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Boulder Elk — Utah

94% public across 1,184,308 ac. Road access is easy — only 16% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,970–11,300 ft

elevation range

94%

public land

16%

of public >1 mi from a road

127 ac

landlocked public

1.16

road miles per mi²

1,733 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Tags: check Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

No draw hunts are published for this unit. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's regulations.

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 ↗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

■ USFS 48%■ BLM 28%■ SLB 11%■ Other public 8%□ Private 6%

Unit area1,184,308 ac

Public land1,117,006 ac (94%)

Landlocked public127 ac (0.0%)

Walk-in access87 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)2,142 mi

Maintained trails1,733 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road178,954 ac (16% of public)

Road density1.16 mi/mi²

Managed byUSFS 564k ac · BLM 329k ac · SLB 133k ac

Elevation4,970–11,300 ft

Median elevation7,880 ft

Median slope7°

Where the ground sits

4,970 ft11,300 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 22%

E 29%

S 22%

W 26%

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

9,934 ac of this unit has burned — 1% 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 BRYCE CANYON AIRPORT, 66 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.

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