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Boulder/Kaiparowits — Utah

97% public 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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Black bear draw odds (4)Deer draw odds (5)Odds and pins: free, no account

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3,610–11,290 ft

elevation range

97%

public land

35%

of public >1 mi from a road

127 ac

landlocked public

0.75

road miles per mi²

3,394 mi

maintained trails

Computed from primary government data by the open 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) ↗

UDWR licenses ↗Draw odds for Utah black bear →Draw odds for Utah deer →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 50%■ NPS 21%■ USFS 20%■ Other public 6%□ Private 3%

Unit area3,422,651 ac

Public land3,314,685 ac (97%)

Landlocked public127 ac (0.0%)

Walk-in access87 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)4,012 mi

Maintained trails3,394 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road1,158,163 ac (35% of public)

Road density0.75 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 1711k ac · NPS 716k ac · USFS 684k 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 →

Unit intelligence report

15,919 ac of this unit has burned — 0% 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 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)
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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.

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