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Cache, North — Utah

74% public across 153,073 ac. Real backcountry here — 41% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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

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4,470–9,950 ft

elevation range

74%

public land

41%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

1.88

road miles per mi²

716 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 elk hunts are drawn on Unit 302: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 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 →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 70%■ SLB 2%■ SFW 2%□ Private 26%

Unit area153,073 ac

Public land112,630 ac (74%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Walk-in access338 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)450 mi

Maintained trails716 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road45,665 ac (41% of public)

Road density1.88 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 106k ac · SLB 3k ac · SFW 3k ac

Elevation4,470–9,950 ft

Median elevation7,110 ft

Median slope19°

Where the ground sits

4,470 ft9,950 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 19%

E 26%

S 27%

W 28%

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

2,558 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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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

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

Measured at LOGAN-CACHE AIRPORT, 19 km from the unit’s center and ~2,700 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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