Elk unit E2 · North Dakota

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

Elk unit E2Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

25%

791,786 ac of 3,162,846 ac

Landlocked public

15,902 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

of public · 55,470 ac

Plan it

See it on the map →

North Dakota elk draw odds — 3 hunts here →

1,198 tags drawn on this elk unit 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 unit’s

Elevation1,830–3,280 ft

Median elevation2,240 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

1,830 ft3,280 ft

Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band

Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 26%

E 25%

S 24%

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 units

Elk unit E4 · 65% public Elk unit E3 · 29% public Elk unit E5 · 5% public Elk unit E6 · 8% public

Boundaries from the North Dakota Game and Fish Department 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.