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Uintah Basin Extended Archery Area — Utah

18% public across 795,371 ac. Road access is easy — only 1% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,640–7,440 ft

elevation range

18%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

205 ac

landlocked public

2.10

road miles per mi²

1,058 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Tags: check Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

No draw hunts are published for this unit. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's regulations.

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 ↗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 12%■ SLB 5%■ FWS 1%■ Other public 1%□ Private 82%

Unit area795,371 ac

Public land147,085 ac (18%)

Landlocked public205 ac (0.1%)

Walk-in access286 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,610 mi

Maintained trails1,058 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road2,165 ac (1% of public)

Road density2.10 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 93k ac · SLB 39k ac · FWS 8k ac

Elevation4,640–7,440 ft

Median elevation5,290 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

4,640 ft7,440 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 25%

S 31%

W 23%

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

4,560 ac of this unit has burned — 1% 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 EVAN-UINTA CO BURNS FLD AP, 144 km from the unit’s center and ~1,800 ft above its median elevation — expect the unit to run warmer. 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.

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