About this place
The Confusion Range earned its name. Wide valleys cross it every which way, and it is easy to lose track of where you are. King Top is its highest point, at 8,350 feet.
Like most Great Basin ranges, it rises sharply out of the desert valleys around it. The top is different. It is almost a plateau, a hilly upland of pinyon and juniper, with the steepest slopes on the east side. Lower down it is desert shrub.
There is no water up here. No springs and no streams. Bring every drop you need.
Wild horses live in the range.
Fossil Mountain is one of the most important places in the world for early Ordovician fossils. Paleontologists come here, and so do amateur collectors.
The facts
- Cost
- Camping fee not confirmed
- Drinking water
- No. There are no springs or streams
- Type
- Specific campsite
- Managed by
- Bureau of Land Management
Getting there
Southwestern Millard County, about 50 miles southwest of Delta. US Highways 6 and 50 cross the Confusion Range through Kings Canyon, west of Delta.
Coordinates 38.98078, -113.530512
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What is near here
This is a good base for somewhere people travel a long way to see.
- Notch Peak Directions
- Sevier Lake Directions
- Great Basin National Park Directions
- Wheeler Peak 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
- Baker, NV Directions
- Milford, UT Directions
Milford 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 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 Swasey Mountain WSA, Utah — 30 miles in a straight line, but a 48 mile drive.
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.
Have you been here?
Fees and access change, and the records do not always keep up. If you have been, tell us what you found.
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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.