Unit research · Utah Unit 51

Manti — Utah

73% public across 1,640,519 ac. Road access is easy — only 9% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Elk draw odds (11)Odds and pins: free, no account

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5,060–11,270 ft

elevation range

73%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

2,949 ac

landlocked public

1.54

road miles per mi²

1,889 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

11 limited-entry elk hunts are drawn on Unit 51: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 11 draw hunts (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 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 elk →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

■ USFS 53%■ BLM 10%■ SLB 7%■ Other public 4%□ Private 27%

Unit area1,640,519 ac

Public land1,205,758 ac (73%)

Landlocked public2,949 ac (0.2%)

Walk-in access1,066 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,939 mi

Maintained trails1,889 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road112,087 ac (9% of public)

Road density1.54 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 865k ac · BLM 158k ac · SLB 116k ac

Elevation5,060–11,270 ft

Median elevation7,940 ft

Median slope12°

Where the ground sits

5,060 ft11,270 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 25%

S 23%

W 28%

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

180,758 ac of this unit has burned — 11% 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.

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