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West Desert, Rush Valley — Utah

43% public across 1,814,283 ac. Road access is easy — only 12% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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

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4,150–10,940 ft

elevation range

43%

public land

12%

of public >1 mi from a road

10,738 ac

landlocked public

3.08

road miles per mi²

8,878 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

2 limited-entry pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 245: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Pronghorn tag · 2 draw hunts (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 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

■ BLM 25%■ SLB 6%■ USFS 6%■ Other public 6%□ Private 57%

Unit area1,814,283 ac

Public land780,650 ac (43%)

Landlocked public10,738 ac (1.4%)

Walk-in access2,256 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)8,731 mi

Maintained trails8,878 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road92,239 ac (12% of public)

Road density3.08 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 450k ac · SLB 117k ac · USFS 102k ac

Elevation4,150–10,940 ft

Median elevation5,250 ft

Median slope3°

Where the ground sits

4,150 ft10,940 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%

E 32%

S 22%

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

208,837 ac of this unit has burned — 12% 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, 65 km from the unit’s center and ~1,000 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.

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