Cow Dung Rd (BLM WYNC0015) in UT -- Camping Rules & Access

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Cow Dung Rd (BLM WYNC0015) in UT

Dispersed camping corridorBLM, Richfield

53 mi from Ferron

Maps 4,385 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 4.9 of this road’s 7.4 miles as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, 4.7 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 3 switchbacks.
  • Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
  • A cattle guard 6.9 miles along the road.

Known camping along this road at mile 6.7: .

Setting

Limited privacy
  • Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Fremont River runs 0.3 mi off.
  • Mount Ellen Peak stands 7,121 ft above the map pin, 18 miles south.

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, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.