Bureau of Land Management Camping
RV Camping
If you search for "BLM camping near me" online, you should get recommendations for RV camping in San Bernardino County. It gets better if you limit your location to Needles, the hometown of Horsethief Springs. Possible Bureau of Land Management campgrounds in this area include Fender’s River Road Resort, Desert View RV Resort, and Moon River RV Resort. Needles KOA is worth mentioning as it offers 96 campsites for a $36 per night fee. The campsites are large enough to host Class A RVs of up to 42 feet. Visitors will access picnic tables, fire rings, laundry facilities, restrooms with flush toilets, showers, trash bins, Wi-Fi, and firewood.
Fender’s River Road Resort charges $16 for each of its 25 campsites. The maximum recommended RV length is 38 feet, and amenities are Wi-Fi, picnic tables, water, showers, flush restrooms, and laundry facilities. For the Desert View RV Resort, its nightly charges are $50 for each of its 65 campsites. These sites offer Wi-Fi, flush restrooms, laundry facilities, showers, trash bins, and full hookups. Moon River RV Resort allows a maximum RV length of 40 feet and charges $39. It has 84 campsites with amenities that include Wi-Fi, full hookups, a dump station, trash bins, flush restrooms, laundry, and showers. Pets are also allowed on this campsite.
Free Camping
If you prefer Bureau of Land Management free camping, you should check nearby BLM and USFS lands. A standard free RV camping ground in Needles is the Heart of Mojave East area. The area has beautiful mountain views nearby with sandy trails to guide visitors deeper into the land. Another free camping ground is the Snaggletooth Primitive RV camp located in the Mojave Trails National Monument. There are no amenities at either of these campgrounds.