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1989 Map of Crooked Creek

Name: 1989 Topographic Map of Crooked Creek
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1989
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Yellowstone National Park and the Teton National Forest meet in this wild, high-altitude landscape along the Continental Divide. The map captures the hydrological divide where the headwaters of the Snake River system carve through the Snake River Plateau. A key feature of the terrain is the Two Ocean Plateau, where Two Ocean Creek flows through the famed Two Ocean Pass, a rare geographical point where water can flow toward both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Evidence of wilderness management is seen at the Fox Creek Patrol Cabin near the junction of the Snake River Pack Trail and the Two Ocean Plateau (Pack) Trail. These routes, along with names like Chicken Ridge and Crooked Creek, represent the backcountry infrastructure as it existed in the late 1980s. The entire southern portion of the sheet is designated as the Teton Wilderness, preserving the primitive character of this mountain environment.