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Wasatch Mtns, East — Utah

55% public across 1,044,582 ac. Road access is easy — only 7% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Deer draw odds (5)Odds and pins: free, no account

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5,520–10,560 ft

elevation range

55%

public land

of public >1 mi from a road

2,941 ac

landlocked public

1.41

road miles per mi²

1,449 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

5 limited-entry deer hunts are drawn on Unit 621: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 5 draw hunts (2026)$56.00 resident · $620.00 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 →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 38%■ SFW 11%■ SLB 3%■ Other public 2%□ Private 45%

Unit area1,044,582 ac

Public land575,972 ac (55%)

Landlocked public2,941 ac (0.5%)

Walk-in access994 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,304 mi

Maintained trails1,449 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road40,436 ac (7% of public)

Road density1.41 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 400k ac · SFW 115k ac · SLB 35k ac

Elevation5,520–10,560 ft

Median elevation7,800 ft

Median slope13°

Where the ground sits

5,520 ft10,560 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 25%

E 26%

S 24%

W 25%

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

97,956 ac of this unit has burned — 9% 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, 109 km from the unit’s center and ~3,600 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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