Porcupine Rim Campground
Campground
Campground · 0.6 mi from the trail
Utah · Hiking · Near Moab
Sand Flats Road
- 14.0 mi
- round trip
- 3,374 ft
- climb
- 7,432 ft
- high point
- Out and back
- route
- Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
- best months
Is Sand Flats Road open right now?
No closures listed
The Forest Service lists no closures for Manti-La Sal National Forest.
As of · Source: USFS · Manti-La Sal National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.
Sand Flats Road is a long, steep out-and-back route in the Moab Ranger District of Manti-La Sal National Forest in Utah. It covers about 28 miles and rises roughly 3,374 feet from a low point of 4,146 feet to a high of 7,432 feet. The Forest Service manages the land, and the trail is an expert-level hike with a one-way climb of about 3,400 feet. The most comfortable stretch is late spring and early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station run from highs around 69°F in May to 75°F in September, with July peaking near 86°F. That station sits a few hundred feet lower than the high point, so expect it to run a little cooler up top. Porcupine Rim Campground is about half a mile away, and Eagle Eye and the Jimmy Keen Trail lie within about a mile and a half. The Other Mill Creek Areas climbing area is roughly 5 miles off.
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Best time to go · Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct
Best time to visit Sand Flats Road
Best months: April–June and August–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
37° / 17°
6 wet
Feb
41° / 21°
6 wet
Mar
51° / 28°
6 wet
Apr
59° / 32°
6 wet
May
69° / 40°
5 wet
Jun
81° / 50°
4 wet
Jul
86° / 57°
7 wet
Aug
84° / 55°
7 wet
Sep
75° / 48°
6 wet
Oct
62° / 36°
5 wet
Nov
48° / 26°
5 wet
Dec
37° / 17°
5 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at La Sal 1sw, UT, 18.7 mi away at 6,787 ft. The station sits about 600 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
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