Water Tower Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
Water Tower Rd in UT
Road corridorBLM, Price
1.0 mi from Helper
Maps 6,335 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days; also 14 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TSTRONG
T-MobileSTRONG
StarlinkEXCELLENT
Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Historic Marker.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 18%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 0 ft, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 19%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~120 ft on the downhill side.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Kenilworth Wash runs 0.2 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Ford Ridge stands 3,472 ft above the map pin, 9.3 miles northwest.
Rules
- There is a 14-day camping limit while occupying any campsite on BLM-managed lands. … Camp at least 300 feet from range improvements.
- Use existing fire rings or use a fire pan. (All BLM Utah-managed lands (BLM Utah dispersed camping fact sheet))
- Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement.
- Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement. (BLM Utah-managed public lands (statewide dispersed camping fact sheet))
- Pack out all trash. (All BLM Utah-managed lands (BLM Utah dispersed camping fact sheet))
- The use/discharge of explosives of any kind, incendiary or chemical devices, pyrotechnic devices, exploding targets, pressurized containers or canisters, and binary explosives. (All BLM lands in Utah (Fire Prevention Order UT914-25-001))
- Current fire orders
Climate averages
October normals 34–62°F, 1.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.