Behind Big Rocks Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
Behind Big Rocks Rd in UT
Road corridorBLM, Richfield
8.2 mi from Salina
Maps 5,236 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 12.6–13.1 cross land the BLM doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days; also 14 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- BLM plans 19.2 of this road’s 27.4 miles as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 18.7 miles of it dirt, but the condition is unverified.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 7 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Sevier River runs 0.2 mi off.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.
- Cedar Mountain stands 2,409 ft above the map pin, 5.5 miles southeast.
Rules
- Camping rules (Designated routes in OHV Limited areas outside WSAs, Richfield FO (RMP TRC-31)) Motor vehicle use off the road for dispersed camping is permitted within 150 feet of the road. does not authorize creation of new campsites or travel ways; inside WSAs vehicles must stay on designated ways or cherry-stemmed routes (TRC-34); motorized access to camping areas may be prohibited where resource conflicts are identified (TRC-33).
- Camp at least 2640 ft from mexican spotted owl protected activity center. (All Richfield Field Office lands (RMP REC-1, Mexican spotted owl PACs))
- Camp at least 300 ft from range improvement. (BLM Utah-managed public lands (statewide dispersed camping fact sheet))
- Pack out all trash. (All BLM Utah-managed lands (BLM Utah dispersed camping fact sheet))
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 33–67°F, 1.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.