Elbow Poverty Blind Springs Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
Elbow Poverty Blind Springs Rd in UT
Road corridorBLM, Richfield
13 mi from Monroe
Maps 5,921 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 14–21.3 cross land the BLM doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission. Miles 0–2.3 are inside the Town of Marysvale, whose rules apply there.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days; also 14 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- BLM plans 57.1 of this road’s 64.1 miles as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 57.1 miles of it dirt, but the condition is unverified.
- Near Whitehorse Mine.
- Estimated climb: 13,000 ft over 64.1 miles through 20 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 16% and pitches to 41%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.4 miles off.
- Marysvale Peak stands 4,832 ft above the map pin, 6.1 miles east.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- Durkee Creek runs 0.4 mi off.
Rules
- Camping rules (Designated routes in OHV Limited areas outside WSAs, Richfield FO (RMP TRC-31)) Motor vehicle use off the road for dispersed camping is permitted within 150 feet of the road. does not authorize creation of new campsites or travel ways; inside WSAs vehicles must stay on designated ways or cherry-stemmed routes (TRC-34); motorized access to camping areas may be prohibited where resource conflicts are identified (TRC-33).
- Camp at least 2640 ft from mexican spotted owl protected activity center. (All Richfield Field Office lands (RMP REC-1, Mexican spotted owl PACs))
- 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))
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 31–67°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.