Tribal Lands · Nevada
Sheep Creek Reservoir Campground
Tribal Lands · Nevada, United States
- Season
- Year-round
- Cost
- Dry camping: $15/day/vehicle. Electrical sites: $25/day/site. Annual permits: $150-$220.
- Elevation
- 5,390 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- AT&T weak · Verizon good · T-Mobile none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Sheep Creek Reservoir
- Nearest town
- Owyhee
- Phone
- 208-759-3246
About
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes campground at Sheep Creek Reservoir on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, a separate reservoir north-west of Owyhee. Dry camping with a daily general camping permit charged per vehicle; electrical sites are priced at $25 a night, and in February 2026 the tribes announced 14 electrical campground sites at Sheep Creek as coming soon. Permits are sold online through the tribes' permit portal. Shares a point with Mountain View Reservoir Campground; the tribes publish no separate location for Sheep Creek.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 18° | 0° | 53° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 33° | 19° | -3° | 50° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 42° | 24° | 7° | 73° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 49° | 30° | 16° | 67° | 10 of 11 |
| May | 63° | 41° | 27° | 77° | 3 of 11 |
| June | 75° | 50° | 33° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 89° | 61° | 45° | 98° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 87° | 60° | 48° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 76° | 50° | 39° | 88° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 62° | 38° | 25° | 75° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 49° | 31° | -7° | 63° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 34° | 18° | -3° | 53° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Mountain View Reservoir Campground · Tribal Lands · 0 mi
- Lake Billy Shaw Camping Area · Tribal Lands · 4 mi
- Wilson Reservoir Campground · Bureau of Land Management · 19 mi
- Wildhorse Crossing Upper Loop Group CG · USDA Forest Service · 20 mi
- Wildhorse Crossing Campground · USDA Forest Service · 20 mi
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