Whitehorse Creek WSA

BLM Bureau of Land Management · Rock Springs, WY · 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

42.27474, -108.896886 · Rock Springs Field Office , Rock Springs , WY 82901

Description

The Whitehorse Creek Wilderness Study Area (WSA) encompasses 4,002 acres of BLM-administered land with no private or state inholdings. A major portion of the WSA is made up of eroding red, green, and gray buttes. The area is important raptor habitat.

Opportunities for primitive and unconfined recreation include studying the unique badlands topography, nature and wildlife photography, and bird watching. This is a fee-free site.

Directions

State Highway 28 east from Farson 38 miles. Turn southeast onto county road 10-446. In 10 miles 10-446 will become county road 4-74. Turn west onto the unnamed two track route, in two miles the unnamed two track route will become the boundary between Oregon Buttes and Whitehorse Creek WSAs.

Activities

HIKING PHOTOGRAPHY WILDERNESS WILDLIFE VIEWING

Details

Fee	This is a fee-free site.
Stay Limit	14 days
Phone	307-352-0256
Email	[email protected]
ADA Access	Sections of the boundary roads are accessible.

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