Whitney · Elk zone 25 · 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 25Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

100%

99,632 ac of 100,129 ac

Landlocked public

82 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

27%

of public · 27,103 ac

Elk · 2022

100% success

1 taken by 1 hunters

Elk hunter success · 2010–2022 · 100% → 100%

Plan it

See it on the map →

California elk draw odds — 2 hunts here →

2 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

Elevation3,660–14,300 ft

Median elevation5,530 ft

Median slope7°

Where the ground sits

3,660 ft14,300 ft

Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band

Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 31%

E 50%

S 13%

W 6%

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 elk elk zones

Goodale · Elk zone 24 · 99% public Independence · Elk zone 23 · 99% public Lone Pine · Elk zone 26 · 99% public West Tinemaha · Elk zone 21 · 99% public

Boundaries from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife elk 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.