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MAPS & ACCESS

Get your bearings before arrival

Use the map for orientation. Follow the agency’s boundaries and current access instructions on the ground.

A folded map and compass on a parked truck with dunes beyond
Illustration: Get your bearings before leaving the pavement.

Two arrival choices

Little Dunes staging is directly off Highway 127. Farther north, Dumont Road leads across the Amargosa River toward the main dunes. Check its condition before towing in.

BLM Dumont visitor guide

Dumont Dunes: places to know

Use the regional overview to compare Dumont with the supply towns on your route. Select a named place for its exact reference details. These are planning references, not turn-by-turn directions or campsite pins.

Destination · 35.6914, -116.2389

Agency area reference for orientation. Not an entrance, campsite or emergency rendezvous.

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Dune area · 35.6593216, -116.2868461

Mapped sand-area center. BLM places Little Dunes staging beside Highway 127; this pin is not a surveyed entrance.

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Services town · 35.2653808, -116.0749555

Town reference for planning supplies. Use an individual business address for the actual stop; this is not a station or campground.

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Services town · 35.9754905, -116.270453

Town reference for planning supplies. Use an individual business address for the actual stop; this is not a station or campground.

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Services town · 36.1925194, -115.9758446

Town reference for planning supplies. Use an individual business address for the actual stop; this is not a station or campground.

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Local features on the official map

Little Dunes staging beside Highway 127; Dumont Road and its Amargosa crossing; Sperry Wash AR0412; Salt Creek interpretive walk.

Use the agency map for these exact local features. Camp and entrance coordinates are not substituted with guessed pins.

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Save your actual camp with Camp Compass →

Save a camp pin on arrival

Open the network’s shared Camp Compass and set your actual camp location. Do not use the area reference point above as your return pin.

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Dumont Dunes Road during the 2022 road construction project
Photograph: Jeff Childers, Bureau of Land Management, August 2022. Public domain. Source and description. Archival view; facilities and conditions may have changed.

Independent visitor guide. Published by MCKINNEY DIGITAL HOLDINGS LLC. Not affiliated with or endorsed by BLM Barstow.

Sources reviewed September 10, 2026. Current agency notices and on-site signs control.