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Wire Pass is most popularly hiked as a day hike. Wire Pass is also often used as a beginning or end point for overnight trips through Buckskin Gulch and Paria Canyon. Overnight trips require a Paria Canyon Overnight Permit, which...

Interested in exploring Oregon's Outback, a place often overlooked by highway motorists on their way to well-known attractions? For those with the time and desire to turn off the beaten track onto a country road, the 93-mile-long Christmas Valley Back...

This remote creek drainage includes a small parking lot, and nearly ½-mile interpretive nature hiking trail. Recreation activities include hiking, nature study and hunting. Know Before You Go: Open year round. No potable water is available. No garbage collection is...

Overview Reservations must be made 5 days prior to arrival. Disregard the "FF" (First-Come-First-Serve) availability. We do not allow on-site transactions. Off the beaten path, this minimally developed campground along Canton Creek features riverside picnic sites, drinking water spigots, and...

Named for its nearby, now unused corral, the staging area provides year-round access to the Millican Plateau OHV trail system. A handful of trails converge at this lightly used location where one can lunch or disperse camp among picnic tables...

Originally called Brown’s Hole, this is a remote valley along the Green River. Known as a haven for outlaws such as Butch Cassidy during the late 19th century, it is now the location of many scenic and recreational opportunities. Full...

The 3-acre Crab Creek primitive recreation site provides two joined 16’ x 16’ horse corrals, two stock watering troughs fed by a perennial stream, and open ground suitable for tent and/or RV camping. The site is popular especially with anglers...

The Telford Recreation Area offers spacious lands for opportunities including hiking, mountain biking, primitive camping, hunting, and horseback riding. Three primitive trailheads each offer parking and an informational kiosk. Know Before You Go: Telford does not have a BLM-developed trail...

The South Huckleberry Mountains are mostly BLM timber lands popular especially for wildlife viewing, dispersed camping, hunting, OHV, mountain biking, and driving for pleasure. Know Before You Go: There are no facilities or services available. Be aware of the possibility...

Horse Heaven Hills is an undeveloped watchable wildlife and watchable wildflowers area. Popular with locals, it is primarily used for hiking, nature viewing, photography, and mountain biking. Know Before You Go: There are no facilities or services available. The main...

Whether you own a backpack, mountain bike, horse, or motor home, adventure awaits you within the 1.5 million acres of public land and 4.6 million acres of Federal mineral estate managed by BLM's Roswell Field Office. Quality recreation can be...

Canyon Rims (Moab Field Office)

Name : Butte Field Office Type : Field NLCS : No Address : 106 N. Parkmont Butte, MT 59701 Phone : 406-533-7637 FAX : 406-533-7660

This 12’ x 16’ log cabin located on a low bluff above Beaver Creek Wild and Scenic River. The cabin can sleep 4 to 6 people comfortably and has a storage loft. Cabins are equipped with bunk beds, a table...

Overview In the early 1980s, the Baker Dam Recreation Area was developed to take advantage of the recreational opportunities provided by the reservoir. Increased public demand led to an expansion of the recreation area in 1994 that included enlarging the...

Overview Rob Jaggers Camping Area: This site consists of 2 large day use parking areas, 2 vault toilets, and facilities for staging horseback riding. There are 27 campsites with electricity and potable water hookups, and other potable water outlets scattered...

Overview Valley of Fires recreation area is located immediately adjacent to the Malpais Lava Flow. Approximately 5,000 years ago, Little Black Peak erupted and flowed 44 miles into the Tularosa Basin, filling the basin with molten rock. The resulting lava...

Overview The Virgin River Canyon Recreation Area is located along Interstate 15 approximately 20 miles southwest of St. George, Utah and approximately 20 miles northeast of Mesquite, Nevada. It's accessed from the Cedar Pocket Exit (mile post 18). The overnight-use...

Wisconsin, with its 84,000 miles of rivers and 15,000 lakes, is full of places to paddle, float, fish, or just watch and listen. The BLM has a share in all this beauty, as we manage almost 500 islands in Wisconsin's...

Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum serves as headquarters to Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and is southwest Colorado's premier archaeological museum featuring Ancestral Puebloan, Native American, and historic cultures in the Four Corners region. The museum...

Overview Located 5 miles west of Orofino, Idaho, the Bureau of Land Management’s Pink House Recreation Site includes a large, developed campground with an on-site Campground Host and two reservable riverfront-accessible day use pavilions. The site is enjoyed by visitors...

Fish and Owl Creeks both cut diagonally across the eastern edge of Cedar Mesa, coming together several miles before they enter Comb Wash. They are both deep canyons, quite narrow, with an abundance of scenic beauty. Erosion from Fish and...

The Sand Dunes WSA encompasses 27,109 acres, including 600 acres of split estate land, 640 acres of state land and 160 acres of private land. The study area comprises a large part of the Killpecker Sand Dunes. There are large...

Butler Wash is a cliff dwelling that was built and occupied by the Ancestral Puebloans in about 1200 AD. Parts of the site has been stabilized and reconstructed, but most of it remains as it was found in the 1800s...

The Sweet Grass Hills have been a prominent landmark of northern Montana since the buffalo days. They rise nearly 3000 feet above the surrounding prairie and are visible for miles. The “Hills” were created by an igneous intrusion through older...

