Hanksville Landfill Rd in UT -- Camping Rules & Access
Hanksville Landfill Rd in UT
Dispersed camping corridorBLM, Richfield
55 mi from Ferron
Maps 4,359 ft
Overnight camping allowed
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days; also 14 days
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Road Access
Difficult
- BLM plans 5.3 of this road’s 16.3 miles as maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly graded dirt with 5.3 miles of dirt, but the condition is unverified.
- Near Radio Hill.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
- Cattle guards 0.1, 0.2 and 3.9 miles along the road.
- Gates 3.2 and 7 miles along the road.
Setting
Some privacy
- Moderately separated here.
- Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
- A pond lies 0.9 mi off.
- Mount Ellen Peak stands 7,147 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
Climate averages
October normals 40–72°F, 1.0″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.