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Vernal Field Office

The Vernal Field Office (VFO) is located in the northeast corner of Utah and administers lands within Daggett, Duchesne and Uintah Counties, plus a small portion of Grand County. The area includes the south slope of the Uinta Mountains, the Uinta Basin, and the Book Cliffs region.  The Uintah Mountains is one of the few mountain ranges which lie in an east-west orientation.

The primary economy throughout the VFO is based on extracting natural resources, including petroleum, natural gas, phosphate and uintaite (more commonly known as Gilsonite).  Tourism also plays a role in the basin’s economy due to the areas historic folklore and the Flaming Gorge Recreation Area. Throughout the public lands of the VFO, hiking, biking, camping, hunting and fishing opportunities are abundant. Sites that should be seen include Nine Mile Canyon, Fantasy Canyon and Dry Fork Canyon. The mountain bike trails on the public lands surrounding Vernal is in the Top 20 BLM Mountain Bike destinations according to MTB Project

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Oil and Gas
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National Conservation Lands
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Recreation
At the historic ranch, you’ll find the stone house, which is a one-room, rectangular building. It was built by outlaw Jack Bennett, using masonry skills he learned in prison.
John Jarvie Historic Ranch
At the historic ranch, you’ll find the stone house, which is a one-room, rectangular building. It was built by outlaw Jack Bennett, using masonry skills he learned in prison.
John Jarvie Historic Ranch near the river.
Located in the heart of dinosaur land, the NCA will protect and enhance significant historic, cultural, natural, scientific, scenic, recreational, archaeological, educational, and wildlife resources on 29,868 acres.
John Wesley Powell NCA
Located in the heart of dinosaur land, the NCA will protect and enhance significant historic, cultural, natural, scientific, scenic, recreational, archaeological, educational, and wildlife resources on 29,868 acres.
Rocks with the sunsetting and clouds in the distance overlooking a brown grass landscape.
McCoy Flats Mountain Bike Trail System, located at the edge of the Uinta Basin west of Vernal, UT, offers 35 miles of interconnecting loops for riders of all skill levels.
McCoy Flats Trailhead
McCoy Flats Mountain Bike Trail System, located at the edge of the Uinta Basin west of Vernal, UT, offers 35 miles of interconnecting loops for riders of all skill levels.
Two mountain bikers riding on trails within the McCoy Flats Trail System managed by the Vernal Field Office. Grass is all around them and clouds dot the sky.
The canyon offers scenic views of the flat canyon bottom, used by past and present residents for cattle grazing and agriculture, to large craggy canyon walls and outcrops topped by pinyon, juniper, and sagebrush.
Nine Mile Canyon
The canyon offers scenic views of the flat canyon bottom, used by past and present residents for cattle grazing and agriculture, to large craggy canyon walls and outcrops topped by pinyon, juniper, and sagebrush.
Nine Mile Creek going through a canyon.

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Acting Field Manager
Phone:
435-781-4400
Fax:
435-781-4499
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Mailing Address:
170 South 500 East
Vernal, UT 84078
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 435-781-4400
Fax: 435-781-4410
Hours:
8:00 - 4:30

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