14 day limit - how many nights?

[TrainChaser]

One day is 24 hours, so if you arrived on June 1 at 3 p.m., presumably that day ends at 3 p.m. on June 2, and you should leave by 3 p.m. on June 15.

Unless BLM assumes you arrived 5 minutes past midnight on June 1, even if you really arrived at 3 p.m. (govt math).  I wonder if BLM has standardized rules, or if the different locations make up their own?

[B and C]

Personally, I won't push it. The benefit does not outweigh the consequences.

[Roadtripp]

14 days =336 hours=20,160 minutes= 1,209,600 second. Millions of time units as my math teacher might have said.

[GotSmart]

Every rental, including BLM has a policy of counting a regular use multi day stay as starting at noon to two pm on day one, and ending at 10 am or noon on day 14 (for a 14 day rental). This is to allow for either cleaning or to help with traffic congestion.  Unless you have a day pass, then it is posted hours.

If you come in on the 1st, (Monday) you leave on the 14th (Sunday) so a 14 day rental is 14 nights, and 13 full days with two partial days.

Unless you are in a heavy use area, rangers are generally willing to give people a lot of wiggle room.

[tx2sturgis]

If you come in on the 1st, (Monday) you leave on the 14th (Sunday) so a 14 day rental is 14 nights, and 13 full days with two partial days.

Fuzzy math? 

I count 13 nights in there, not 14.

[GotSmart]

Look on a calendar, days are counted as nights. 

If you rent a campsite you get it for the rest of the day and the night the morning of the next day. Gone by 10 am or noontime the next day.

[tx2sturgis]

Ok, yeah if you are given a written permit that expires on the 15th day, then that is 14 nights. Or if they write up a permit for 14 nights, then that is 15 days.

But the original question is about 14 days on BLM or NF land.

So I'm thinking that will probably mean 13 nights and 14 days.

That's how I would assume a ranger would interpret it.

[rvpopeye]

It doesn't seem to matter what logic is applied here to decide this if a local ranger has the final say...
Just ask the local ranger ,,,,,,,,,,only way to know for sure.

[GotSmart]

I found this on the U S Department of the Interior BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT website. I am currently unable to transfer the link. Continuous overnight camp. 14 days and nights is my understanding. 


Dispersed Recreation Camping

Dispersed camping is allowed on Public Lands in Arizona for no more than a period of 14 days within any period of 28 consecutive days.  The 28-day period begins when a camper initially occupies a specific location on public lands. The 14 day limit may be reached either through a number of separate visits or through 14 days of continuous overnight occupation during the 28 day period.  After the 14th day of occupation, the camper must move outside of a 25 mile radius of the previous location until the 29th day since the initial occupation.  

[Wabbit]

I think this is the link...

https://www.blm.gov/basic/campgrounds-and-picnic-areas