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Box Elder, Newfoundland Mtn — Utah

59% public hunting land across 1,154,420 ac. Real backcountry here — 40% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,200–6,950 ft

elevation range

59%

public hunting land

40%

of public >1 mi from a road

11,206 ac

landlocked public

0.49

road miles per mi²

379 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

4 limited-entry bighorn sheep hunts are drawn on Unit 20: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$574.00 resident · $4,009.00 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 →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 48%■ State trust 8%■ State DNR 5%□ Private 41%

Unit area1,154,420 ac

Public hunting land676,568 ac (59%)

Parks & other public5 ac

Landlocked public11,206 ac (1.7%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)875 mi

Mapped trails on public land379 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road269,622 ac (40% of public)

Road density0.49 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 550k ac · State trust 95k ac · State DNR 55k ac

Elevation4,200–6,950 ft

Median elevation4,220 ft

Median slope0°

Where the ground sits

4,200 ft6,950 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 19%

E 30%

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 →

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65,434 ac of this unit has burned — 6% 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 WENDOVER AIRPORT, 79 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, tell us at support@openhuntmaps.com — the fix ships for everyone.

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