This road provides access to the south end of the Sovereign ATV trail network and the KlonZo mountain biking network. Large popular dispersed camping areas along first part of trail. Follow posted regulations for SITLA Land and camp in designated zones. Pack out your trash. See dinosaur footprints at 3.5 miles. ATVs and UTVs, even if licensed, are not allowed in Arches NP. The gate at the park boundary is only closed when the entire park is closed, which is rare. Pay park fee when you exit or buy online at recreation.gov (search “Site Pass Arches”).
435- 259-2100/(435) 719-2299.Moab BLM/Arches N.P.
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Provide an Update09/05/2025
Submitted by Denise
I accessed the Willow Springs Road in March 2025. You are now forced to access the Willow Springs road through the Utahraptor State Park if you don’t access it from Arches; you can no longer take a right directly off of Hwy 191 North to access Willow Springs road. There is no longer any marking for this road on Hwy 191 North; the now unmarked road has a bunch of largish rocks crossing it to prevent standard SUVs and cars from entering the road using the old entrance. When I accessed Willow Springs Road in March 2025, the Utahraptor State park didn’t have any signage to announce its existence probably because it was and still is not open due to construction. I just happened to enter the unmarked park’s entrance road (close to the old Willow Springs Road entrance) and knock on the door of an unmarked building that I guess was state park office and a fee collection point and someone just happened to answer my knock. The park ranger gave me verbal instructions on how to get to Willow Springs Road from within the state park and I noted as I followed his verbal instructions that the signage for how to get to the Willows Springs Road from within the park was thin especially close to the its new entrance. I needed additional help after driving for a mile or two to find the road entrance so I flagged down some boondocking RVer to ask if they new where its entrance was and they weren’t even aware that the road existed and thought that the road that I was on (and they were parked off of) was a dead end. I did have to take at least one turn off that road (where I found the RVers) before I found the entrance to the Willow Springs Road and I believe that road was still not identified at that turn. It was a long time before I think I found any signage for Willow Springs Rd; I was fortunate that my lightly modified Honda Passport Elite did not end up on a red rated road which would have messed up my car. Hopefully, after the state park reopens, they will have added more signs to get onto Willow Springs Road. Once the State Park re-opens people may have to pay a state park entrance fee to access the road or they will have to pay the Arches National Park entrance fee (if they don’t have an Annual or Senior Lifetime pass). I guess that means the people may have to pay 2 park entrance fees to drive the entire road in the future.
