442-0135 Official WebsiteGPS: 40.4686, -118.311
Overview of River Campground
Last Price Paid: $10
Reported by AF Girl on 10/10/2023
Longest RV Reported: 38 feet (Fifth Wheel)
Reported by Ruth on 9/25/2018
Number of Sites 22
Elevation 4,133 ft / 1,259 m
Max Stay 14
Tent Camping Yes
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Reviews of River Campground 31 people have reviewed this location.
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“Nice And Quite ”
Reviewed 9/19/2022
| Days stayed: | 3 |
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| Site Number: | 1 |
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This is rare gem. It’s out in the middle of nowhere, Lovelock (small town)is about 22 miles away. The sites are well kept, bathrooms are clean and the shower is amazing. You can pick from upper or lower campground. Upper is just gravel with metal roof shade cover with picnic table. Lower has shade trees, a small (almost dried up) riv... more
This is rare gem. It’s out in the middle of nowhere, Lovelock (small town)is about 22
miles away. The sites are well kept, bathrooms are clean and the shower is amazing.
You can pick from upper or lower campground. Upper is just gravel with metal roof shade cover with picnic table. Lower has shade trees, a small (almost dried up) river. It has a few electrical hookups, but most are no hookups. Plenty of water faucets interspersed around the campground. As well as wild turkeys and antelope occasionally walking around.
There is hiking, biking and with the reservoir within walking distance there is fishing. About 10 different species . Also boating and kayaking. The landscape is kind of blah, but it’s the peace and quite that did it for me.
Sadly, like everywhere in the US, the reservoir and river are way, way down.
NOTE: no Verizon cell service, 1 bar for T mobile
I am definitely putting this on my list for future stays.
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Mousr would stay here again
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“Great Price, Wonderful Quiet Place”
Reviewed 8/1/2022
| Days stayed: | 1 |
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We really appreciated this nice camp in the desert. We loved our site. It was down at the lower end and had nice shade trees. The shower was wonderful, and we had a quiet night’s rest there. I even saw some roadrunners. That was a comical sight!
Tdmatt would stay here again
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“Clean with lots of great waterfront spots”
Reviewed 11/24/2021
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 2 |
| Site Number: | 9 |
| RV Length: | 19' (Toy Hauler Travel Trailer) |
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Spaces are spaced nicely apart and easy to back in. Sometimes a train goes by in the distance and the horn can be heard, but road noise is nonexistent. Stayed in November so it was chilly when the sun went down, but the days were pleasant. Sites have big fire pits, and new tables, some are even covered tables. The whole park has ne... more
Spaces are spaced nicely apart and easy to back in. Sometimes a train goes by in the distance and the horn can be heard, but road noise is nonexistent.
Stayed in November so it was chilly when the sun went down, but the days were pleasant.
Sites have big fire pits, and new tables, some are even covered tables. The whole park has new asphalt and gravel ground cover. Lots of grassy areas, big trees, cool hiking trail, saw wild turkeys, and blue herons. Really clean bathrooms, too.
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SkippyBoxes2006 would stay here again
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“Cost is $15; $20 for out of state to camp for the night . ”
Reviewed 8/21/2021
| Nightly rate: | $20 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 12 |
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It's a shame that Karen, having "First World Problems" wrote a bad review with innacurate pricing info. There is a fee if you are only using the park during the day ($5). A fee ($15) if you are camping, whether in a big rig and towing a vehicle, or just coming in a small van. ($20 for out of state) I didn't see any electrical hookup... more
It's a shame that Karen, having "First World Problems" wrote a bad review with innacurate pricing info. There is a fee if you are only using the park during the day ($5). A fee ($15) if you are camping, whether in a big rig and towing a vehicle, or just coming in a small van. ($20 for out of state)
I didn't see any electrical hookups. I didn't know that was offered. I have solar and don't care about hookups. There were various potable water spigots throughout the park. The EXTREMELY nice park ranger told me to use any I wanted but please don't stay hooked up to them because they are there to be shared by all park guests.
