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Wyoming elk areas — hunting areas map

Wyoming divides hunting into elk hunt areas; this page lists every one. All 105 elk areas we cover, ranked by public acres. Every number is computed from primary government data by the open pipeline — nothing is estimated and nothing is bought.

elk areas covered

105

Typical unit is

73% public

Mostly public (90%+)

29 Elk areas

Most public land

Elk area 100 — 1,750,109 ac

With landlocked public

75 of 105

With walk-in access

69 of 105

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Elk area	Public	Public acres	Landlocked	Remote	Elevation
Steamboat · Elk area 100Steamboat	73%	1,750,109 ac	137 ac	11%	6.1–8.7k ft
Powder Rim · Elk area 124Powder Rim	70%	1,289,916 ac	—	21%	6.1–8.8k ft
Boulder · Elk area 98Boulder	92%	1,143,654 ac	2,434 ac	16%	6.3–12.4k ft
Muskrat · Elk area 128Muskrat	80%	1,133,555 ac	1,710 ac	3%	4.8–8.0k ft
Basin · Elk area 66Basin	78%	960,606 ac	1,061 ac	14%	3.8–6.7k ft
Non-Herd Unit · Elk area 129Non-Herd Unit	18%	915,153 ac	120,939 ac	8%	3.4–6.1k ft
Laramie Peak · Elk area 7Laramie Peak	29%	763,475 ac	46,050 ac	8%	4.3–10.0k ft
West Green River · Elk area 102West Green River	75%	712,510 ac	120 ac	11%	6.1–10.3k ft
Hickey Mountain · Elk area 107Hickey Mountain	70%	680,757 ac	283 ac	8%	6.0–9.5k ft
Heart Mountain · Elk area 65Heart Mountain	63%	680,500 ac	1,323 ac	7%	3.6–8.0k ft
South Pass · Elk area 25South Pass	84%	651,944 ac	158 ac	1%	5.1–8.7k ft
Lost Springs · Elk area 126Lost Springs	18%	632,818 ac	48,178 ac	4%	3.6–5.8k ft
Buffalo Creek · Elk area 120Buffalo Creek	66%	612,716 ac	3,400 ac	6%	4.8–9.1k ft
Shirley Mountain · Elk area 16Shirley Mountain	54%	608,505 ac	7,341 ac	2%	5.3–9.1k ft
Carter Lease · Elk area 105Carter Lease	52%	560,789 ac	6,221 ac	7%	6.2–8.6k ft
Otter Creek · Elk area 49Otter Creek	71%	559,444 ac	4,857 ac	2%	4.0–8.8k ft
Shamrock Hills · Elk area 118Shamrock Hills	71%	494,974 ac	479 ac	19%	6.5–8.0k ft
South Piney · Elk area 94South Piney	75%	470,741 ac	1,887 ac	11%	6.6–11.3k ft
Baggs · Elk area 21Baggs	73%	469,909 ac	597 ac	4%	6.2–10.9k ft
Rattlesnake · Elk area 23Rattlesnake	53%	429,314 ac	4,875 ac	3%	5.1–8.2k ft
Paint Rock Creek · Elk area 45Paint Rock Creek	84%	417,465 ac	359 ac	17%	3.9–13.1k ft
Sunlight-Crandall · Elk area 51Sunlight-Crandall	98%	407,350 ac	—	59%	4.7–12.1k ft
Big Sandy · Elk area 99Big Sandy	91%	403,048 ac	3 ac	27%	6.6–13.0k ft
Wigins Fork · Elk area 67Wigins Fork	90%	402,607 ac	900 ac	50%	6.4–12.4k ft
Green Mountain · Elk area 24Green Mountain	91%	394,568 ac	—	3%	6.2–9.2k ft
Medicine Lodge · Elk area 41Medicine Lodge	85%	363,936 ac	132 ac	9%	3.8–11.5k ft
Seminoe · Elk area 111Seminoe	61%	360,882 ac	1,381 ac	3%	5.3–8.9k ft
Rawhide · Elk area 3Rawhide	11%	359,032 ac	59,655 ac	11%	4.0–6.4k ft
Upper Nowood · Elk area 48Upper Nowood	58%	346,630 ac	3,763 ac	3%	4.5–9.0k ft
Lincoln · Elk area 104Lincoln	75%	322,557 ac	2,597 ac	15%	6.1–10.3k ft
