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Unit CRATER LAKE NP — Oregon

100% public across 182,540 ac. Real backcountry here — 49% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Elk draw odds (9)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit CRATER LAKE NPFull map — ownership, roads, wind →

3,990–8,800 ft

elevation range

100%

public land

49%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.27

road miles per mi²

116 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

9 limited-entry elk hunts are drawn on Unit CRATER LAKE NP: apply in the Oregon draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 9 draw hunts (2026)$66.00 resident · $670.00 nonresident

Plus: Oregon annual hunting licence$39.00 resident · $193.00 nonresident

Season dates: see Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's regulations

ODFW — Licence, tag and permit fees (2026) ↗

Oregon elk draw calendar

May 15, 2027 — application deadline

ODFW — Licence, tag and permit fees (2026) ↗Draw odds for Oregon elk →How the Oregon draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2026, verified 2026-08-15. 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: ODFW — Licence, tag and permit fees (2026) · ODFW — Controlled hunt applications and tags · ODFW — How to navigate the controlled hunt process (standing May 15 deadline).

Land & access

■ NPS 100%□ Private 0%

Unit area182,540 ac

Public land182,454 ac (100%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)78 mi

Maintained trails116 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road89,274 ac (49% of public)

Road density0.27 mi/mi²

Managed byNPS 182k ac

Elevation3,990–8,800 ft

Median elevation6,040 ft

Median slope5°

Where the ground sits

3,990 ft8,800 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%

E 24%

S 25%

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 →

Unit intelligence report

42,070 ac of this unit has burned — 23% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 14%. 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 ROGUE VALLEY INTL-MEDFORD AIRPORT, 88 km from the unit’s center and ~4,700 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.

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What happens nextMay 15 — Elk application deadline · details →