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Nine Mile, Range Creek — Utah

72% public across 990,103 ac. Real backcountry here — 38% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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

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4,040–10,160 ft

elevation range

72%

public land

38%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,681 ac

landlocked public

0.81

road miles per mi²

785 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 elk and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 277: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 nonresident

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 elk →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 62%■ SLB 9%■ SFW 0%□ Private 28%

Unit area990,103 ac

Public land710,408 ac (72%)

Landlocked public1,681 ac (0.2%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,256 mi

Maintained trails785 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road272,280 ac (38% of public)

Road density0.81 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 614k ac · SLB 92k ac · SFW 3k ac

Elevation4,040–10,160 ft

Median elevation6,580 ft

Median slope15°

Where the ground sits

4,040 ft10,160 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 26%

E 28%

S 24%

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

18,816 ac of this unit has burned — 2% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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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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