North Black Hills · Elk area 116North Black Hills	21%	304,064 ac	35,086 ac	12%	3.1–6.6k ft
Rochelle Hills · Elk area 113Rochelle Hills	54%	298,989 ac	7,265 ac	1%	4.2–5.3k ft
Cony Mountain · Elk area 28Cony Mountain	85%	294,925 ac	843 ac	39%	5.3–13.2k ft
Tongue · Elk area 38Tongue	79%	284,992 ac	2,613 ac	15%	3.8–10.3k ft
Buffalo Fork · Elk area 70Buffalo Fork	99%	284,379 ac	—	88%	6.8–11.3k ft
Copper Mountain · Elk area 47Copper Mountain	63%	282,035 ac	5,023 ac	5%	4.3–8.2k ft
Wapiti Ridge · Elk area 56Wapiti Ridge	88%	267,385 ac	1,023 ac	82%	5.4–12.1k ft
Pinedale · Elk area 97Pinedale	85%	257,763 ac	910 ac	56%	6.8–13.6k ft
Grinnell · Elk area 55Grinnell	100%	250,933 ac	—	87%	6.0–11.9k ft
Horse Creek · Elk area 40Horse Creek	83%	245,714 ac	392 ac	10%	3.6–10.1k ft
Targhee-Alta · Elk area 73Targhee-Alta	96%	236,373 ac	—	53%	6.0–11.0k ft
Goose · Elk area 37Goose	54%	234,374 ac	3,244 ac	37%	3.6–13.0k ft
Lower Hoback · Elk area 84Lower Hoback	92%	232,991 ac	76 ac	68%	5.8–11.3k ft
Pine Mountain · Elk area 32Pine Mountain	96%	232,781 ac	—	3%	6.3–9.6k ft
Crowheart Butte · Elk area 127Crowheart Butte	12%	231,016 ac	—	1%	4.6–12.8k ft
Piney-Horse Creek · Elk area 92Piney-Horse Creek	55%	230,829 ac	1,900 ac	32%	6.8–11.0k ft
Boulder Basin · Elk area 59Boulder Basin	91%	228,938 ac	757 ac	89%	5.8–12.3k ft
Owl Creek · Elk area 64Owl Creek	35%	228,203 ac	3,446 ac	14%	4.3–12.4k ft
Bald Ridge · Elk area 54Bald Ridge	68%	227,922 ac	2,725 ac	32%	4.0–12.1k ft
Spread Creek · Elk area 81Spread Creek	99%	222,215 ac	—	30%	6.7–10.6k ft
Iron Mountain · Elk area 6Iron Mountain	16%	219,541 ac	42,232 ac	17%	4.9–9.0k ft
Muddy Mountain · Elk area 19Muddy Mountain	46%	218,115 ac	4,196 ac	1%	5.0–8.7k ft
Pine Ridge · Elk area 122Pine Ridge	26%	215,803 ac	17,079 ac	5%	4.8–6.3k ft
Upper Powder River · Elk area 34Upper Powder River	41%	215,426 ac	4,862 ac	7%	4.6–10.5k ft
Middle Fork · Elk area 33Middle Fork	53%	213,269 ac	8,086 ac	4%	4.6–8.5k ft
Upper Platte River · Elk area 110Upper Platte River	73%	212,554 ac	1,277 ac	6%	6.9–10.8k ft
Thorofare · Elk area 60Thorofare	100%	211,870 ac	—	100%	7.8–12.1k ft
Green River · Elk area 95Green River	100%	205,615 ac	—	50%	7.7–13.4k ft
Aspen Mountain · Elk area 30Aspen Mountain	58%	203,666 ac	—	3%	6.0–8.7k ft
Whiskey Mountain · Elk area 69Whiskey Mountain	95%	202,180 ac	40 ac	87%	6.4–13.7k ft
South Rawlins · Elk area 108South Rawlins	55%	200,706 ac	79 ac	9%	6.7–8.5k ft
Spring Creek · Elk area 15Spring Creek	61%	198,069 ac	840 ac	5%	6.6–10.9k ft
Ferris · Elk area 22Ferris	88%	182,743 ac	243 ac	8%	5.9–10.0k ft
Salt River · Elk area 91Salt River	61%	180,463 ac	208 ac	28%	5.6–10.7k ft
North Greybull River · Elk area 61North Greybull River	69%	170,785 ac	3,259 ac	50%	5.5–12.6k ft
Medicine Bow River · Elk area 11Medicine Bow River	38%	168,290 ac	3,229 ac	5%	6.5–11.8k ft
Lower Greys River · Elk area 89Lower Greys River	100%	167,868 ac	—	36%	5.6–10.6k ft
