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San Rafael, Desert — Utah

99% public across 3,013,214 ac. Real backcountry here — 26% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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

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3,610–11,430 ft

elevation range

99%

public land

26%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.78

road miles per mi²

3,305 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 pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 443: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

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 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 77%■ NPS 12%■ SLB 9%□ Private 1%

Unit area3,013,214 ac

Public land2,980,400 ac (99%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Walk-in access52 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,692 mi

Maintained trails3,305 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road769,555 ac (26% of public)

Road density0.78 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 2322k ac · NPS 362k ac · SLB 285k ac

Elevation3,610–11,430 ft

Median elevation5,170 ft

Median slope5°

Where the ground sits

3,610 ft11,430 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 27%

S 25%

W 26%

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 400 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

36,477 ac of this unit has burned — 1% 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.

Nearby units

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