Layouts & Maps

Burning Man 2023 Layout

The layout has remained relatively unchanged in the last few years, and follows a pretty obvious convention, similar to the old dial clocks. As the city grows, the radial streets use more letters every year. This year the streets go from A to K, and every year the words used for the letters change based on that year's theme (click here for this year's names which are Animal names).

This year the words are: Afanc, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Dingbat, Encantado (that's where we are!), Frogbat, Grootslang, Hodag, Igopogo, Jackalope, Kraken.

NYD Camp Layout

Location & Lot Information

This year our camp is approximately located at 8:30 and Encantado. I say approximately because the actually location is officially assigned upon arrival.

Here are some basic facts about the size of the camp (remember it's a radial lot, so the dimensions are approximate):

Approximate frontage length: 150ft	This is the interactive side of our camp and we should consider it our front yard that faces the street.
Approximate depth: 250ft	This is how far back into the block we go.
Corner camp: Yes	This means our camp has access to two or more frontages that can be used for interactive areas

Proposed Layout

Guidance on Camp Layouts

BMORG Publishes a useful guide on camp layouts with best practices and things to avoid: https://burningman.org/event/participate/camps/placement-process/camp-layouts/

MOOP Map 2022 Edition

To get an idea of the scale of Black Rock City, here's the MOOP Map from 2022:

Unofficial BRC Map

A wonderful group of people have gifted this facility for tracking camps on a live, Google Maps style map. Here's the one for 2022 from their archive:

https://www.unofficialbrcmap.com/archives/2022