I'm not on an ATV but a plated dual sport motorcycle.
I've been stopped by snow drifts, close to Memorial Day in the mountain areas near Moab (La Sal mts)
Monticello (Abajo mts) and Hanksville (Henry mts).
You might be interested in the Paiute ATV trail system.
Well, things have gotten complicated-er ! We were thinking of taking our 4-wheelers out to Utah. We just wanted to be able to leave the motorhome at some boondocking site and take off for some trailrides. BUT, we might need to make a supply run into 'town' and the 4-wheelers probably wouldn't be 'street legal'. To make a long story a little shorter--- we bought a Jeep. We can probably get far enough off road as I need to get (62 yrs. old )and still have an easy way into town.
The more We study Utah, the more we want to see. Our theory has always been to look a place over completely while you are there as you might never make it back again. But - there is a lot we want to see in Utah. Six or seven weeks is about as long as I can be gone from home without getting a little crazy. So we're picking out a region (in this case, the southeast corner) and trying to map out several places we'd like.
We've bought the Gazetteer and got an info. packet from the state yesterday. I've spent a lot of time on Google Earth and Streets & Trips. We have tons of research to do but I'm hoping that some on here can offer suggestions and maybe pictures and GPS coords of their favorite places. We're wanting to boondock as much as possible since we've spent a lot to be prepared and we really enjoy the solitude. We do plan to do some commercial and/or State campgrounds.
Anyone ever been to Goosenecks State Park? Opinions.
Is there any way to boondock down around Monument Valley within sight of the good stuff?
bt. You are now doing what we did this time last year, researching. We have just returned from a five week trip, most of it in southeastern Utah. I ran searches of this Forum for every location and piece of information I could find, also asked lots of questions. I printed out info from the Forum along with other stuff and made a notebook, resulting in a really great trip. This was our fourth trip to Utah and I thought it would be enough, but it wasn't. We WILL go back! We chose May hoping to get there after the snow and before the heat. We did encounter some snow at the higher elevations but it was not a problem. The thunderstorms only affected us in that we could not risk hiking some of the slot canyons that were on our agenda. We camp in a Class B, but plan to get our Land Rover out to Moab somehow for our next trip.
Anyone ever been to Goosenecks State Park? Opinions.
Been there several times but haven't camped there. Pit toilets, picnic tables and not much else but solitude and a spectacular view. No charge for camping either. I think this would be a great place to boondock.
Anyone ever been to Goosenecks State Park? Opinions.
Been there several times but haven't camped there. Pit toilets, picnic tables and not much else but solitude and a spectacular view. No charge for camping either. I think this would be a great place to boondock.
Yes it did look a bit sparse from Googlearth.... the spectacular view is what I was hoping for.... so the camping amenities matches the price? I like free. What was the roads to there like? they look to be paved. Yes?
I noticed you said you are 62. Welcome to the OFC.
We have boondocked in the Bryce Canyon area about three miles west of Red Rock Canyon on the North side of hwy 12. This is a must see hwy.
Since you are 62 be sure to visit a FS or NP ranger station and get your senior pass. This gives you a 50% discount at NP campgrounds and other government agencies, plus free admission to NP when you are visiting and area. Almost forgot to tell you the pass is only $10 and is a lifetime pass.
btcruzer wrote: Anyone ever been to Goosenecks State Park? Opinions.
Is there any way to boondock down around Monument Valley within sight of the good stuff?
Goosenecks: You can park pretty close to the rim with a nice view into the canyon. I parked about 50' from it and walked over with my lawn chair to sit right on the edge and watch the sunset over the canyon.
Clear skies at night with no light pollution.
Just up the road from there you can camp and see Monument Valley off in the distance. Muley point, you have to drive down a couple miles of dirt road. Get there early and you have choice of the best spots. I've camped there with five other groups within site and maybe one other loan camper there last time. I get to this one spot that involves driving over a small rocky stair step with my a-frame pop-up.
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