BLM B133 — Needles Overlook in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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BLM B133 — Needles Overlook in UT

Road corridorBLM, Moab Field Office

19 mi from Moab

Maps 5,350 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
  • BLM plans 16 of this road’s 32.8 miles as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 16 miles of it dirt, but the condition is unverified.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 9 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • Cattle guards 25.9, 29.5, 32.3 and 32.6 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road between mile 2.8 and mile 32.5: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 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))
  • 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 40–68°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.