BLM D0978 — Ray Mesa in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
BLM D0978 — Ray Mesa in UT
Road corridorBLM, Moab Field Office
23 mi from Monticello
Maps 6,542 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
Bureau of Land Management default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 days · then move 30 mi; also 14 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- BLM plans all 21.5 miles of this road as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way, but the condition is unverified.
- Estimated climb: 2,600 ft over 21.5 miles through 22 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 19%.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- A water crossing 17.2 miles along the road.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.2 miles 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))
- Waste: portable toilet required. (All dispersed camping, Moab Field Office)
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 35–64°F, 1.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.