Arches in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Arches in UT

Road corridorBLM, Moab Field Office

19 mi from Moab

Maps 5,007 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Camping is limited to designated sites on part of this road; the exact stretch is not confirmed.

BLM Moab Field Office ↗

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

Difficult
  • Road difficulty 4 of 5: a difficult drive in.
  • Near Klondike Bluffs.
  • BLM plans this as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as dirt, pitching to 30%.
  • Estimated climb: 240 ft, with sustained grades near 28% and pitches to 43%.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • A cattle guard at the start of the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 0: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.

Rules

  • Dispersed camping limitations only apply to enumerated areas as defined in the final supplementary rules.
  • On part of this corridor: Camping: Designated sites only.
  • 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 41–68°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.