Unit research · Utah Unit 7

Book Cliffs — Utah

72% public across 2,291,535 ac. Road access is easy — only 20% 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 (3)Deer draw odds (3)Odds and pins: free, no account

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4,080–9,460 ft

elevation range

72%

public land

20%

of public >1 mi from a road

123 ac

landlocked public

1.02

road miles per mi²

2,292 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

6 limited-entry black bear and deer hunts are drawn on Unit 7: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Black bear tag · 3 draw huntsprice not published

Deer tag · 3 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 black bear →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

■ BLM 57%■ SLB 13%■ SFW 1%□ Private 28%

Unit area2,291,535 ac

Public land1,642,630 ac (72%)

Landlocked public123 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)3,648 mi

Maintained trails2,292 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road329,036 ac (20% of public)

Road density1.02 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 1311k ac · SLB 307k ac · SFW 23k ac

Elevation4,080–9,460 ft

Median elevation6,250 ft

Median slope10°

Where the ground sits

4,080 ft9,460 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 28%

S 20%

W 30%

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

123,343 ac of this unit has burned — 5% 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 GRAND JUNCTION REGIONAL AIRPORT, 95 km from the unit’s center and ~1,400 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

Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek/East · Unit 89968% public · 12% remote Book Cliffs, North · Unit 71458% public · 8% remote Book Cliffs, Bitter Creek (pronghorn) · Unit 66756% public · 4% remote Book Cliffs, Little Creek Roadless · Unit 1299% public · 75% remote Book Cliffs, Little Creek/South · Unit 88996% public · 36% remote Book Cliffs, South · Unit 1596% public · 33% remote

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