Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Area

BLM Bureau of Land Management · St. George, UT · Dispersed

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Conditions

Road Access Not recorded

Season Not recorded

Campfires Not recorded

Boondock Access Not recorded

The managing agency hasn't published road access, season or campfire rules for this campground. The description and directions below often mention it — and it's worth calling the agency before a long drive.

Features

Campground Stats

Total Sites

Location

36.428788, -113.803909 · Public Lands Information Center , St. George , UT 84790

Description

The remote 37,030-acre Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness Area is a 12-mile-long stretch of the Grand Wash Cliffs. St. George, Utah, the largest town in the area is 36 air miles north of the wilderness.

Filled with rugged canyons, scenic escarpments, miles of towering cliffs and sandstone buttes, the wilderness marks the transition zone between the Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range provinces. The cliffs are important habitat for the desert tortoise, gila monster and desert bighorn sheep. Vegetation is a mix of Mojave Desert shrubs, annual grasses and pinyon-juniper woodland from colder desert country.

Opportunities for finding solitude and engaging in primitive recreation activities in this beautiful but sparse land is outstanding.

Directions

St. George, Utah, the largest town in the area is 36 air miles north of the wilderness.

Some of the land south of the Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness is not federally administered. Please respect the property of the landowners. Do not cross or use this land without permission.

Activities

BACKPACKING Dispersed Camping PHOTOGRAPHY WILDERNESS WILDLIFE VIEWING

Details

Fee	There are no permits, passes, or fees required to visit this wilderness area. It is free. However, commercial, competitive, and large organized group events require a special recreation permit . Contact the local managing field office for more information about special recreation permits. Recreational activities on any nearby state trust land require a permit from the State of Arizona.
Phone	435-688-3200
Email	[email protected]

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