Airport Flat in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Airport Flat in UT

Road corridorBLM, Moab Field Office

14 mi from Moab

Maps 4,517 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.

BLM Moab Field Office ↗

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

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trackways.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 12%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Slickensides Arch stands 566 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles south.
  • Courthouse Spring lies 0.4 mi 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))
  • 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 40–70°F, 1.2″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.