There is an incorrect address listed, either here or on their website. When I exited I-80, my GPS told me to take a left; the signage pointed right for the dam. Follow the sign to the right. It's easy and clearly marked.
The park is nice. It's on the river. I stayed at the lower campground. The hairpin downhill road in looks daunting, but is freshly paved, and very easy to navigate. Fellow campers were very nice, although someone up the way ran a noisly generator most of the day. Not the park's fault. There are assholes camping wherever you go.
I took advantage of the shower. It was an overhead "rain" showerhead, with plenty of hot water. The shower was spacious, and lots of hooks and a shelf to put stuff while you used it. Heaven!
I stayed close to the river and although it was very low and nothing coming over the dam, there is a section of the campsite that you can walk across (Group camping area) to easily access the river bank. My dog and I enjoyed sticking our feet in an cooling off.
I got to know a couple fellow campers because there seemed to be one spot where they could get any signal for texts and phone calls, so that was the "cell phone hangout." I found that close to the river I had one bar, and if I repositioned myself inside my van, I could get two. My internet (Verizon, through Nomad Internet) worked. It was slow, but it connected.
Great experience. Nice place. Don't blame such a beautiful campground for the heat and your bad mood.
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“Bad Experience ”
Reviewed 7/20/2021
| Nightly rate: | $50 |
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| Days stayed: | 0 |
| Site Number: | 18 |
| RV Length: | 36' (Class A) |
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We pulled in mid-afternoon in July it was 100+ out. The camp ground was pretty empty. We had been boon-docking for a few days we needed water and some electric to run the A/C as it was HOT! It was hard to find the few electrical sites. We found 1 actual site occupied and a dirt area with 3 other Boxes that were Willy Nilly! There was o... more
We pulled in mid-afternoon in July it was 100+ out. The camp ground was pretty empty. We had been boon-docking for a few days we needed water and some electric to run the A/C as it was HOT! It was hard to find the few electrical sites. We found 1 actual site occupied and a dirt area with 3 other Boxes that were Willy Nilly! There was one RV parked by two of the boxes and a 3rd that was in a weird spot. We tried to get into the 3rd and found our door opened on a bush! I started to get heat exhaustion helping the hubby back in. So we plugged into cool off and hydrate. Once I felt better we moved the RV around so we could use the door. Tries to plug in and the Electric no longer worked!
Maybe I was doing the math wrong but $10 for our RV, $10 for the Toad day use fee, an additional $20 for the campsite, plus $10 for electric =$50 not the$20-25 we expected. For Dirt full sun, No water or dump at the site. We had no ATT service at our site and The showers were closed.
After the electric stopped working we bailed!
Note it was a little tight getting into with our 36 foot RV and toad but doable. And not far off of I 80.
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“Nice place to stay”
Reviewed 5/8/2021
| Nightly rate: | $15 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
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Very clean, water is available at many of the sites. There are several sites that will accommodate larger rigs, but they were almost gone when we got there around 7pm. There is also a dump station here. Nice private sites in the lower campground. Most of the sites in the upper camping areas are not very private. This was a great p... more
Very clean, water is available at many of the sites. There are several sites that will accommodate larger rigs, but they were almost gone when we got there around 7pm. There is also a dump station here. Nice private sites in the lower campground. Most of the sites in the upper camping areas are not very private. This was a great place to refill fresh water, dump tanks & get a good night’s rest
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scubagirl45 would stay here again
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“Fantastic campground!”
Reviewed 11/4/2020
| Nightly rate: | $15 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 5 |
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We stayed here on a Friday in early October. Super easy to get to and there are a few different areas to camp. We ended up going down to the lower loop, below the dam. Lots of trees and shade down there, with a great loop that could get you access to the river. We set up camp in site number 5, which is backed up to the hillside, so we ... more
We stayed here on a Friday in early October. Super easy to get to and there are a few different areas to camp. We ended up going down to the lower loop, below the dam. Lots of trees and shade down there, with a great loop that could get you access to the river. We set up camp in site number 5, which is backed up to the hillside, so we lost sunlight pretty quick. We saw turkeys and other animals in the area. Super peaceful camping area that we would definitely return to.
