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Wasatch Mtns — Utah

58% public hunting land across 1,644,686 ac. Road access is easy — only 9% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,430–11,680 ft

elevation range

58%

public hunting land

of public >1 mi from a road

3,974 ac

landlocked public

2.02

road miles per mi²

1,634 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

16 limited-entry elk hunts are drawn on Unit 222: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 16 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

■ Forest Service 46%■ State wildlife 8%■ State trust 2%■ Other hunting land 1%▨ Parks & other public 2%□ Private 40%

Unit area1,644,686 ac

Public hunting land948,514 ac (58%)

Parks & other public36,668 ac · State parks, City, County

Landlocked public3,974 ac (0.4%)

Walk-in access994 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)5,204 mi

Mapped trails on public land1,634 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road89,907 ac (9% of public)

Road density2.02 mi/mi²

Managed byForest Service 763k ac · State wildlife 129k ac · State trust 38k ac

Elevation4,430–11,680 ft

Median elevation7,600 ft

Median slope14°

Where the ground sits

4,430 ft11,680 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 26%

S 25%

W 26%

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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157,798 ac of this unit has burned — 10% 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 SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 92 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)
# 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.

Nearby units

Wasatch Mtns, East · Unit 62154% public · 7% remote Wasatch Mtns, Provo Peak · Unit 23363% public · 19% remote Wasatch Mtns, West · Unit 62059% public · 16% remote Wasatch Mtns, Timpanogos · Unit 20056% public · 27% remote South Wasatch Front Extended Archery Area · Unit 10638% public · 10% remote Kamas · Unit 61159% public · 27% remote

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