Units / Utah / Unit 138

Unit research · Utah Unit 138

North Slope, Summit — Utah

89% public across 388,390 ac. Real backcountry here — 57% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

Open in map

Elk draw odds (2)Moose draw odds (1)Pronghorn draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit 138Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

7,510–13,430 ft

elevation range

89%

public land

57%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.61

road miles per mi²

483 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 elk, moose and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 138: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 nonresident

Moose tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$464.00 resident · $3,509.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$73.00 resident · $592.00 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 elk →Draw odds for Utah moose →Draw odds for Utah pronghorn →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

■ USFS 87%■ SLB 2%□ Private 11%

Unit area388,390 ac

Public land345,281 ac (89%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)371 mi

Maintained trails483 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road197,200 ac (57% of public)

Road density0.61 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 339k ac · SLB 6k ac

Elevation7,510–13,430 ft

Median elevation9,950 ft

Median slope8°

Where the ground sits

7,510 ft13,430 ft

Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band

Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 30%

E 29%

S 11%

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

19,910 ac of this unit has burned — 5% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

Open the report →

Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at EVAN-UINTA CO BURNS FLD AP, 62 km from the unit’s center and ~2,800 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.

Nearby units

High Uintas Central · Unit 145100% public · 67% remote North Slope, Summit/West Daggett · Unit 14388% public · 44% remote High Uintas West · Unit 14899% public · 51% remote High Uintas East · Unit 146100% public · 51% remote North Slope · Unit 61289% public · 38% remote Yellowstone · Unit 61350% public · 57% remote

Ready to scout it?

Everything on this page, live on the map — ownership, boundaries, roads, and your own waypoints.

Open Unit 138 in the map