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Unit research · Washington GMU 53
Mount Rainier National Park — Washington
100% public across 235,301 ac. Real backcountry here — 63% of the public land sits more than a mile from any road. No landlocked public land.
Computed from primary government data by the open 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.
Season dates: see Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's regulations
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
Backcountry
Where the ground sits
Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band
Slope mix
Which way the slopes face
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
168 ac of this gmu has burned — 0% of the unit. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.
Season conditions — measured, not vibes
Historical temperatures · 2000–2025
Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month
Measured at STAMPASS PASS FLTWO, 54 km from the unit’s center and ~1,000 ft below its median elevation — expect the unit to run colder. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.
How these numbers are made
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.
Ready to scout it?
Everything on this page, live on the map — ownership, boundaries, roads, and your own waypoints.
Take GMU 53 into the field
Download Washington’s pack and this unit works with no signal — boundaries, ownership, roads, elevation. Record your hunt with the screen off. Check what’s visible from any ridge.
Scan to install OpenHunt for Android. Open this page on the phone afterwards and it lands in the app.
