Temple Mt. Rd. Dispersed

Many lots available from the main road all the way to the established campground. We had plenty of space for our 2 camper vans and easily accessible. There’s lots to do in the area; walking/hiking/MTB from the sites. No cell signal.

We found a nice spot after turning down both BLM campgrounds. It was very windy during our visit with wind whipping down the canyon. Over all it was reasonably quiet. You are right off the road but we found that most motorcycles and UTV/ATV's were respectful and drove slow down the road. Cars (mostly small ones that should be driving off road) were driving super fast. They hit the wash dip at high rates of speed. We camped .9 miles past the first BLM pay campground and before the second BLM campground.

Scattered sites above and below main road after it turns to gravel. Sites uphill more tenters, sites downhill more TT and RVs. No cell signal, no designated sites, no trash. These designated sites are in between two developed BLM fee campgrounds and likely to be shut down in future as BLM tries to maintain. 1 mile buffer of no free camping around developed cgs

Awesome views and tons of spaces to choose from. No designated spots so just drive around until you find a fire ring you like! Seems like a popular area for dirt bikes and SxS so there was quite a bit of noise from them riding around. Fairly nice roads, but you might need 4x4 and higher clearance depending on how far off the road you’d like to camp.

Easy to find a space, lots of room for kids and dogs too be their wild selves, quick drive to goblin valley

Multiple sites throughout the recreation area easily accessible for big rigs!

Parked 2 40+ ft. rigs near the highway and went in to explore. Dispersed camping available around every corner and down every side road. Smaller units have their choice of hundreds of spots for miles.

Many spots in a variety of places big rig friendly! Beneath cliffs, at the edge of cliffs, and from hilltops with incredible vistas.

High winds can be an issue, but we enjoyed the experience.

Seriously the spot was great other than 1 car that drove by stoped and backed up to check us out, we were back across from the split rail fence there were plenty places And no cell service Stars were awesome and the picture I posted of the lined up “stars” were I believe UFOs 3-5 minutes they paraded through the sky like you see in the picture they were moving lol

This is a cool wilderness area. It is state land in between BLM land.  This is an area between the Temple Mt. Campground East and the Temple Mt Campground a few miles NW. We reconned up and down Temple Mt rd. and the campgrounds. The dispersed camping seemed to be the best option for us. The two CG's in the area do have pit toilets but that seems to be the only plus. The East CG is super open and seemed like a staging area. The other CG had some ruins but was also open with no cover. We found a little space on the northeast side of the road back in a canyon that was nice. Only bad thing were the gnats. Last part of May and early part of June apparently is a bad time for gnats in the Utah desert.  

There are quite a few spots on either side of the road that are kind of established with fire rings made from rock that people have put together. You can scramble over the rocks and hike through the washes. Some attractions near by are the pictograph panel, Temple Mt. ,Wild Horse Window, and Goblin Valley SP. There are also antelope in the area. This is a good place to stage out of if you can't get a spot in the Goblin Valley CG.  Remember there is no trash bins so pack it in and pack it out. Bury your poop.