BLM Announces Temporary La Paz County Public Land Closures for Parker 500

The Bureau of Land Management - Arizona’s Colorado River District Lake Havasu Field Office has announced temporary closures and restrictions on selected public lands in La Paz County to support the 2026 Legacy Racing Parker 500 off-road race, effective 11:59 p.m. Feb. 15 through 11:59 p.m. Feb. 24, 2026. The agency says the measures are intended to protect race participants, spectators and the visiting public while the event is under way.

The BLM statement specifies that access to public lands in and around the Parker 500 racecourse will be temporarily closed, restricted, or designated as spectator areas, and that closed and restricted areas will be marked at key access points with signs, fencing or barriers. A map of the temporary closures is attached to the BLM announcement and is available on the BLM Arizona webpage titled "Temporary closure for 2026 Legacy Racing Parker 500 race."

Agency messaging on social media mirrored the press release. The Bureau of Land Management - Arizona’s Facebook post from the Colorado River District Lake Havasu Field Office reiterated the closure period as 11:59 p.m. Feb. 15 to 11:59 p.m. Feb. 24 and included the line, "These temporary measures are in place to protect race participants, spectators, and the visiting public, and to help ensure a safe and successful event." That Facebook post showed 32 reactions and 8 shares in the captured snapshot.

Local logistical contacts for the closure are the Lake Havasu Field Office, which the BLM lists at 928-505-1200 for further information. Media contact information captured with the release names Jason VanBuskirk; the press materials contain an obfuscated email link as captured: (/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#573d2136393522243c3e253c17353b3a79303821). Reporters and residents seeking the closure map or specifics about spectator zones should consult the BLM Arizona page titled "Temporary closure for 2026 Legacy Racing Parker 500 race" or call the Lake Havasu Field Office.

The announcement sits alongside archived BLM publicity for similar events; the agency’s site archive includes a separate 2025 release titled "Temporary closure and restrictions of public lands announced for 2025 Legacy Racing the Dam 500 race" with closure dates listed as 11:59 p.m. Feb. 10, 2025 through 11:59 p.m. Feb. 23, 2025. The current 2026 Parker 500 closure is distinct and in effect now.

For context about the managing agency, BLM text on its site notes the bureau manages about 245 million acres of public land primarily in 12 western states. For immediate questions about the Parker 500 temporary closures and the attached map, contact the Lake Havasu Field Office at 928-505-1200.