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Unit research · Utah · Unit 455

Boulder/Kaiparowits — Utah

93% public hunting land across 3,422,651 ac. Real backcountry here — 35% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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3,610–11,290 ft

elevation range

93%

public hunting land

35%

of public >1 mi from a road

127 ac

landlocked public

0.75

road miles per mi²

2,978 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

9 limited-entry black bear and deer hunts are drawn on Unit 455: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published
Deer tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 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) ↗

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 50%■ Forest Service 20%■ National Park Service 17%■ Other hunting land 6%▨ Parks & other public 4%□ Private 3%
Unit area3,422,651 ac
Public hunting land3,179,931 ac (93%)
Parks & other public134,754 ac · National Park Service, State parks
Landlocked public127 ac (0.0%)
Walk-in access87 ac
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)4,012 mi
Mapped trails on public land2,978 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road1,106,528 ac (35% of public)
Road density0.75 mi/mi²
Managed byBLM 1711k ac · Forest Service 684k ac · National Park Service 585k ac
Elevation3,610–11,290 ft
Median elevation6,130 ft
Median slope7°

Where the ground sits

3,610 ft11,290 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%
E 28%
S 24%
W 27%

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 →

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F35° high8° lowJFMAMJJASOND

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

Measured at BRYCE CANYON AIRPORT, 59 km from the unit’s center and ~1,400 ft above its median elevation — expect the unit to run warmer. 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.

Nearby units

Barney Top/Kaiparowits · Unit 86996% public · 46% remoteKaiparowits (HAMS) · Unit 31497% public · 48% remoteKaiparowits · Unit 9797% public · 46% remoteEscalante, West · Unit 934100% public · 54% remoteEscalante, East · Unit 93391% public · 69% remoteKaiparowits, East · Unit 9898% public · 52% remote

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