South Snowy Range · Elk area 9South Snowy Range	64%	167,830 ac	3,036 ac	10%	7.1–10.7k ft
Fall Creek · Elk area 85Fall Creek	92%	165,583 ac	200 ac	46%	5.6–9.9k ft
Wood River-Gooseberry Creek · Elk area 63Wood River-Gooseberry Creek	70%	164,268 ac	3,550 ac	40%	5.4–12.1k ft
Kennaday Peak · Elk area 12Kennaday Peak	58%	164,233 ac	421 ac	1%	6.5–11.9k ft
Little Mountain · Elk area 31Little Mountain	89%	160,598 ac	—	2%	6.0–9.1k ft
Pacific Creek · Elk area 71Pacific Creek	100%	149,853 ac	—	84%	6.8–10.1k ft
Crystal Peak · Elk area 82Crystal Peak	99%	148,470 ac	—	79%	6.7–11.6k ft
Encampment River · Elk area 13Encampment River	74%	143,438 ac	964 ac	6%	7.1–10.9k ft
Upper Greys River · Elk area 90Upper Greys River	100%	141,708 ac	—	21%	6.6–11.3k ft
South Greybull River · Elk area 62South Greybull River	83%	136,262 ac	407 ac	44%	6.0–13.0k ft
Deer Creek · Elk area 39Deer Creek	92%	134,799 ac	80 ac	8%	3.6–10.0k ft
Black Thunder · Elk area 123Black Thunder	32%	129,813 ac	3,654 ac	3%	4.2–5.2k ft
Raymond Mountain · Elk area 103Raymond Mountain	76%	129,748 ac	580 ac	15%	6.1–10.5k ft
Rock Creek · Elk area 10Rock Creek	30%	126,168 ac	9,625 ac	16%	7.0–11.9k ft
Warm Springs · Elk area 68Warm Springs	87%	120,022 ac	—	8%	6.8–11.8k ft
Unita · Elk area 106Unita	25%	114,849 ac	19,383 ac	15%	6.6–9.8k ft
Hunter Mesa · Elk area 35Hunter Mesa	71%	113,743 ac	604 ac	24%	4.6–12.3k ft
New Fork · Elk area 96New Fork	69%	109,931 ac	679 ac	50%	7.2–11.9k ft
Waterdog Lakes · Elk area 93Waterdog Lakes	65%	108,415 ac	1,081 ac	34%	7.1–11.3k ft
South Black Hills · Elk area 117South Black Hills	22%	106,039 ac	8,296 ac	4%	3.5–6.6k ft
Fish Creek · Elk area 83Fish Creek	100%	103,123 ac	—	43%	7.4–10.4k ft
Rock Creek · Elk area 36Rock Creek	68%	90,712 ac	—	42%	4.6–12.8k ft
Fortification · Elk area 2Fortification	33%	82,287 ac	8,420 ac	23%	3.6–4.9k ft
Bolten Rim · Elk area 130Bolten Rim	47%	80,483 ac	632 ac	50%	6.5–8.1k ft
Monument Ridge · Elk area 86Monument Ridge	97%	71,927 ac	—	50%	6.4–10.8k ft
Upper Sweetwater · Elk area 27Upper Sweetwater	94%	70,774 ac	—	29%	7.4–12.3k ft
Raspberry Ridge · Elk area 87Raspberry Ridge	91%	67,373 ac	—	36%	6.5–11.5k ft
Elk Mountain · Elk area 125Elk Mountain	33%	61,265 ac	3,258 ac	1%	6.6–11.1k ft
Sheep Creek · Elk area 80Sheep Creek	99%	56,430 ac	—	62%	6.4–11.2k ft
Black Hills · Elk area 1Black Hills	86%	55,281 ac	—	1%	3.8–6.6k ft
Sage Creek · Elk area 58Sage Creek	33%	53,948 ac	1,090 ac	1%	4.9–11.2k ft
Boulder Ridge · Elk area 8Boulder Ridge	20%	47,674 ac	6,853 ac	26%	7.1–9.6k ft
Teton Park · Elk area 79Teton Park	100%	41,624 ac	—	14%	6.7–7.8k ft
Berry Creek · Elk area 72Berry Creek	100%	38,494 ac	—	100%	6.8–11.0k ft
Snake River · Elk area 75Snake River	99%	29,746 ac	—	2%	6.4–7.7k ft
National Elk Refuge · Elk area 77National Elk Refuge	98%	24,577 ac	—	36%	6.2–7.3k ft
Wilson · Elk area 78Wilson	37%	16,719 ac	160 ac	36%	6.1–10.8k ft
Greys Feedground · Elk area 88Greys Feedground	82%	9,559 ac	—	7%	5.6–8.9k ft