Virgin Valley Campground

Me and my partner were roadtripping on Memorial Day weekend when we got stranded a few miles away from this campground. We had zero cell signal and no one in sight to help us. We were able to start our car and drove back to this campsite to seek shelter. Luckily there was a campsite host who was more than willing to take us in!! Our lovely, “jewel of the desert”, a cute nickname we gave her, Tina... Me and my partner were roadtripping on Memorial Day weekend when we got stranded a few miles away from this campground. We had zero cell signal and no one in sight to help us. We were able to start our car and drove back to this campsite to seek shelter. Luckily there was a campsite host who was more than willing to take us in!! Our lovely, “jewel of the desert”, a cute nickname we gave her, Tina was so gracious and kind enough to help us. Tina is an amazing host/human. She helped two stranded strangers traveling from Oregon. Two adults trying to roadtrip and camp along the way, stranded in the most beautiful way possible. We couldn’t have made it if it wasn’t for Tina. She quickly made us feel at “home” offered us food, drinks and made sure we had everything necessity wise. She’s a warm, kind, and welcoming person. Universe was on our side that weekend. We had a place to camp, clean restrooms, clean flittered drinking water!!!!!! A SHOWER WITH NATURAL WARM SPRINGS!!! We showered at least twice a day for the 2 nights and 3 days we stayed there. We also shared the campsite with Tina and had the best view. Can you guess what it was?? A FAMILY OF OWLS!! There were 4 baby owls and we owl watched our entire stay. I had never seen owls that close before so it was such a wonderful experience. Got to see the best sunsets. Also, got yummy treats from Tina. Did I mention she’s a an EXCEPTIONAL BAKER?! She baked us fresh apple fritters in her tiny camper home, which btw is good cute!! It felt like home :) she makes you feel at home. She LOVES popcorn with HOMEMADE GHEE!! She bakes everything from scratch. Who bakes goodies from scratch in the middle of nowhere???!!!! Our Jewel of the Desert! She’s the only one that can do that. I could keep going on and on and on about how wonderful of a person she is. She shared some of her amazing Europe trips stories with us, while eating some of that homemade ghee popcorn with grinded salt. Tina, I miss your popcorn ❤️ we miss you and we hope to come see you before you leave in October. Anyway, after being stranded we finally got rescued by my friend and my brother. We drove back a week later to pick up my partner’s car. We brought some goodies for Tina. She loves dried mangoes, dark chocolate, popcorn (obviously), she could eat popcorn for days (I’m just saying if you ever want to bring anything for her from the town). We towed our car back and said goodbye to our Jewel of the Desert 🌵 we message her often to see how she’s doing. She’s been keeping us posted about the campsite and the lovely weather. We love you and miss you!! Thank you for making us feel at home, helping us with using your satellite phone, being so positive and kind to us. You kept our sanity while we were stranded. You brought so much ease and calm to us and we will NEVER forget this experience. You taught us a lot in such little time. I hope everyone has the same amazing experience, maybe not the stranded part hahaha, but if you ever want to get stranded…..🌵

A phenomenal spot to spend a night. Obviously had a lot of love and work put into the bath house, spring, and little library shelter a while back. It was too cold a morning for us to use the shower but a super neat thing to have available! Would highly recommend as a stopping off point between Oregon and Nevada. The pit toilets were clean and stocked with toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Would lov... A phenomenal spot to spend a night. Obviously had a lot of love and work put into the bath house, spring, and little library shelter a while back. It was too cold a morning for us to use the shower but a super neat thing to have available! Would highly recommend as a stopping off point between Oregon and Nevada. The pit toilets were clean and stocked with toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Would love to come back when it’s warmer than 20°F…

The camping spots are almost all out in the open, most are not level. It gets pretty crowded pretty quick, I was there on a Thursday night and there were only a few sites available. All that being said, the spring was awesome. It's warm but not hot, some parts of the spring are warmer than others, where you can see bubbles come up from the gravel under the water. Fish swimming around you while you... The camping spots are almost all out in the open, most are not level. It gets pretty crowded pretty quick, I was there on a Thursday night and there were only a few sites available. All that being said, the spring was awesome. It's warm but not hot, some parts of the spring are warmer than others, where you can see bubbles come up from the gravel under the water. Fish swimming around you while you enjoy the beautiful desert. It made the spot very worthwhile, would definitely go again.