About this place
Hog Canyon is a network of technical motorized trails north of Kanab. It is rough.
There are roughly 30 miles of them, running through country that ranges from easy sand right up to extreme rock crawling. The trails take in steep inclines, rocky surfaces, narrow passages and deep sand.
They are made for four-wheel-drive vehicles, ATVs, UTVs, dirtbikes and other off-highway machines. A street vehicle will not manage, and nor will a two-wheel-drive.
Walkers, cyclists and riders may use them too. Keep your wits about you, because motorized users may not expect to meet anyone else out there on a blind corner.
There are trailheads at the eastern and western entrances. The western one has a staging area and an information kiosk. The eastern one has a kiosk. Riders coming from the east usually stage at the Crocodile Staging Area.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Roads around it
- Steep, rocky and narrow, with deep sand. Four-wheel drive, ATVs, UTVs and dirtbikes only
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
For the western trailhead, start at the Kanab Visitor Center. Turn right onto Highway 89 and follow it through Kanab and on north. After 3.8 miles, turn right onto BLMHC1. Keep straight on through the private land and up the hill to the western kiosk and staging area.
For the eastern kiosk, start at the same place and travel east on Highway 89 for 8.6 miles. Turn left onto Johnson Canyon Road and follow it 7.8 miles to the Crocodile Staging Area, on the left-hand side. From there, carry on west on BLM100 for roughly 3.9 miles. Turn left onto BLM104 and go south about 4 miles. Turn right onto BLMHC1, and the kiosk is right after the junction.
Coordinates 37.07169163, -112.4925151
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What is near here
A few more of our own spots are within reach of this one, along with some better-known places.
- Pipe Spring National Monument Directions
- Cottonwood Point Wilderness Directions
- Canaan Mountain Wilderness Directions
- Zion National Park Directions
- The Wave Directions
Every distance on this page is the driving distance. A short distance can still take a long time. The road may be closed for the season, covered in snow, or washed out. Many of these roads are dirt. Plan your route before you leave home. Out here there is often no phone signal to look it up on the way.
Nearest town and supplies
- Kanab, UT Directions
Kanab is big enough that you’d normally expect fuel and somewhere to buy food. Nobody from here has been to check, so don’t count on it if you’re running low.
Why “at least”: this route is hard to measure. We worked the drive out twice, with two separate mapping tools, and they gave different answers. That usually means there is no road close to the campsite, so the drive doubles back a long way. The figure above is the longer of the two. The real drive could be further still, so check the route before you set off.
Why the drive to town is usually twice what the map says — what we found measuring every campsite in this guide.
When it’s time to move on
On most public land you can camp for 14 days before you have to move on. Check this site’s own limit before you plan a long stay. When you move on, the Bureau of Land Management usually wants you at least 25 to 30 miles away. So the free campsites closest to you are the ones you cannot use.
Six in this guide sit inside that 25 miles. The nearest one you could move to is Birch Hollow, Utah — 26 miles in a straight line, but at least a 40 mile drive.
Why “at least”: there is no road right at this campsite, so the drive is hard to measure and the real one could be further. Check the route before you set off.
This guide covers five states and does not list every free campsite, so there may be something closer that we do not hold. Check this site’s own rule before you rely on it.
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Where this information comes from
The description on this page is ours. The facts in it, and the fee and facility details below it, come from the Bureau of Land Management’s own records, read in August 2026.