W Canyon Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
W Canyon Rd in UT
Road corridorBLM, Salt Lake
8.9 mi from Eagle Mountain
Maps 7,168 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Stay limit: 14 days
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Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Pollywog Spring.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 20%, 10% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 50 ft through 3 switchbacks, with sustained grades near 18% and pitches to 24%.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 1.6 miles off.
- Oquirrh Mountains stands 3,439 ft above the map pin, 2.7 miles southwest.
- Pollywog Spring lies 0.1 mi off.
- 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))
Climate averages
October normals 34–56°F, 1.6″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.