Elevation 8000 feet. 5 campsites at the base of Mount Ellen, towering above at 11,500 feet. Tour the Bull Creek Pass Backcountry Byway for sights of geologic wonders and perhaps a glimpse of some of the last free-ranging buffalo in the country. Information on the resident bison herd is available at the Henry Mountains Field Station.
From Hanksville go 30 miles south on Sawmill Basin Road. Turn onto 100 West at the Post Office in Hanksville.
Henry Mountains Field Station
406 South 100 West
Hanksville, UT 84734
435-542-3461
Sue_Fivecoat@blm.gov
Lonesome Beaver Campground web site
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
MSR
The North Face