Washington · Elk Hunting Data

Washington Elk Unit 602

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Washington Game Management Unit 602.

Unit 602 is not high-country elk hunting: it is a temperate coastal rainforest block wrapped around Forks on the Olympic Peninsula, one of the wettest places in the contiguous U.S., where the game is movement and visibility, not altitude. Most huntable ground sits between 200 and 1,800 feet, climbing east toward 3,000-foot foothill ridges, and the real driver is early-succession browse (salmonberry, salal, red alder, vine maple) flushing along clearcut edges and the Bogachiel, Calawah, Sol Duc, and Quillayute bottoms, where fast-rising rivers and gated timber roads dictate access. The pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, and a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
217
Total Elk Spotted
20
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Washington Elk Unit 602 boundary map
Unit 602 boundary within Washington · orange area is covered by this data pack

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The Washington - Elk Data Pack includes detailed heat maps, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Washington Elk unit, including Unit 602. Study the unit on our interactive map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.

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How this data was collected

Data Hunt Guide aggregates publicly available sighting reports from across the web (social media, hunting forums, harvest reports, and trail-camera shares) and uses a proprietary algorithm to identify high-activity zones (hotspots) within each unit. Our team verifies coordinates manually before publication.