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Dispersed camping · Arizona

BLM Kingman Field Office dispersed camping rules

You can camp up to 14 days on this field office's land, anywhere that isn't posted closed. The card below is the whole rule set — every line links the order or page it came from, and all of it was checked on .

14 days stay limit

"Areas open to dispersed camping or designated campgrounds in the Kingman Field Office are limited to a 14-day stay limit" (BLM Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area page; the Route 66 Historic Back Country Byway page repeats the same limit). No rolling window (e.g. per 28 days) or required move distance is stated on the office's pages - ask the field office how the 14 days are counted.

Where you can camp

Allowed unless posted

"Areas surrounding the Route 66 Historic Back Country Byway are open to dispersed camping" (limited to a 14-day stay limit); generally, "most BLM lands allow dispersed camping unless an area is posted 'Closed to Camping' or has specific restrictions" (BLM camping program page). Exception: "The CFRA [Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area] is open to day use only. No camping or overnight parking is permitted at any of the trailheads." source

Keep your distance

  • Cerbat Foothills Recreation Area (the trail system just outside Kingman): "open to day use only. No camping or overnight parking is permitted at any of the trailheads." Scope: CFRA only, not the whole field office. source
  • Recommended: 200 ft — BLM's national camping guidance: "Stay at least 200 feet from lakes, rivers, and streams to protect water quality." No Kingman-specific numeric water setback was found on official pages. source

Roads and vehicle access

Ask the district which roads allow camping

BLM's national guidance says "vehicles must stay on designated roads and trails unless the area is specifically designated for off-road vehicle use," but no Kingman Field Office travel-management page or off-route camping-access allowance was verified. Four-wheel drive is required for some byway-adjacent areas (e.g. Warm Springs Wilderness access).

Fires right now

We don't watch this office's fire orders yet — check its own site before you light anything. Here's what stage 1 and stage 2 mean when an order is up.

Closures and special orders

Rules checked against the pages linked above — the full list is below the card.

Rules change by forest order and posted signage — confirm with the Kingman Field Office at (928) 718-3700 before you go.

How to read these rules

Dispersed camping means camping outside a developed campground — no fee, no table, no toilet, no water. You pick an already-used spot, pack out everything you brought, and the rules above are the whole deal you're agreeing to. The stay limit counts the way the card says it counts, not the way it counts on the forest next door: some places count per spot, some across the whole forest, some inside a radius, and moving a short distance often doesn't restart the clock.

Distance rules come in two shapes. Keep-away rules ("at least 100 feet from water") protect the thing you're camping near; stay-close rules ("within 300 feet of the road") keep vehicles on ground that can take them. A line marked recommended on the card is the office's guidance, not an order — the rest are enforceable rules, and a posted sign at the site beats everything on this page.

On BLM land the travel maps play the same role a national forest's motor vehicle use map plays: they show which routes are open to vehicles, and camping access usually means staying on those routes and pulling into already-used sites just off them.

Fires are a separate rule with a separate clock. Nothing on this page says you can light one — the card's fire line says where that answer lives today. If a fire is allowed when you get there, buy your wood near camp — hauling firewood from home is how tree-killing pests reach new forests, and the BTU chart says what that local bundle is actually worth.

Where these rules come from

Every rule above was read on the office's own pages and orders on the dates shown — nothing here is borrowed from another forest or an old guidebook. The managing agency is Bureau of Land Management, Arizona, Colorado River District.

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