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West Desert, Vernon — Utah

88% public across 973,609 ac. Road access is easy — only 19% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Deer draw odds (4)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,410–9,180 ft

elevation range

88%

public land

19%

of public >1 mi from a road

242 ac

landlocked public

1.01

road miles per mi²

1,074 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

4 limited-entry deer hunts are drawn on Unit 248: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 4 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 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 deer →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 70%■ SLB 9%■ USFS 9%□ Private 12%

Unit area973,609 ac

Public land861,512 ac (88%)

Landlocked public242 ac (0.0%)

Walk-in access24 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,542 mi

Maintained trails1,074 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road161,123 ac (19% of public)

Road density1.01 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 678k ac · SLB 92k ac · USFS 91k ac

Elevation4,410–9,180 ft

Median elevation5,180 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

4,410 ft9,180 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 27%

S 23%

W 29%

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

57,920 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 SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 120 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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