Photos: Vegas campground

The KOA campground on the Las Vegas Strip is located on a corner of the Circus Circus parking lot. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Aug. 8, 2014 5:05 PM PT

The KOA campground on the Las Vegas Strip offers wayfarers a place to park their recreational vehicles within walking distance of the city’s gambling temples.

The campground represents one of the most bizarre accommodations in Sin City, letting visitors park their recreational vehicles within walking distance of the Strip. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Carlos and Isabela Meza of Modesto unload their bikes as they set up camp for the night at the KOA campground. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

America Meza, 14, sweeps as her family sets up camp for the night. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Vera Dekens of Woerden, the Netherlands, types an email to her family in the shade of a rare tree in the campground’s sea of asphalt. In September the campground will lose its lease with Circus Circus. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

With the Strip campground about to lose its lease with Circus Circus, KOA is looking for a new Vegas location. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)