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Southwest Desert — Utah

89% public across 3,329,922 ac. Road access is easy — only 23% 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)Elk draw odds (1)Pronghorn draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,500–9,510 ft

elevation range

89%

public land

23%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,039 ac

landlocked public

0.81

road miles per mi²

2,882 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

9 limited-entry deer, elk and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 625: 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 · 1 draw hunt (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 3 draw hunts (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 deer →Draw odds for Utah elk →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 77%■ SLB 9%■ USFS 2%□ Private 11%

Unit area3,329,922 ac

Public land2,947,121 ac (89%)

Landlocked public1,039 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)4,192 mi

Maintained trails2,882 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road680,746 ac (23% of public)

Road density0.81 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 2569k ac · SLB 313k ac · USFS 56k ac

Elevation4,500–9,510 ft

Median elevation5,610 ft

Median slope2°

Where the ground sits

4,500 ft9,510 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 30%

S 21%

W 27%

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 400 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

122,090 ac of this unit has burned — 4% 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 MILFORD MUNI BRISCOE, 40 km from the unit’s center and ~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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