★ Field-verified · Dave's ownBLM · dispersedFree
BLM public land
Drive-up · Bureau of Land Management · Kane County, UT · 37.45169, -111.26278
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Ask about this camp →Dave's been here. A spot from Dave's own travels on Bureau of Land Management land — free to camp. Conditions still change, so confirm access, stay limits and fire rules before you go.
In BLM land at Grand Staircase-Escalante immediately next to manmade caves. Primitive site with fire ring. Requires four-wheel drive. At the base of a mountain, very close to popular slot canyons. No cell service. Recommended.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 5,136 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from camp
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- FFuel25 mi
- GGrocery28 mi
- MMechanic29 mi
- @Mail29 mi
- LLaundry29 mi
- ShShower29 mi
- OOutfitter29 mi
- DDump31 mi
- WWater31 mi
- +Urgent care38 mi
- HHardware38 mi
- PPropane51 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 31-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 25 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
Bureau of Land Management · dispersed
Elevation
5,136 ft
County
Kane County, UT
Coordinates
37.45169, -111.26278
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureStream · nearby
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelSinclair · ~28.0 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationDump station · ~30.6 mi
- GroceriesFamily Dollar · ~28.4 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
No signal
Getting there
High clearance / 4×4
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
No
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Recommended
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletUpper Dry Fork Trail Head · ~2.2 mi NE · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletLower Dry Fork Trail Head · ~3.0 mi NE · BLM
- Vault / pit toiletDance Hall Rock Rec Site · ~10.9 mi SE · BLM
- RestroomBF Coyote Gulch Vault Toilet #1 · ~12.2 mi E · NPS
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Other camps nearby
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Kane County~14.0 mi
- Kane County~21.3 mi
- Garfield County~23.7 mi
How we know this
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Kane County, UT). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
Field check
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- How many rigs actually fit
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Stay limits →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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