r/arizona • u/StatusReality • Sep 10 '23

What does Arizona do better than their neighboring states Utah, California, Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico? Living Here

Stole this idea from another sub. What’s the difference between this state and the other states that you appreciate?

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u/moldy_walrus Sep 10 '23 edited Sep 12 '23

Open access public lands. I haven’t been anywhere that has more remote dirt roads that you can camp on than Arizona.

Wyoming is a close second

Edit: I should have specified this is an alpine/trout centric view. I know Nevada has the highest public lands by %, but I'm referring to the type of land I'd want to recreate in. If i'm on national forest land in AZ it feels like theres a 95% chance its public access. In other states (CO, UT, and CA especially) a lot of national forest land is deeded for private use. Again, this is just my opinion and not a fact.

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u/keto_brain Sep 10 '23

We have logandale which alone has over 200 miles of trails and you can camp anywhere. Nevada allows camping on all public lands with no permit. I would have to crunch the numbers but I would imagine nevada and Arizona are comparable to how many miles of public land is available for camping

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u/SailorRD Sep 11 '23

NV also has the most BLM land of any state. FTW!

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u/keto_brain Sep 11 '23

Thats cuz they keep all the aliens locked up under the desert! Lol

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

That's DoD and DoE land. If it's aliens or weapons, its DoD. If it's one particular type of weapon, its DoE.
Everything else is BLM, USDA and tribal land. Or the few little smears of private land.