Bourdette Draw in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Bourdette Draw in UT

Road corridorBLM, Vernal

14 mi from Naples

Maps 5,185 ft

Camping permission not confirmed

Miles 0–0.3 cross land the BLM doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.

BLM Vernal Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • BLM plans all 8.8 miles of this road as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way, but the condition is unverified.
  • Near Escalante Trail Historical Marker.
  • Estimated climb: 2,800 ft over 8.8 miles, with sustained grades near 20% and pitches to 25%.

Known camping along this road at mile 7.8: .

Setting

Fairly secluded
  • Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.7 miles off.
  • Cliff Ridge stands 3,041 ft above the map pin, 5.4 miles east.

Rules

  • Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement. (BLM Utah-managed public lands (statewide dispersed camping fact sheet))
  • Camping rules
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 35–65°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.