Tuesday, October 07, 2025

Boondocking near Factory Butte, Utah

It's been almost 6 years since I was last here, back in late October of 2019. 

I changed my mind about staying another night at the Rabbit Valley campsite of yesterday. I wanted a little more scenic a location, what do you think? 


I am camping in the OHV open area a couple miles north of the campsite I use the last time, that is closer to the highway.

Presently at 4843 feet, down from 5430 of yesterday's campsite.

Only one other camping rig so far, a Class A with a bunch of OHV toys around it, they are about half a mile away.

Tourists keep driving up to this unnamed rock formation next to Factory Butte; luckily they're using a different access trail.


Near 3PM, sunny and warm with a temperature of 80° but nice and cool in the shade. 

At 4:30 p.m. I went riding to catch the sunlit side of Factory Butte. 

Trouble was the route I took ended up being bordered by a long, long, ridge wall that while interesting blocked sight of the butte. 



I ended up riding this road all the way to Cainesville on State Highway 24.  At that point it was just pavement back to the turn off for Factory Butte Road.

Here's the sunlit view that I had been shooting for: 



As Sunset approached, there were a couple of paragliders? flying about nearby.

A cloudless sunset ensued:


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