Pine Creek is one of Central Nevada's best kept secrets since it is so out of the way. We used to go there every summer when we lived in Tonopatch.
Two years ago we camped at Pine Creek and had the entire place to ourselves-- we even took day trips and we drew a line across the access road. Upon our return checked the line and no tracks over it = total privacy! Nice creek running thru the camp ground and lots of green. Approx 25 developed camp sites.
Across Monitor Valley is Barley Creek-- more ggod camping, but not as many aspen trees.
Another good spot is Peavine Creek, just west of Round Mountain-- lots of great camp sites here and old ruins to explore. further north of Carvers are a number of awesome canyons-- Twin Rivers, Ophir Canyon-- nice 4x4 to get up to old town site and ruins. Birch Creek Canyon. Then the baddest of em all is Kingston-- good fishing here and a nice moderately challenging 4x4 trail up over the summit to Big Creek in Reese River Valley.
A good friend owns a ranch just south of Smokey Joe's in Big Smokey Valley and we have used this place as a staging post for day runs. He also hosts the vintage car rally race across nevada every year. So this might be an option ...
This is just a sampling of many more cool, hidden hot spots in central nevada.
