Elk unit E4 · 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 E4Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public hunting land

65%

46,588 ac of 71,223 ac

Landlocked public

719 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

of public · 573 ac

Plan it

See it on the map →

North Dakota elk draw odds — 1 hunt here →

10 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

Elevation2,180–2,760 ft

Median elevation2,480 ft

Median slope7°

Where the ground sits

2,180 ft2,760 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 26%

S 24%

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 units

Elk unit E3 · 27% public Elk unit E2 · 24% 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.