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North Slope, Three Corners/West Daggett — Utah

89% public across 395,598 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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Black bear draw odds (3)Moose draw odds (1)Pronghorn draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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5,360–12,620 ft

elevation range

89%

public land

19%

of public >1 mi from a road

399 ac

landlocked public

1.44

road miles per mi²

520 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

7 limited-entry black bear, moose and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 289: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 3 draw huntsprice not published

Moose tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$464.00 resident · $3,509.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 3 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 black bear →Draw odds for Utah moose →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

■ USFS 66%■ BLM 16%■ SLB 6%■ Other public 1%□ Private 11%

Unit area395,598 ac

Public land352,746 ac (89%)

Landlocked public399 ac (0.1%)

Walk-in access238 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)891 mi

Maintained trails520 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road65,947 ac (19% of public)

Road density1.44 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 260k ac · BLM 64k ac · SLB 26k ac

Elevation5,360–12,620 ft

Median elevation7,670 ft

Median slope8°

Where the ground sits

5,360 ft12,620 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 41%

E 21%

S 21%

W 17%

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

28,102 ac of this unit has burned — 7% 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 RCK SRINGS-SWETWTER CO APT, 90 km from the unit’s center and ~900 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.

Nearby units

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