Whitney Road (FR 80032) in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Whitney Road (FR 80032) in UT

Road corridorUinta-Wasatch-Cache NF, Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District

20 mi from Oakley

22 mi off I-80 (straight line)

Maps 9,256 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 7.7–9.9 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest ↗

Motor-vehicle season 5/1–12/15Stay limit: 14 days · within 30 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • 10.1 of this road’s 19.8 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 10.1 miles of it dirt.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 20 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A gate 7.1 miles along the road.

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Moffit Peak stands 1,756 ft above the map pin, 3.1 miles south.
  • The Whitney Reservoir shoreline is 0.6 mi off.

Rules

  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 27–50°F, 2.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.