Unit 51 · Clarks Fork / Sunlight
About this unit
Far northwest Park County wrapping the Clarks Fork and Sunlight basin north of Cody. Sage parks on the basin floor climb through Douglas-fir to spruce-fir and alpine cirques in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness. Predominantly Shoshone National Forest with the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness on the north.
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
- Clarks Fork
- Shoshone NF
Public lands inside this unit
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Trails near Unit 51
12 found
TrailContinental Divide Trail
3001.6 miDifficult- Trail
Cache Creek Trail [CLOSED]
37.6 miDifficult - Trail
North Crandall Trail
34.0 miModerate - Trail
Crandall Trail to Miller Creek Campground
22.4 miModerate - Trail
Morrison Jeep Trail
21.4 miDifficult - Trail
Dead Indian Creek to Dead Indian Meadow
19.6 miModerate - Trail
Republic Pass Trail
10.4 miModerate - Trail
Beartooth Lake Trail
8.8 miModerate - Trail
Becker Lake
8.2 miEasy - Trail
Clark's Fork Canyon West End Trail [CLOSED]
5.7 miEasy - Trail
Clay Butte Lookout
5.2 miModerate - Trail
Island Lake to Heart Lake to Beartooth Lake
5.2 miModerate
Campgrounds near Unit 51
12 found
CampgroundBeartooth Plateau
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Shoshone National Forest Crazy Creek Campground
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Fox Creek
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Crazy Creek
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CampgroundHunter Peak
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Fox Creek Campground
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Beartooth Lake
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Beartooth Scenic Byway Camping
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7D Ranch - Cabin Rentals
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Dead Indian Campground
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Pilot Creek Dispersed Camping
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Little Sunlight Camping Area
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Species in this unit
Official agency resources
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Regulations
- Draw / lottery ↗
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/licenses-applications/application-process
- GMU map ↗
https://wgfd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/basic/index.html?appid=1e749fed2804465c82f119f76b374be1
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/hunting-trapping/harvest-reports-surveys
- Hunter education ↗
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/education-camps/hunter-education
- Buy a license ↗
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/licenses-applications
Authoritative source
Outdoors does not publish hunting regulations directly. For current season dates, bag limits, legal weapons, draw deadlines, and license costs in unit 51, go straight to the issuing agency.
Read the Wyoming agency pageBoundary verified by Outdoors against the agency source on 05/23/2026.