MOKI SEAKER wrote:Well here I am in Phoenix, (job, the things I do for money) oh well left the mansion up in SLC, have to run up over a week end and get it still have to put the doors on and finish the hatch, and the cabinets. If I were in Utah looking for a place to camp I think
Lonesome Beaver North of the Henry's is a neat campground, just head south out of Hanksville on the dirt road..Jim
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Jim & all wanting camping & backroading information in the Hanksville area:
In doing some study of the
Henry Mt. area and the Lonesome Beaver North
Campground, I have found out some data that might be of help.
I just got off the phone with the ranger in
Hanksville BLM field office.
Henry Mountain Field Station
Sue is the ranger there:
P.O. Box 99
406 South 100 West
Hanksville, Utah 84734
(435) 542-3461
She says the clearance for a trailer going uP to Lonesome Beaver may be
an issue for a trailer. Rocky roads, tight turns and a couple of water
crossings will be your experience. So a low clearance of tow & trailer
or maybe issues with wheel bearings might be considered.
Sue, says to stop by her BLM field office for uPdated information when you
get to town. They have maps and brochures of the area. As well as a
good knowledge of day trips to take centered on Hanksville. Sue, was very
helpful over the phone and I for one would take her uP on her advice to
stop by and get the latest information, especially if your an off road / 4 wheel enthusiast
Further on Jun. 6, 2003 there was a forest fire that took the woods all
around the Lonesome Beaver campgrounds, however as the campgrounds
are situated in a hole of sorts when one is in the campgrounds they don't
see the burnt areas. Going and coming to the campgrounds you will see
the burnt areas.
First Big Wildfire of Season Burning Near Hanksville
Jun. 6, 2003
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=32071
Some parting thoughts:
bring your binoculars for sure ~
In my reading of the area on the Internet the following article was found.
4WD GUIDE TO THE HENRY MOUNTAINS
Brought to you by Off-Road.com ©
May, 1993
Written by
Clayton Yancey
http://www.off-road.com/4x4web/travels/henry_mts.html * Good read for an 4WD enthusiast:
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Clayton, recommends two maps for
looking into the back country of Hanksville & Hite crossing areas.
http://plicmapcenter.org/UT/
Map: Hanksville - Surface Management
Agency: BLM
Official Bureau of Land Management metric topographic map @1:100,000
scale (roughly 3/4"`1 mile), color-coded to show Surface Management/ownership. 1998
Item No. HANKSVILL-SM
BLM Maps
Map: Hite Crossing - Surface Management
Agency: BLM
Official Bureau of Land Management metric topographic map @1:100,000
scale (roughly 3/4"`1 mile), color-coded to show Surface Management/ownership. 1982 & 1997
Item No. HITE
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Why I spent some time on this information gathering:
Cause I would like to see the animals near Lonesome Beaver Campgrounds.
My interest peaked with this information of the possibility of seeing the only
hunt-able herd of American bison in the lower 48 states.
The Henry Mountains are the home of the only free-roaming and hunt-able
herd of American bison in the 48 contiguous United States. In 1941, 18
head were transplanted from Yellowstone National Park to the Henry
Mountain area. Today over 200 buffalo roam the lower benches of the
Henry Mountains in the winter and the higher areas during the summer.
Approximately 44 permits to hunt the bison are issued annually by the Utah
Division of Wildlife