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Zion — Utah

65% public across 1,103,098 ac. Road access is easy — only 18% 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)Deer draw odds (6)Elk draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

Unit 635Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

2,530–10,340 ft

elevation range

65%

public land

18%

of public >1 mi from a road

1,904 ac

landlocked public

2.62

road miles per mi²

3,857 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

8 limited-entry bighorn sheep, deer and elk hunts are drawn on Unit 635: 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

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

Elk tag · 1 draw hunt (2026)$66.00 resident · $870.00 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 deer →Draw odds for Utah elk →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 40%■ NPS 13%■ SLB 6%■ Other public 6%□ Private 35%

Unit area1,103,098 ac

Public land719,844 ac (65%)

Landlocked public1,904 ac (0.3%)

Walk-in access1,025 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)4,518 mi

Maintained trails3,857 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road127,694 ac (18% of public)

Road density2.62 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 437k ac · NPS 145k ac · SLB 68k ac

Elevation2,530–10,340 ft

Median elevation5,910 ft

Median slope9°

Where the ground sits

2,530 ft10,340 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 20%

E 29%

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

77,020 ac of this unit has burned — 7% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 3%. 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 CEDAR CITY REGIONAL ARPT, 50 km from the unit’s center. 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

Panguitch Lake/Zion, North · Unit 71881% public · 6% remote Panguitch Lake · Unit 63479% public · 7% remote Pine Valley · Unit 63672% public · 18% remote Pine Valley, Beaver Dam · Unit 30571% public · 18% remote Paunsaugunt · Unit 16384% public · 10% remote Pine Valley, Virgin River · Unit 30676% public · 8% remote

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