4.2.4.3Public Lands Access from Small Urban Areas

In the Duchesne and Roosevelt areas, public lands are not located adjacent to the small urban area. This area consists of more Private and Tribal land near the populated areas. Most users from these areas will need to travel along routes that connect to public lands including:

All of these routes are off limits to OHV use since they cross tribal lands or are on the list of roads that are closed to OHV travel by the county. Review of STRAVA data shows that these routes are currently being use by cyclists.

4.2.4.4Public Lands Trailheads

Along the southern border of Duchesne County there is only one formal trailhead at the Avintaquin Campground. Other informal trailheads exist but are not well documented

Along the North half of the county several established trailheads exist due to the high volume of use by residents and visitors. Many of these trailheads are used to access the High Uinta Wilderness Area. These trailheads include:

• Mirror Lake
• Grandaddy Lake
• Rock Creek
• Center Park
• Swift Creek
• Uintah Canyon
• West Fork Whiterocks River

Other more informal trailheads include:

• Yellowstone OHV and Snowmobiling
• Moon Lake/Fish Creek
• North Fork Duchesne – Snowmobiling

Further away from the towns there are many places on the Ashley National Forest with formal trailheads for varied purposes and similarly in the Wells Draw and Nine-Mile Canyon areas the BLM has numerous pullouts and kiosk locations that are used at times as informal trailheads. Some of the BLM and Forest Service trailheads have restrooms and/or information kiosks, others are nothing more than a wide spot in the road. See the planning maps and additional information from the land management agencies for details on these existing trailheads. The existing infrastructure on the BLM lands does appear to be addressing local needs currently with minor exceptions and the forest has numerous