There are two sections to the Headquarters Campground. The full hookup section consists of 15 sites in a row on asphalt, with a tree between each site. There is a loop with 25 other sites. One of these is occupied by a park host. Three of the remaining 24 sites have water and 30 amp power. The other 21 sites have no hookups, although water faucets are distributed around the campground. Sites in this loop are all big enough for 40' rigs, and some get good afternoon shade from the mature trees. You park parallel with the loop road, adjacent to your ramada, mostly two or three sites in each pullout. Generator hours are very restrictive in this park: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM. We like this campground as a place to spend a week watching the huge variety of birds here. If the wind is wrong, it can really stink, though, due to fish die-offs and natural organic processes in this man-made sea. There are other campgrounds in the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. Some are beachside undeveloped sites for $7/night. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We were here in October; we practically had the campground to ourselves, which I loved. There were two other campers. It was a very peaceful setting; camping is in the back of the parking lot, and the Salton Sea is in front, accross the lot. Each site has a small tree; the restrooms were being remodeled, so we couldn't use them. The rangers were very pleasant.There is a dump station. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.

This place is not for everyone, and is very hot in the summer. No real shade, pretty windy and not much to do. That being said, do come in the winter when the sea is home to many water birds (herons, pelicans, egrets, etc). Rangers at the visitor's center very nice. There are shade ramadas in the day use section - between your site and the sea is a large asphalt parking lot. I tried fishing in the sea, didn't catch anything. A good place to come and relax and watch the birds, not much else out here. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.