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2021 Map of Daylight Pass

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Daylight Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Death Valley National Park dominates this desert landscape, where the high-altitude transition between the Funeral Mountains and the Grapevine Mountains creates a natural corridor into the valley. The terrain is defined by extreme elevation changes, dropping from the peaks of the Amargosa Range toward the floor of the Mojave Desert and the Amargosa Desert.

Historically significant water sources like Willow Spring and Daylight Spring are critical landmarks in this arid environment, situated near the modern route of Daylight Pass Road. The map traces the critical crossing at Daylight Pass, which follows the natural descent through Boundary Canyon. The border between Nye County, Nevada, and Inyo County, California, cuts diagonally across the topography, marking a remote segment of the state line where hikers today follow the Corkscrew Peak Trl into the wilderness.