BLM 503, Grand Junction in CO -- Camping Rules & Access

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BLM 503, Grand Junction in CO

Road corridorBLM, Grand Junction

11 mi from Battlement Mesa

Maps 7,407 ft

Dispersed camping generally allowed

Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.

BLM Grand Junction Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days · then move 30 mi
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD

Road Access

Difficult
  • All 0.6 miles of this road are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way.
  • Estimated climb: 340 ft over 0.6 miles, with sustained grades near 14% and pitches to 15%.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with the nearest through road 2.8 miles off.
  • Haystack Mountain stands 3,568 ft above the map pin, 4.6 miles north.
  • West Hawxhurst Creek runs 1.1 mi off.

Rules

  • You must not camp longer than 14 days in any 30-day period, at any one location, including any campground on public land. After the 14 days have been reached, you must move at least 30 air miles away from the previously occupied location.
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 33–59°F, 1.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.