Silver King Well

Silver King Well is a single-lane dirt trail (part of the broader Silver State Trail network) in the Schell Creek Range on BLM land northwest of Silver King Pass. The lower/southern half is a winding, rolling rough dirt trail through juniper and pine trees with sweeping blind corners, while the northern half transitions to a rockier, rougher, and bumpier two-track with exposed cobble and uneven. Standout features include the Historic Griswold Cabins (an early sheep-industry headquarters established 1898–99 by Chauncey Warner Griswold Sr., with the original log cabin serving as a cookhouse and the later Railroad Tie Cabin built by his son Gordon in 1932–34; the site is eligible for the National Register of Historic Places and was stabilized in 2010), the nearby Silver King Mine, and the stone ruins of Silver King Well.

An established campsite with parking sits right at the Griswold Cabins. Dispersed sites are uncommon along the rest of the trail—there are few spurs or suitable pull-offs. A couple of spots exist near the Silver King Mine among the junipers, but they sit on a slight slope. Sites are mostly open dirt or sandy ground with only partial shade from scattered junipers; wind exposure is moderate in the more open stretches.