Unit research · Utah Unit 12

Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless — Utah

99% public across 57,074 ac. Real backcountry here — 75% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Black bear draw odds (4)Elk draw odds (5)Odds and pins: free, no account

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6,780–9,250 ft

elevation range

99%

public land

75%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.15

road miles per mi²

17 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 black bear and elk hunts are drawn on Unit 12: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published

Elk tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 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 black bear →Draw odds for Utah elk →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

■ SLB 84%■ SFW 12%■ BLM 3%□ Private 1%

Unit area57,074 ac

Public land56,672 ac (99%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)13 mi

Maintained trails17 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road42,641 ac (75% of public)

Road density0.15 mi/mi²

Managed bySLB 48k ac · SFW 7k ac · BLM 2k ac

Elevation6,780–9,250 ft

Median elevation8,200 ft

Median slope27°

Where the ground sits

6,780 ft9,250 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 18%

E 31%

S 19%

W 32%

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

28,549 ac of this unit has burned — 50% 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 JUNCTION REGIONAL AIRPORT, 96 km from the unit’s center and ~3,400 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)
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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

Book Cliffs, Little Creek/South · Unit 88996% public · 36% remote Book Cliffs, South · Unit 1596% public · 33% remote Book Cliffs · Unit 772% public · 20% remote Book Cliffs, Floy Canyon · Unit 30193% public · 50% remote Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Unit 89968% public · 12% remote Book Cliffs, North · Unit 71458% public · 8% remote

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