We set up camp here and made plans to visit the nearby national parks the next weekend. Neither area suited our tastes so we continued north to check out BLM 143, where we found plenty of space and quiet campers without an OHV in sight. We found the Strike Ravine and Yellow Circle Road dispersed camping areas to be busy, with a lot of OHV traffic and plenty of dust being blown around by the wind. We had a few dry camping spots in mind but had no idea in what condition we’d find any of them, so we left Blanding with plenty of time to check them all out and set up camp. It turned out to be a great base camp near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks!Īfter spending a couple weeks camping south of Grand Canyon National Park and then a few days outside of Blanding, UT, we continued to head north to Moab, UT with the intention of spending a couple weeks in the area to explore Canyonlands and Arches National Parks. After checking out a handful of dispersed camping areas south of Moab and finding none that were suitable, we headed a half hour north of town to this dispersed camping area on BLM 143.
