Can I camp at Gold Butte National Monument?

Yes, dispersed camping is allowed at Gold Butte National Monument. Stays are limited to 14 days in any 28-day period.

Who manages Gold Butte National Monument?

Gold Butte National Monument is managed by the BLM's Las Vegas Field Office.

Gold Butte National Monument's listed activities include Backpacking, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Highway Vehicle.

BLM unit

Yes, dispersed camping is allowed at Gold Butte National Monument. Gold Butte National Monument is a BLM unit in Clark County, Nevada.

Check current closures and fire restrictions for Gold Butte National Monument on the managing agency's own page.

Gold Butte National Monument boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.

3 fire restriction orders are recorded for this unit as of Sept. 30, 2026. Each links the signed order.

BLM Southern Nevada District Fire Prevention Order Effective May 26, 2026. Applies to BLM Southern Nevada District land, which includes this unit (Las Vegas Field Office). Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
BLM Southern Nevada Year-Round Fire Restrictions Applies to BLM Southern Nevada District land, which includes this unit (Las Vegas Field Office). Year-round order. Listed under Southern Nevada on Nevada Fire Info. The signed order states the exact area, what it prohibits, and exemptions.
BLM Nevada Prevention Order: BLM statewide restrictions Effective May 1, 2026. Applies to all BLM and Forest Service land in Nevada. Prohibited: Possessing, discharging, using or allowing the use of fireworks, pyrotechnic or incendiary devices; possessing, discharging, igniting or causing to burn; explosives or explosive material, including binary explosive targets; discharging a firearm using tracer, incendiary, or steel-component ammunition. [Use of tracer or incendiary ammunition is always prohibited on public lands]; operating or using any internal or external combustion engine without a spark arresting device properly installed, maintained and in effective working order.

Nevada Fire Info, BLM Nevada's interagency fire site, keeps the Nevada fire restrictions map and signed orders for every fire zone, and a Nevada fire map of active fires.

: Yes, dispersed camping is allowed at Gold Butte National Monument. Stays are limited to 14 days in any 28-day period.
: Gold Butte National Monument is managed by the BLM's Las Vegas Field Office.
: Gold Butte National Monument's listed activities include Backpacking, Hiking, Horseback Riding, Highway Vehicle.

Dispersed camping allowed Stays are limited to 14 days in any 28-day period.

Named camping areas: Whitney Pocket, Cabin Canyon.

Wilderness areaJumbo Springs Wilderness lies inside Gold Butte National Monument.
Wilderness areaLime Canyon Wilderness lies inside Gold Butte National Monument.
National Park Service unitGold Butte National Monument borders Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.