jolooote wrote:

At the small village of Boulder is the paved road, called the Burr trail, that goes down into the most beautiful narrow canyon called Long canyon. There is a BLM CG down there called Deer creek CG. I think the only facility's it has is Pit toilets. It's the closest thing to BoonDocking there. The road is paved for the 1st 12 miles than turns to about 20 miles of good gravel. A wonderful switchback section that drops down the cliff face. This area is all BLM until it enters Capital Reef Nat'l pk. at the Notam Road intersect.

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At the small village of Boulder is the paved road, called the Burr trail, that goes down into the most beautiful narrow canyon called Long canyon. There is a BLM CG down there called Deer creek CG.

Searching_Ut wrote:

They have been changing the rules about OHV use and boondocking quite a bit over the last couple years, so I'm not sure all the areas we used to camp in are still okay, but the Hells backbone road has a lot of good areas to camp along it. The old wooden bridge used to have a bit of a pucker factor to cross, but since they've upgraded it a few years back it's got side rails and is paved over the bridge itself now. Besides numerous boondocking areas, there are also a couple forest service campgrounds you can get to from spur roads as I recall. Overall, it's a scenic area, and a great alternative to the lower desert landscape, especially in the hotter months of the summer if you want to escape the heat.

Edited to add, it's all dirt road, narrow in some areas, but generally well maintained, depending of course on how long it's been since they last graded it. Great for TC, and smaller Mh and TT if you don't mind occasional washboard roads.