Black Rock City Plan Archive

Often referenced as a “beautifully zoned tentopolis, designed with a precision of which the Renaissance city-state idealists or Haussmann would approve” (London Observer), Urban Planners come to our city each year to study it as a Petri dish of human culture. The observed interactions between our citizens and our ever-evolving design are applied in planning new communities around the world.

Although Black Rock City exists for only a moment in time each year, we know from “changed my life” statements that Burning Man is much more than a fleeting experience. Our city is more than its parts; it is an analog to a microcosm of life.

Here are the maps of Black Rock City throughout the years.

1998 Black Rock City Map

1999 Black Rock City Map

2000 Black Rock City Map

2001 Black Rock City Map

2002 Black Rock City Map

2003 Black Rock City Map

2004 Black Rock City Map

2005 Black Rock City Map

2006 Black Rock City Map

2007 Black Rock City Map

2008 Black Rock City Map

2009 Black Rock City Map

2010 Black Rock City Map

2011 Black Rock City Map

2012 Black Rock City Map

2013 Black Rock City Map

2014 Black Rock City Map

2015 Black Rock City Map

2016 Black Rock City Plan

2017 Black Rock City Plan

2018 Black Rock City Plan

2022 Black Rock City Plan