Castle Mountains and Piute Range · Sheep zone 13 · California

Bighorn sheep hunt area — its own geography, not the zone with the same number. Public land, access, and bighorn sheep harvest below are computed for this boundary.

Sheep zone 13Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

96%

337,034 ac of 351,571 ac

Landlocked public

3,905 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

23%

of public · 76,227 ac

Walk-in access

143 ac

private land opened to hunting

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California bighorn sheep draw odds →

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Terrain — this boundary, not the zone’s

Elevation1,650–5,810 ft

Median elevation3,190 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

1,650 ft5,810 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 30%

S 23%

W 24%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Nearby bighorn sheep sheep zones

Providence, Woods, and Hackberry Mountains · Sheep zone 12 · 98% public Clark/Kingston Mountain Ranges · Sheep zone 3 · 96% public Marble/Clipper Mountains · Sheep zone 1 · 95% public Kelso Peak/Old Dad Mountains · Sheep zone 2 · 98% public

Boundaries from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife bighorn sheep hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; access from the state walk-in program; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.