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Box Elder, Pilot Mtn — Utah

57% public across 856,582 ac. Real backcountry here — 42% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Elk draw odds (4)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,220–9,150 ft

elevation range

57%

public land

42%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.53

road miles per mi²

474 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

4 limited-entry elk hunts are drawn on Unit 682: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Elk tag · 4 draw hunts (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 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 51%■ SLB 6%■ SPR 0%□ Private 43%

Unit area856,582 ac

Public land491,496 ac (57%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)703 mi

Maintained trails474 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road207,855 ac (42% of public)

Road density0.53 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 438k ac · SLB 53k ac · SPR 1k ac

Elevation4,220–9,150 ft

Median elevation4,270 ft

Median slope0°

Where the ground sits

4,220 ft9,150 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 20%

E 36%

S 22%

W 22%

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

12,903 ac of this unit has burned — 2% 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 WENDOVER AIRPORT, 41 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)
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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

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