Old Highway Elgin (BLM 152) in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Old Highway Elgin (BLM 152) in UT

Road corridorBLM, Moab Field Office

41 mi from Moab

Maps 4,183 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.9 and 2.6–5.2 are inside the City of Green River, whose rules apply there.

BLM Moab Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · then move 30 mi; also 14 days
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Road Access

Rough
  • BLM plans all 10.1 miles of this road as maintained for passenger cars, mostly paved with 0.6 miles of graded dirt, but the condition is unverified.
  • Near Ryder History Museum.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Cattle guards 1.3 and 5.6 miles along the road.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping limitations only apply to enumerated areas as defined in the final supplementary rules.
  • Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement. (BLM Utah-managed public lands (statewide dispersed camping fact sheet))
  • Camping rules
  • Do not build new fire rings or create new dispersed campsites. Do not gather or cut wood for campfires. Permits are required for wood cutting. (All dispersed camping, Moab Field Office)
  • Waste: portable toilet required. (All dispersed camping, Moab Field Office)
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 37–71°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.