About Tomsich Butte Th
Riddled with old mine shafts from the uranium boom times, the Butte is right across the Muddy River from Hondu Arch. A put-in for rafting when there is water in the Muddy, the area has many dispersed camping possibilities. Finishing Reds Canyon Loop whichever way you didn’t cover to get here will make you wonder why it isn’t all a national park.
- Managed by: Bureau of Land Management, BLM
- Where: 22 mi southeast of Emery, UT · 38.68397, -110.99826
Things to do:
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–May & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Mar.
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Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way casts shadows and the sky is crowded with stars.
Class 1 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: Capitol Reef National Park (Dark Sky Park), 26 mi.
Dump station: 17.2 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Quandry Canyon Trailhead 8.3 mi
- Hidden Splendor Trailhead 8.4 mi
- Dispersed spot · 25 mi SE of Emery 10.5 mi
- Dispersed spot · 25 mi SE of Emery 10.6 mi
- Baptist Draw Trailhead 10.6 mi
- Dispersed spot · 24 mi SE of Emery 10.7 mi