Lone Pine · Elk zone 26 · 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 26Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

99%

441,709 ac of 445,174 ac

Landlocked public

1,042 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

34%

of public · 149,192 ac

Walk-in access

232 ac

private land opened to hunting

Elk · 2022

0% success

0 taken by 1 hunters

Elk hunter success · 2011–2022 · 0% → 0%

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

Elevation1,090–10,950 ft

Median elevation4,680 ft

Median slope8°

Where the ground sits

1,090 ft10,950 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%

E 26%

S 23%

W 27%

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

Whitney · Elk zone 25 · 100% public Independence · Elk zone 23 · 99% public Goodale · Elk zone 24 · 99% public Tinemaha · Elk zone 22 · 99% 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.