Escalante Canyon Road off HWY 550 | Wild Camping
United States
Details
- Verified:
- about 2 months ago
- GPS:
- 38.77752, -108.25058
- Altitude:
- 1609.7 masl
- Website:
- None
- Contributor:
-
elizabethandursula
Amenities
- Electricity:
- No
- Wifi:
- No
- Kitchen:
- No
- Restaurant:
- No
- Showers:
- No
- Water:
- No
- Toilets:
- No
- Big Rig Friendly:
- Yes
- Tent Friendly:
- Yes
- Pet Friendly:
- Yes
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iOverlander cannot verify if wild camping is permitted at this location. It is your responsibility to verify local laws or obtain consent before staying the night.
The road goes down through the canyon and across the Gunnison River. The road off the highway is a good gravel road, and I chose to pull off at a marked campsite near the highway—it was relatively flat and I had 2-3 bars VZN LTE. I also had some concerns about flash flooding in the canyon as it’s monsoon season. For me it was a perfect overnight—convenient, quiet, breezy. Some traffic on Escalante Canyon Road around 7am, presumably people going down to the boat launch.
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There are a ton of open spaces off of 650 road. We got here at around 11 pm. We could see a few other vans parked as well.
Report Check-InStayed here for 2 nights in a class a 30’. Great place to stay. Great for dogs. Lots of camp spots. Roads in are good and rocky. Very quiet. Great views. Not a lot of trash, some glass.
Report Check-InNice place and easy to get too. No shade so if it’s hot be ready ! Close to Everything around and free . Not crowded either. Easy for vans or even big rigs.
Report Check-InTrying to find the various BLM dispersed campgrounds notes on this map, I turned off HWY 550 onto Escalante Canyon Road. The road goes down through the canyon and across the Gunnison River, and I think a few of the other marked campsites are down there. Some are also found down roads that cross the BLM plateau (and some of those roads were marked closed when I was here). The road off the highway is a good gravel road, and I chose to pull off at a marked campsite near the highway—it was relatively flat and I had 2-3 bars VZN LTE. I also had some concerns about flash flooding in the canyon as it’s monsoon season. For me it was a perfect overnight—convenient, quiet, breezy. Some traffic on Escalante Canyon Road around 7am, presumably people going down to the boat launch.
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