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San Juan, Mancos Mesa — Utah

100% public across 620,073 ac. Real backcountry here — 49% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.

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Deer draw odds (1)Odds and pins: free, no account

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3,530–7,730 ft

elevation range

100%

public land

49%

of public >1 mi from a road

0 ac

landlocked public

0.43

road miles per mi²

389 mi

maintained trails

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

Tags & season

Draw hunts on this ground.

One limited-entry deer hunt is drawn on Unit 929: apply in the Utah draw, by the agency's deadline below.

Deer tag · 1 draw hunt (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 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%■ NPS 36%■ SLB 6%□ Private 0%

Unit area620,073 ac

Public land619,346 ac (100%)

Landlocked public0 ac (0.0%)

Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)414 mi

Maintained trails389 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road302,467 ac (49% of public)

Road density0.43 mi/mi²

Managed byBLM 353k ac · NPS 226k ac · SLB 38k ac

Elevation3,530–7,730 ft

Median elevation4,750 ft

Median slope8°

Where the ground sits

3,530 ft7,730 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 23%

E 21%

S 25%

W 31%

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

18 ac of this unit has burned — 0% 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.

Nearby units

San Juan, San Juan River · Unit 309100% public · 47% remote San Juan, South · Unit 310100% public · 36% remote San Juan, Elk Ridge · Unit 185100% public · 35% remote Escalante, East · Unit 93399% public · 69% remote San Juan Bull Elk · Unit 18392% public · 27% remote Henry Mtns · Unit 9499% public · 27% remote

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