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San Juan Bull Elk — Utah

92% public across 2,794,838 ac. Real backcountry here — 27% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Elk draw odds (7)Odds and pins: free, no account

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3,530–11,160 ft

elevation range

92%

public land

27%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,159 ac

landlocked public

0.96

road miles per mi²

3,496 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

7 limited-entry elk hunts are drawn on Unit 183: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 7 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 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

■ BLM 57%■ NPS 15%■ USFS 13%■ Other public 7%□ Private 8%

Unit area2,794,838 ac

Public land2,581,090 ac (92%)

Landlocked public1,159 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)4,210 mi

Maintained trails3,496 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road702,115 ac (27% of public)

Road density0.96 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 1599k ac · NPS 425k ac · USFS 366k ac

Elevation3,530–11,160 ft

Median elevation5,850 ft

Median slope6°

Where the ground sits

3,530 ft11,160 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 25%

S 24%

W 28%

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 400 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

125,530 ac of this unit has burned — 4% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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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

San Juan, Elk Ridge · Unit 185100% public · 35% remote San Juan, North · Unit 308100% public · 45% remote San Juan, South · Unit 310100% public · 36% remote San Juan, Abajo Mtns · Unit 61873% public · 4% remote San Juan, Mancos Mesa · Unit 929100% public · 49% remote San Juan, Montezuma Canyon · Unit 18870% public · 3% remote

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