Blackburn Wash Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Blackburn Wash Rd in UT

Dispersed camping corridorBLM, Richfield

52 mi from Ferron

Maps 4,428 ft

Overnight camping allowed

BLM Richfield Field Office ↗

Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days; also 14 days
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Road Access

Difficult
  • BLM plans all 67.2 miles of this road as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, dirt the whole way, but the condition is unverified.
  • Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
  • Winds through 16 switchbacks.
  • Cattle guards at the start of the road and 4.9 miles along it.
  • Water crossings 1.5, 3.2, 13.3, 18.1, 25.8, 34.7, 40.7, 45.8 and 46 miles along the road.

Setting

Secluded
  • Secluded here, with the nearest through road 3.6 miles off.
  • Dirty Devil River runs 0.9 mi off.

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
  • The use/discharge of explosives of any kind, incendiary or chemical devices, pyrotechnic devices, exploding targets, pressurized containers or canisters, and binary explosives. (All BLM lands in Utah (Fire Prevention Order UT914-25-001))
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 39–72°F, 0.9″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.