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Diamond Mtn/Bonanza — Utah

81% public across 785,225 ac. Road access is easy — only 5% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Pronghorn draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,650–9,190 ft

elevation range

81%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

171 ac

landlocked public

1.54

road miles per mi²

1,038 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

3 limited-entry pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 461: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Pronghorn tag · 3 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 66%■ SLB 9%■ NPS 3%■ Other public 3%□ Private 19%

Unit area785,225 ac

Public land634,468 ac (81%)

Landlocked public171 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)1,886 mi

Maintained trails1,038 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road32,381 ac (5% of public)

Road density1.54 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 518k ac · SLB 67k ac · NPS 22k ac

Elevation4,650–9,190 ft

Median elevation5,550 ft

Median slope5°

Where the ground sits

4,650 ft9,190 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 21%

S 27%

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 200 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

8,028 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, 137 km from the unit’s center and ~1,200 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)
# 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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