The Camp Site

Located on the Hualapai Flat, the camp site is located on the same site as Center Camp from Black Rock City 1997.

Our layout and shape changes each year. We're experimenting with different forms, different infrastructure-- exploring how to create the best experience for ourselves, other living friends at the ranch, and the land itself.

Samsara: Water Temple

Samsara was designed for Black Rock City 2025, constructed from sustainably harvested Arundo donax (giant reed) and focused on themes of community, water, and ritual. It acts as a sacred space for reflection and connection with water, featuring a sound-based water design.

Sauna Lounge 

A 20-ft container sauna with a giant glass viewing wall facing the playa built by the 🇫🇮 Black Rock Sauna Society.  The space also has an attached lounge for late-night hangouts, mid-day naps, and live music (curated by Vibe Queen).

The Main Tent: Center Camp

Part of the event infrastructure is providing a main gathering space with shade, ground cover, seating, and lighting. This space hosts expriences such as our opening circle, workshops, talks, morning movement and more.

The Auxililiary Tent 

We also provide a "third space" tent which is for more informal programming, impromptu workshops, and whatever it is you might imagine! We're also open to partnering with a camp, art project, or experience designer to imagine how this third space might be fully activated for the event. Reach out!

The Community Hearth: Kitchen & Dining

We offer a shared “community kitchen” (donated by Square One) for self-organized cooking, collaboration, and connection. Participants are invited to prepare meals, share ingredients, and gather around food as a part of the experience. This space is lightly structured to support both coordination and emergence.

The Moonlight Library

The Moonlight Library, created by James Gwertzman and the Moonlight Collective as a Black Rock City 2025 honorarium project, is a towering, two-story “cosmic ruin” that invites participants into a shared archive of memory and story. Wander its shelves, climb its ladders, and discover fragments of knowledge left behind for those who seek them.

The Effigy Site

Located on the Hualapai Flat, the Effigy Site is centered around one of the original burn barrels from 1997. Each year we strive to have the effigy change with the theme and be participatory in its build and burn.

The Open Playa + '97 Relics

Out on the Hualapai Flat is a combination of Fly Ranch and Public Lands (BLM). A great place to wander, bike, or possibly bring a mutant vehicle. There's also a scattering of relics from the 1997 Black Rock City event-- please enjoy but don't disturb our archeological relics of Burning Man past!  

The Welcome Center

Located within the Operations Center, the Welcome Center is adapted from one of Fly Ranch’s original ranch buildings. What was once part of a working homestead now serves as a place of arrival and orientation, opening into the garden, beekeeping, residency program, and other work across the land.

The Garden

The Garden is an evolving experiment in regenerative agriculture, rooted in early prototypes from the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) SEED project. What began as a small test site has grown into a living system that includes a walipini (below-ground greenhouse), compost integration from Black Rock City, and ongoing soil-building practices.

In 2025, the garden produced squash, onions, garlic, corn, tomatoes, and more—demonstrating what is possible in the high desert. Much of this harvest is shared through the Summit’s Community Hearth, closing the loop between waste, soil, and food.

The Labyrinth 

The Labyrinth, built by Will Roger & Crimson Rose, is a walking path woven into the land, offering a space for reflection and quiet movement. Participants are invited to follow its turns at their own pace, tracing a simple journey inward and back out again.

The Bees

The Fly Ranch bees are part of an ongoing effort to support pollinator habitat and restore ecological balance in the high desert. The bee team has built and installed honey bee homes, contributing to both biodiversity and the health of the surrounding ecosystem. 

In recent years, the hives have produced small batches of honey, offering a tangible expression of the relationship between soil, plants, and pollinators.

The Mobile Resource Unit 'MRU'

A mobile makerspace built from a refurbished shipping container (origionally from IDEATE), the BWB Mobile Resource Unit is equipped with tools and materials for building, repair, and prototyping. Originally designed as a deployable resource for communities in need, and debuted in Black Rock CIty, it now serves as a hands-on hub for making and experimentation at Fly Ranch. 

Baba Yaga's House

Created by Jessi Sprocket Janusee and The Cauldron art crew, Baba Yaga’s House draws from Slavic folklore to evoke a mythic space of transformation. At once mysterious and inviting, the structure invites participants to step inside and encounter the unknown.

The Labyrinth 

The Labyrinth, built by Will Roger & Crimson Rose, is a walking path woven into the land, offering a space for reflection and quiet movement. Participants are invited to follow its turns at their own pace, tracing a simple journey inward and back out again.

The Fly Geyser

Fly Geyser is a geothermal formation created by a failed well drilled in 1964. Over time, mineral-rich water formed its vibrant terraces and continuously flowing pools. Now protected as part of the Fly Ranch preserve, it stands as a living intersection of accident, time, and natural process.

The Hot Springs

The Hot Springs are part of a broader geothermal system that feeds the geyser, wetlands, and mineral-rich pools across the land. Shaped over time by both natural processes and human stewardship, they offer a place for soaking, rest, and quiet connection within the surrounding ecosystem.

During the Summit, we multiple small group visits to the springs.