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Diamond Mtn/Vernal — Utah

70% public across 1,067,908 ac. Road access is easy — only 11% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,650–12,240 ft

elevation range

70%

public land

11%

of public >1 mi from a road

450 ac

landlocked public

1.70

road miles per mi²

1,613 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

One limited-entry moose hunt is drawn on Unit 452: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Moose tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$464.00 resident · $3,509.00 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 moose →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 31%■ USFS 27%■ SLB 7%■ Other public 5%□ Private 30%

Unit area1,067,908 ac

Public land750,890 ac (70%)

Landlocked public450 ac (0.1%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,833 mi

Maintained trails1,613 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road82,543 ac (11% of public)

Road density1.70 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 331k ac · USFS 292k ac · SLB 71k ac

Elevation4,650–12,240 ft

Median elevation6,740 ft

Median slope6°

Where the ground sits

4,650 ft12,240 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 17%

E 27%

S 31%

W 25%

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

14,738 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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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, 121 km from the unit’s center. 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)
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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

Vernal · Unit 20871% public · 12% remote Vernal/Bonanza · Unit 61477% public · 8% remote High Uintas Leidy Peak · Unit 14799% public · 22% remote Diamond Mtn · Unit 20668% public · 8% remote Diamond Mtn/Bonanza · Unit 46181% public · 5% remote North Slope, Three Corners/West Daggett · Unit 28989% public · 19% remote

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