The North and South Forks of Mule Canyon are two fairly easy hiking areas on Cedar Mesa, north of U.S. Highway 95. The two canyons run roughly parallel to each other. They are similar in appearance, being relatively shallow at...

The Scab Creek WSA encompasses 7,636 acres. This area was originally established and managed as a primitive area in 1975. In April 1985, the Scab Creek Instant Study Area was proposed by former president Ronald Reagan for addition to the...

The San Juan River is a spectacular waterway where many values of the BLM – maintaining wildlife habitat, preserving cultural resources, and providing world-class recreation experiences – intersect. As boaters paddle down these mighty waters, they pass through deep canyons...

Slickhorn Canyon on Cedar Mesa is a canyon of many shapes and colors twisted and carved in eroded reds, browns, and yellows. It is an impressive canyon with sandstone walls varying in height from 300 feet in the north end...

The Wilderness Study Area (WSA) is an elongated unit about 10 miles long from north to south, and a little more than 2 miles from east to west at the widest point. Located in the Canyonlands section of the Colorado...

Salvation Knoll is a historic site located a few miles off the Hole-in-the-Rock Trail on Cedar Mesa. This trail was blazed by Mormon pioneers during the winter of 1879-1880 as they came to settle along the San Juan River. Scouts...

Grand Gulch is a serpentine canyon entrenched into the otherwise gently sloping surface of Cedar Mesa in the southwest part of the Bureau of Land Management's Monticello Field Office. It is famous for its Ancestral Puebloan cliff ruins and rock...

Riverside camping convenient to Moab including four walk-in sites. Individual sites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. The campsites offer beautiful views of the Colorado River canyon. There are three entrances to the camping area: the payment station is...

Experience peacefulness and solitude as you ride the BLM's Sunshine Loop through fascinating desert scenery. Interesting dry washes, colorful buttes and abruptly rising escarpments impress mountain bikers all along this half-day trip. The 8.5-mile (13.5 km) loop trail has a...

Needle Rock lies within the western edge of the West Elk Mountains in western central Colorado. It is the remnant of a volcanic plug that pushed up through the crust, and due to the relative hardness of the basalt of...

This WSA includes portions of three main canyons which are the continuation ofthe Cahone Canyon WSA. The relatively flat plateau through which these canyons are cut has a gentlesouthwest downward tilt from its 6,500 feet elevation at the northeast boundary...

This section of the Green River is popular with wildlife enthusiasts who enjoy the many species of birds and small mammals who make this area their home. Elk and mule deer frequent the area, and kokanee salmon and trout inhabit...

One of the longest continuous slot canyons in the world, Buckskin Gulch passes through roughly 16 miles of unique formations and undulating sandstone walls in the northern stretch of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. Permits are required for day-use and...

The Sundance Trail is the primary access route into the lower portion of Dark Canyon. The trail is approximately three miles from the trailhead to the bottom of the canyon. The trail descends a 50% talus slope and 1,120 vertical...

This challenging off-highway vehicle trail is about 8 miles long. Beginning near the top of Round Mountain, the first section of the trail winds around 2 wildlife watering ponds. A steep downhill section leads to a narrow ridge top, overlooking...

The terrain in this WSA consists of sloping slickrock that drains northeastward and low benches.The unit is very scenic. Red and buff spires, knobs, and buttes contrast with green vegetationand blue sky. The highly eroded sandstone features, including numerous pinnacles...

The Uncompahgre Wilderness totals 102,721 acres and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. All of the wilderness area is located in the state of Colorado. In 1980, the Uncompahgre Wilderness became part of...

The four main canyons of this WSA are up to 700 feet deep. The canyons meander somewhat and contain numerous rock fins, alcoves, pinnacles, step-like pour offs on the canyon floors, and impressive natural arches. The canyons widen and become...

Road Canyon is accessed from the Cigarette Springs Road on Cedar Mesa. The elevation in the upper ends of Road Canyon begins at approximately 6,200 feet and drops to 4,900 feet at the lower ends. The walls of the canyon...

The Fossil Gap Trail, in the White Mountains National Recreation Area, is maintained for winter recreation including snowmobiling, skiing, dog mushing, snowshoeing, and fat-biking. The trail begins near the halfway point (mile 9) of the Fossil Creek Trail. The trail...

Collins Canyon is a tributary and popular access route into Grand Gulch. A trail gradually descends two miles to the junction with Grand Gulch. Grand Gulch is a popular area for hiking and backpacking to see Ancestral Puebloan cliff ruins...

Remember your OUTDOOR ETHICS when enjoying your public lands. Please RECREATE RESPONSIBLY. Overview The Arkansas River is one of the most popular river-rafting spots in the United States. The area also provides some of the best fishing in Colorado. The...

Bullet Canyon is a tributary and popular access route into Grand Gulch. A 7.2 mile, moderately difficult hike leads to the junction with Grand Gulch. Grand Gulch is a popular area for hiking and backpacking to see Ancestral Puebloan cliff...

The trail is an easy beginner route. It has gentle grades (generally less than 5%) with little or no elevation gain. There are open sight distances with few blind curves and has relatively smooth grade with few or no surface...