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Beaver — Utah

80% public across 1,143,583 ac. Road access is easy — only 15% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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Black bear draw odds (4)Mountain goat draw odds (3)Pronghorn draw odds (2)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,850–12,160 ft

elevation range

80%

public land

15%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,775 ac

landlocked public

1.23

road miles per mi²

1,299 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 black bear, mountain goat and pronghorn hunts are drawn on Unit 628: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 4 draw huntsprice not published

Mountain goat tag · 3 draw hunts (2026)$464.00 resident · $3,509.00 nonresident

Pronghorn tag · 2 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 black bear →Draw odds for Utah mountain goat →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 49%■ USFS 25%■ SLB 5%□ Private 20%

Unit area1,143,583 ac

Public land917,131 ac (80%)

Landlocked public1,775 ac (0.2%)

Walk-in access450 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,192 mi

Maintained trails1,299 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road139,288 ac (15% of public)

Road density1.23 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 562k ac · USFS 291k ac · SLB 61k ac

Elevation4,850–12,160 ft

Median elevation6,610 ft

Median slope7°

Where the ground sits

4,850 ft12,160 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 26%

S 23%

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

341,120 ac of this unit has burned — 30% 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, 35 km from the unit’s center and ~1,600 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.

Nearby units

Beaver, West · Unit 67274% public · 16% remote Beaver, East · Unit 68588% public · 14% remote Mineral Mountain · Unit 1000375% public · 17% remote Mt Dutton · Unit 63088% public · 17% remote Panguitch Lake · Unit 63479% public · 7% remote Monroe · Unit 62975% public · 10% remote

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