Lower Wedge Exn in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
Lower Wedge Exn in UT
Road corridorBLM, Price
19 mi from Castle Dale
Maps 6,405 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
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Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Little Grand Canyon Trailhead.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 30%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 410 ft, with sustained grades near 30% and pitches to 158%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~330 ft on the downhill side.
Known camping along this road at mile 0: 1 mapped spot.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.1 miles off.
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 32–62°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.