Knolls Special Recreation Management Area

Knolls SRMA

The Knolls Special Recreation Management Area is comprised of almost 36,000 acres of hills, sand dunes and mud flats on the Great Salt Lake Desert about 80 miles west of Salt Lake City off of Exit 41 on the I-80. It's a great place for an OHV/ATV playground but stay on the property: there's a military bomber training range just over the fence to the south.

The barren knolls with their ATV trails

The camping is primitive (vault toilets but no water, no picnic tables and no fire rings - if you need a fire, bring your own fire pan). No target shooting, no glass containers outside your vehicle, and pack it in, pack it out (there's no trash collection).

Knolls SRMA area map
Photos of the Knolls Special Recreation Management Area courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management
Map courtesy of National Geographic Topo!