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1986 Map of Blacktail Deer Creek

Name: 1986 Topographic Map of Blacktail Deer Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Yellowstone National Park terrain dominates this 1986 study, where the Washburn Range and the Yellowstone Plateau converge. The landscape is defined by the deep carving of the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone, through which the Yellowstone River flows along the northern boundary near the Montana Wyoming border. This area showcases a complex hydrological network including Blacktail Deer Creek, Oxbow Creek, and Lupine Creek, which feed into various high-altitude water bodies such as Phantom Lake and Crevice Lake.

Evidence of human transit through this wilderness is documented via a network of routes, including a Pack Trail and an isolated Footbridge over the river. Landmarks like Prospect Peak and Wraith Falls provide essential navigational points for researchers of the park's interior. The presence of Gravel Pits near Blacktail Pond indicates localized resource extraction within this protected environmental corridor during the mid-1980s.