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1990 Map of Buckeye Ridge

Name: 1990 Topographic Map of Buckeye Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1990
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1990

About this map

Toiyabe National Forest and the high alpine environments of the Sierra Nevada dominate this 1990 survey, where the boundary between Mono Co and Tuolumne Co follows the crest of the range. The landscape is defined by massive glacial features, including the broad Hanging Valley and the sharp relief of Flatiron Ridge. Water moves through this high country via Buckeye Creek and Robinson Creek, eventually reaching Twin Lakes at the edge of the quadrangle.

Remote reaches of Yosemite National Park and the Hoover Wilderness are accessible only by a primitive Pack Trail system. Significant landmarks like Hunewill Peak and Eagle Peak tower over smaller water bodies such as Barney Lake and McMillan Lake. The transition from the sheer cliffs of Little Slide Canyon Creek to the descent at Buckeye Pass illustrates the complex topography of the Eastern Sierra before it drops toward the Great Basin.