Tailings Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Tailings Rd in UT

Road corridorBLM, Salt Lake

13 mi from Tooele

Maps 6,041 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

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

BLM Salt Lake Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days
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Road Access

Moderate
  • Road difficulty 2 of 5: a moderate drive in.
  • Near Dry Mountain.
  • By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
  • Recorded as pitching to 8%.

Setting

Some privacy
  • Moderately separated here.
  • Dry Mountain stands 2,477 ft above the map pin, 1.2 miles north.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Free dispersed camping is allowed throughout BLM Utah-managed lands except where posted. There are no fees, permits or passes associated with dispersed camping.…There is a 14-day camping limit while occupying any campsite on BLM-managed lands.
  • Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement. (BLM Utah-managed public lands (statewide dispersed camping fact sheet))
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 36–61°F, 1.5″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.