Mountain Loop Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Mountain Loop Rd in UT

Road corridorManti-La Sal NF, Moab Ranger District

12 mi from Moab

Maps 7,810 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

Manti-La Sal National Forest ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 10 mi
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Road Access

Rough
  • Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
  • Near Jimmy Keen Trailhead.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 14%, 100% of it on a shelf.
  • Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~140 ft on the downhill side.
  • Winds through 7 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards 0.9, 2.3, 3.3, 5 and 6.6 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 0.3 and mile 3.1: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.0 miles off.
  • Gold Knob stands 3,248 ft above the map pin, 3.8 miles northeast.
  • Webb Hollow Creek runs 1.1 mi off.

Rules

  • 14 day limit of continuous occupation on developed campgrounds and undeveloped sites.

Climate averages

October normals 37–58°F, 2.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.