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Nebo — Utah

49% public across 942,545 ac. Road access is easy — only 14% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Bighorn sheep draw odds (1)Black bear draw odds (4)Deer draw odds (5)Elk draw odds (2)Mountain goat draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,530–11,840 ft

elevation range

49%

public land

14%

of public >1 mi from a road

3,508 ac

landlocked public

1.72

road miles per mi²

1,882 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

14 limited-entry bighorn sheep, black bear, deer, elk and mountain goat hunts are drawn on Unit 616: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Bighorn sheep tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$574.00 resident · $4,009.00 nonresident

Black bear tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published

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

Elk tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 nonresident

Mountain goat tag · 2 draw hunts (2026)$464.00 resident · $3,509.00 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 bighorn sheep →Draw odds for Utah black bear →Draw odds for Utah deer →Draw odds for Utah elk →Draw odds for Utah mountain goat →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 20%■ USFS 20%■ SLB 4%■ Other public 4%□ Private 51%

Unit area942,545 ac

Public land463,334 ac (49%)

Landlocked public3,508 ac (0.8%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,530 mi

Maintained trails1,882 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road64,554 ac (14% of public)

Road density1.72 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 192k ac · USFS 190k ac · SLB 41k ac

Elevation4,530–11,840 ft

Median elevation6,140 ft

Median slope9°

Where the ground sits

4,530 ft11,840 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 29%

S 22%

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

170,246 ac of this unit has burned — 18% 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 SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, 140 km from the unit’s center and ~1,900 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. 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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