Mount Whittier · Elk area 5065 · Washington

Elk hunt area — its own geography, not the GMU with the same number. Public land, access, and elk harvest below are computed for this boundary.

Elk area 5065Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

100%

2,644 ac of 2,644 ac

Landlocked public

0 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

100%

of public · 2,639 ac

Plan it

See it on the map →

Washington elk draw odds — 6 hunts here →

6 tags drawn on this elk area last season.

OpenHunt for Android is on Google Play — offline packs, GPS tracks, same account. Send it to your phone →

Terrain — this boundary, not the GMU’s

Elevation2,780–5,700 ft

Median elevation4,410 ft

Median slope31°

Where the ground sits

2,780 ft5,700 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 49%

E 6%

S 20%

W 25%

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 →

Nearby elk elk areas

Norway Pass · Elk area 5066 · 98% public Pumice Plain · Elk area 5063 · 100% public Upper Smith Creek · Elk area 5064 · 100% public Mudflow · Elk area 5099 · 86% public

Boundaries from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife elk hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.