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Vernal/Bonanza — Utah

77% public across 1,320,498 ac. Road access is easy — only 8% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,650–12,230 ft

elevation range

77%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

279 ac

landlocked public

1.84

road miles per mi²

2,072 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

7 limited-entry deer and elk hunts are drawn on Unit 614: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 nonresident

Elk tag · 2 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 deer →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

■ BLM 42%■ USFS 22%■ SLB 8%■ Other public 5%□ Private 23%

Unit area1,320,498 ac

Public land1,020,991 ac (77%)

Landlocked public279 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,804 mi

Maintained trails2,072 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road85,933 ac (8% of public)

Road density1.84 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 559k ac · USFS 286k ac · SLB 108k ac

Elevation4,650–12,230 ft

Median elevation5,550 ft

Median slope4°

Where the ground sits

4,650 ft12,230 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 19%

E 24%

S 31%

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

19,590 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, 138 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.

Nearby units

Vernal · Unit 20871% public · 12% remote Diamond Mtn/Vernal · Unit 45270% public · 11% remote Diamond Mtn/Bonanza · Unit 46181% public · 5% remote Uinta Basin Private Lands Any Bull Elk · Unit 93142% public · 2% remote Uintah Basin Extended Archery Area · Unit 21818% public · 1% remote Diamond Mtn · Unit 20668% public · 8% remote

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