Unit research · Utah Unit 1

Antelope Island — Utah

100% public across 27,886 ac. Real backcountry here — 33% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (1)Bison draw odds (1)Deer draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,200–6,450 ft

elevation range

100%

public land

33%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.70

road miles per mi²

62 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

4 limited-entry bighorn sheep, bison and deer hunts are drawn on Unit 1: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$574.00 resident · $4,009.00 nonresident

Bison tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$470.00 resident · $4,861.00 nonresident

Deer tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 nonresident

Plus: Utah 365-day hunting license$40.00 resident · $144.00 nonresident

Season dates: see Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's regulations

2026 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) ↗

UDWR licenses ↗Draw odds for Utah bighorn sheep →Draw odds for Utah bison →Draw odds for Utah deer →How the Utah draw works →

Fees and draw dates from Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, 2026, verified 2026-08-12 — 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: 2026 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook (fees, dates, permit table) · Utah Admin. Code R657-62-8 — bonus points, 50% reservation · UDWR licenses.

Land & access

■ SPR 88%■ SDNR 11%■ BLM 1%□ Private 0%

Unit area27,886 ac

Public land27,842 ac (100%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)30 mi

Maintained trails62 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road9,311 ac (33% of public)

Road density0.70 mi/mi²

Managed bySPR 24k ac · SDNR 3k ac · BLM 0k ac

Elevation4,200–6,450 ft

Median elevation4,510 ft

Median slope9°

Where the ground sits

4,200 ft6,450 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 16%

E 34%

S 19%

W 31%

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

59 ac of this unit has burned — 0% 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 HILL AFB AIRPORT, 27 km from the unit’s center. 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

Wasatch Front Extended Archery Area · Unit 28240% public · 30% remote Box Elder · Unit 60758% public · 50% remote Ogden Extended Archery Area · Unit 28028% public · 13% remote East Canyon · Unit 27619% public · 27% remote East Canyon, Morgan-Summit · Unit 797% public · 21% remote Wasatch Mtns, Lone Peak · Unit 23154% public · 31% remote

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