Only 2 negatives that I will share. 1) there were a LOT of bugs after sunset. So much so that we had to go inside to avoid being eaten alive. There was a burn ban, so maybe being able to have a fire would have helped a bit. 2) there were pit toilets and some plumbed toilets, but both left some cleaning to be desired. The pit toilets in the lower loop were especially nasty - smelled horrid and the aforementioned bugs were just as thick inside.
Those are both minor issues in my opinion and we would definitely come back here for an extended stay to explore the area.
Prior to departing, we drove through the other camping areas, including the loop up on the lake near the boat launch. That area seemed much less private with no trees or much between campsites. For us, the lower loop was the right choice!
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rolling.with.the.bowlings would stay here again
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“Great camping site - see video ”
Reviewed 10/25/2020
| Nightly rate: | $15 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | Group site |
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https://youtu.be/us0c4_5hHpM
Great layover spot - Lots of space to camp, fish, and relax. Star gazing was amazing.
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“Trees in the middle of dry scrub land”
Reviewed 10/14/2020
| Nightly rate: | $15 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 22 |
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We passed through here Oct 13, 2020 and needed a place to camp. The address takes you south of 80 but it's actually on the north side of the freeway. Honor system, envelop drop box. We arrived at sunset and we're new to RV driving so we were hesitant to drive down the hill where most of the people were. We started out on top (aqua colo... more
We passed through here Oct 13, 2020 and needed a place to camp. The address takes you south of 80 but it's actually on the north side of the freeway. Honor system, envelop drop box. We arrived at sunset and we're new to RV driving so we were hesitant to drive down the hill where most of the people were. We started out on top (aqua colored dot in the map pic) in the gravel, only one other camper, (had a water pump spigot, fire ring and table) and a nice view down, above the other campers. We decided to try down the hill but we didnt want to be super close to people so we just cruised the small inner loop and picked site 22 (same stuff as the upper gravel spot but with the big tree), close to the dam, far end. We could see the dam but it looked too far for small kids to hike down to the water and mine were happily playing in the dirt. The 2 sites on the other side of the small road had electric but no trees, were vacant so we had no neighbors. We did see people use the bathrooms but didnt check that out. I knock half a star because both dumpsters I used were full. The other half star was for checking in with no attendant/host and no site map or guide to tell us where we would fit, which sites had what, how much they were and some sites didnt have number markings. No t-mobile even with boosters but signal is fine on top near the dam. Oh and we saw a few bunnies!
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Mship82 would stay here again
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“Super stay”
Reviewed 9/24/2020
| Nightly rate: | $15 |
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| Days stayed: | 1 |
| Site Number: | 17 |
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We stopped here for one night on the way to California. Only about a mile off I-80 so easy on easy off. Arrived about 3pm on a Tuesday and while pretty full had our pick of 4-5 spots. We stayed in the camp area below the dam. Most at blacktop pad with table fire ring and garbage can. Some have water on site. Flush toilets and shower... more
We stopped here for one night on the way to California. Only about a mile off I-80 so easy on easy off. Arrived about 3pm on a Tuesday and while pretty full had our pick of 4-5 spots. We stayed in the camp area below the dam. Most at blacktop pad with table fire ring and garbage can. Some have water on site. Flush toilets and showers at north end very clean and great hot showers with rain shower heads! Pit toilets also very clean at south end. Nice to be able to walk down to the river. No cell service in the campgrounds but we walked back up to the top of the dam road and we’re able to get LTE on Sprint. Nice dump station at entrance. Great stay after a long drive and good value
Mick would stay here again
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Amenities
Hookups
- dry camping
Recreation
- boat ramp
- fishing
- picnic area
- recreation trail
- water access
Site Amenities
- fire ring
- picnic table
Facilities
- dump station
- restrooms: flush
- showers
- trash
- water available
Pets
- pets
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