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Unit research · Washington · GMU 490

Cedar River — Washington

0% public hunting land across 90,613 ac. Road access is easy — only 0% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. Almost none of the public land is landlocked.

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530–5,330 ft

elevation range

0%

public hunting land

0%

of public >1 mi from a road

6 ac

landlocked public

1.99

road miles per mi²

0 mi

trails on public land

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

Tags & season

Tags: check Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

No draw hunts are published for this gmu. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's regulations.

Plus: Washington big game hunting licence$61.70 resident · $599.07 nonresident

Season dates: see Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's regulations

WDFW — Big game hunting licences and tags (2026) ↗

Fees and draw dates from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2026, verified 2026-08-15 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a gmu that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: WDFW — Big game hunting licences and tags (2026) · WDFW — Special hunt permits.

Land & access

▨ Parks & other public 3%□ Private 97%
Unit area90,613 ac
Public hunting land65 ac (0%)
Parks & other public3,097 ac · City, County
Landlocked public6 ac (9.2%)
Motorized routes (MVUM + roads)282 mi
Mapped trails on public land0 mi

Backcountry

Public land >1 mi from a road0 ac (0% of public)
Road density1.99 mi/mi²
Managed by—
Elevation530–5,330 ft
Median elevation2,480 ft
Median slope17°

Where the ground sits

530 ft5,330 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 26%
E 19%
S 27%
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 200 m grid. See the code →

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Season conditions — measured, not vibes

Historical temperatures · 2000–2025

Monthly normal highs and lows, °F31° high24° lowJFMAMJJASOND

Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month

Measured at STAMPASS PASS FLTWO, 29 km from the unit’s center and ~1,500 ft above its median elevation — expect the unit to run warmer. 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)

Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, tell us at support@openhuntmaps.com — the fix ships for everyone.

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