BLM 1035 — Old Gypsum Mine in AZ -- Camping Rules & Access
BLM 1035 — Old Gypsum Mine in AZ
Road corridorBLM, Arizona Strip
9.2 mi from St. George
Maps 2,949 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.
BLM Arizona Strip Field Office ↗
Stay limit: 14 consecutive days · within 28 days · then move 30 mi
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Road Access
Extreme
- 23.6 of this road’s 25.2 miles are maintained only for low-range 4WD, mostly graded dirt with 10.3 miles of dirt.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 7 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A water crossing 2.8 miles along the road.
- Cattle guards 21.1, 22.7 and 25.1 miles along the road.
Known camping along this road at mile 7.8: .
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
- Seegmiller Mountain stands 3,249 ft above the map pin, 7.9 miles south.
Rules
- The 1994 camping and occupancy rule exempted the Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area from the Arizona Strip District's 14-day camping limit that prohibits camping longer than 14 consecutive days within a 28-day period and requires campers to move at least 30 air miles from a previously occupied camping location.
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 50–79°F, 0.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.