San Gorgonio Mountains · Sheep zone 5 · 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 5Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

61%

189,246 ac of 311,421 ac

Landlocked public

5,848 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

40%

of public · 75,970 ac

Bighorn sheep · 2025

100% success

1 taken by 1 hunters

Plan it

See it on the map →

California bighorn sheep draw odds — 1 hunt here →

1 tags drawn on this sheep zone last season.

OpenHunt for Android is on Google Play — offline packs, GPS tracks, same account. Send it to your phone →

Terrain — this boundary, not the zone’s

Elevation1,020–11,430 ft

Median elevation4,290 ft

Median slope20°

Where the ground sits

1,020 ft11,430 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 23%

S 34%

W 22%

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

Newberry, Rodman and Ord Mountains · Sheep zone 10 · 79% public Cady Mountains · Sheep zone 9 · 78% public Orocopia Mountains · Sheep zone 4 · 78% public South Bristol Mountains · Sheep zone 8 · 95% public

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