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West Desert — Utah

62% public across 7,300,576 ac. Road access is easy — only 22% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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4,210–10,910 ft

elevation range

62%

public land

22%

of public >1 mi from a road

26,996 ac

landlocked public

1.27

road miles per mi²

12,634 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

■ BLM 51%■ SLB 7%■ USFS 2%■ Other public 1%□ Private 38%

Unit area7,300,576 ac

Public land4,521,071 ac (62%)

Landlocked public26,996 ac (0.6%)

Walk-in access2,280 ac

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)14,434 mi

Maintained trails12,634 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road1,007,864 ac (22% of public)

Road density1.27 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 3756k ac · SLB 503k ac · USFS 160k ac

Elevation4,210–10,910 ft

Median elevation4,830 ft

Median slope1°

Where the ground sits

4,210 ft10,910 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 21%

E 28%

S 22%

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 400 m grid. See the code →

Unit intelligence report

482,062 ac of this unit has burned — 7% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.

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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.

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