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Wasatch Front Extended Archery Area — Utah

37% public hunting land across 444,846 ac. Real backcountry here — 32% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,200–11,350 ft

elevation range

37%

public hunting land

32%

of public >1 mi from a road

2,744 ac

landlocked public

6.21

road miles per mi²

586 mi

trails on public land

Computed from primary government data by the AGPL 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) ↗

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 32%■ State DNR 4%■ State wildlife 0%▨ Parks & other public 3%□ Private 60%
Unit area444,846 ac
Public hunting land163,652 ac (37%)
Parks & other public12,668 ac · City, Nonprofit preserve, County
Landlocked public2,744 ac (1.7%)
Walk-in access88 ac
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)4,318 mi
Mapped trails on public land586 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road51,981 ac (32% of public)
Road density6.21 mi/mi²
Managed byForest Service 142k ac · State DNR 19k ac · State wildlife 2k ac
Elevation4,200–11,350 ft
Median elevation5,780 ft
Median slope12°

Where the ground sits

4,200 ft11,350 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 26%
E 16%
S 25%
W 33%

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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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F38° high25° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 13 km from the unit’s center and ~1,600 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)

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.

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