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Unit 2L — North Dakota

21% public across 525,010 ac. Road access is easy — only 25% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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1,370–1,740 ft

elevation range

21%

public land

25%

of public >1 mi from a road

2,165 ac

landlocked public

1.45

road miles per mi²

451 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

2 limited-entry deer hunts are drawn on Unit 2L: apply in the North Dakota draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$35.00 resident · $355.00 nonresident

Plus: Fishing, Hunting, Furbearer Certificate$2.00 resident · $5.00 nonresident

Season dates: see North Dakota Game and Fish Department's regulations

NDGF — Resident licences and requirements ↗

NDGF — Resident licences and requirements ↗Draw odds for North Dakota deer →How the North Dakota draw works →

Fees and draw dates from North Dakota Game and Fish Department, 2026, verified 2026-08-16 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a unit that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: NDGF — Resident licences and requirements · NDGF — Nonresident licences and requirements.

Land & access

■ USBR 19%■ FWS 1%■ SLB 1%□ Private 79%

Unit area525,010 ac

Public land107,796 ac (21%)

Landlocked public2,165 ac (2.0%)

Deer draw pressure21 tags/mi² public (4.3 of total area)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,189 mi

Maintained trails451 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road26,519 ac (25% of public)

Road density1.45 mi/mi²

Managed byUSBR 98k ac · FWS 5k ac · SLB 4k ac

Elevation1,370–1,740 ft

Median elevation1,470 ft

Median slope1°

Where the ground sits

1,370 ft1,740 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 29%

S 22%

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 →

Unit intelligence report

5,254 ac of this unit has burned — 1% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at GRAND FORKS AFB AIRPORT, 107 km from the unit’s center and ~600 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.

How these numbers are made

public_land_pct = public_area / unit_area
landlocked = public ∖ reachable(roads, corners)
remote = public ∖ buffer(roads, 1 mi)
# AGPL — read the pipeline →

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.

Nearby units

Unit 2F13% public · 0% remote Unit 2E2% public · 3% remote Unit 2K24% public · 0% remote Unit 2C1% public · 0% remote Unit 2B1% public · 0% remote Unit 2F22% public · 0% remote

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