Marble Mountains · Elk zone 2 · California

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

Elk zone 2Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

67%

3,068,216 ac of 4,580,677 ac

Landlocked public

32,562 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

29%

of public · 898,248 ac

Walk-in access

382 ac

private land opened to hunting

Elk · 2022

25% success

2 taken by 7 hunters

Elk hunter success · 2010–2022 · 50% → 25%

Plan it

See it on the map →

California elk draw odds — 3 hunts here →

52 tags drawn on this elk 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

Elevation220–8,820 ft

Median elevation3,480 ft

Median slope23°

Where the ground sits

220 ft8,820 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 27%

S 25%

W 25%

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 400 m grid. See the code →

Nearby elk elk zones

Northwestern · Elk zone 1 · 35% public Siskiyou · Elk zone 3 · 48% public Northeastern · Elk zone 4 · 57% public Mendocino · Elk zone 5 · 23% public

Boundaries from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife elk 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.