Scales Campground

If you are hiking in, its a great open place to settle down for yhe night with pit toilets and a spring a little off from camp. Just close the gates. If you are driving in it better be an suv or truck with at least a decent factory lift or more as it can be a little rough.

One of the best free campgrounds accessible by RV! This spot offers easy access to multiple scenic trails that can be linked into loops ranging from 4 to 20 miles. If you're hoping to see wild ponies, take the Crest Trail—you're likely to spot them around the 4-mile mark. The road leading to the campground is a bit rough, but manageable if you take it slow and your RV has decent ground clearance. A truly rewarding destination for hikers and nature lovers!

One of my favorite places to camp. Beautiful scenery! Great place to view wild ponies. Bathrooms are available. You will need 4WD or a vehicle with clearance. The road is rocky but is not to bad. Just go slow you will be fine. It’s about an hour or less drive on the dirt road. There is drinking water on the left side of the dirt road before entering the campground. It’s spring water coming out of a pipe. Very clean and cold water. Weather sometimes can change quickly. Be prepared for wind and dropping temperature’s.

Great place to camp. Beautiful trails to hike, cows and wild ponies to entertain. Definitely need 4wd and high clearance to navigate the road, which is more like a Jeep trail IMHO. It took about 40 min driving about 6-10 mph in our jeep to arrive at the Scales, but was definitely worth all the bumps!

Well it took all of an hour to cross the 4 mile road to get to this campsite. You definitely need 4x4 I took my Honda CR-V and made it but it was rough. We did see that a Tesla made it 🤷 but plenty of spots. No reservations needed. Dogs allowed. A/T runs right by here and connects to the state park. There were clean restrooms. (Thank you to whoever maintains this area!) And when we woke up the ponies and cows were right outside the fence to greet us in the morning.