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Nine Mile — Utah

69% public across 1,648,303 ac. Real backcountry here — 26% 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 (3)Deer draw odds (6)Pronghorn draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,050–10,180 ft

elevation range

69%

public land

26%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,681 ac

landlocked public

1.08

road miles per mi²

1,240 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

10 limited-entry black bear, deer and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 615: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 3 draw huntsprice not published

Deer tag · 6 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 1 draw hunt (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 black bear →Draw odds for Utah deer →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 55%■ SLB 8%■ USFS 6%■ Other public 1%□ Private 31%

Unit area1,648,303 ac

Public land1,143,595 ac (69%)

Landlocked public1,681 ac (0.1%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,785 mi

Maintained trails1,240 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road295,261 ac (26% of public)

Road density1.08 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 900k ac · SLB 131k ac · USFS 100k ac

Elevation4,050–10,180 ft

Median elevation6,310 ft

Median slope9°

Where the ground sits

4,050 ft10,180 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 27%

E 27%

S 24%

W 22%

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

25,297 ac of this unit has burned — 2% 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.

Nearby units

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