TL;DR
Needles District of Canyonlands National Park reopens Saturday, July 18, at 8 a.m.
Elephant Hill, Lavender, and Davis Canyon Roads stay closed to vehicles and bikes.
Other areas near the Babylon Fire remain closed due to fire operations and flash flood risk.
The National Park Service announced the reopening Friday, along with several other agencies managing land in San Juan County. Needles opens at 8 a.m. Saturday, July 18.
Elephant Hill, Lavender, and Davis Canyon Roads stay closed to vehicles and bikes for now.
State Highway 211 reopened Friday up to the Canyonlands boundary at the Needles District entrance, according to the park service. The Bureau of Land Management's Monticello Field Office reopened its land north of Highway 211 the same day.
The Monticello Ranger District of the Manti-La Sal National Forest reopened the area southeast of Blue Mountain Ranch Road and Recapture Road, including Devils Campground. That area stays under Stage 2 fire restrictions.
Closures remain in place for the rest of the Needles area, the Monticello Field Office's other BLM land, and the remaining Monticello Ranger District land. Officials cite ongoing fire operations, fire impacts, and flash flood risk as reasons.
Agencies coordinating the reopening include the Forest Service, BLM, National Park Service, U.S. Wildland Service, San Juan Sheriff, San Juan County Emergency Management, Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, Utah Highway Patrol, and officials from Monticello and Blanding.
The park service says visitors to reopened areas should expect increased fire traffic. Officials plan to open more areas over the coming weeks as conditions allow.
Check current closures and maps at nps.gov/cany before you head out.