Mesa Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
Mesa Rd in UT
Road corridorBLM, St. George
2.3 mi from La Verkin
Maps 4,773 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
A stay limit is confirmed. It does not establish permission to camp here.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 30 mi; also 14 days
VerizonWEAK
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkGOOD
Road Access
Rough
- Road difficulty 3 of 5: a rough drive in.
- Near Hurricane Mesa.
- By its Census road type this is maintained for passenger cars, but the condition is unverified.
- Recorded as pitching to 18%, 100% of it on a shelf.
- Estimated climb: 800 ft, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 18%.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~150 ft on the downhill side.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- A cattle guard 2.4 miles along the road.
Known camping along this road at mile 2.2: .
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
Rules
- As an alternative to campgrounds, undeveloped BLM-managed lands are available to the public for dispersed camping, unless otherwise posted.…To further protect resources, camping is limited to 14 days within a 30-mile radius in a 28 day period.
- Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement. (BLM Utah-managed public lands (statewide dispersed camping fact sheet))
Climate averages
October normals 42–72°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.