Denali National Park encompasses the vast majority of this interior landscape, where the braided channels of the McKinley River cut through the northeastern corner. This high-latitude terrain is defined by its complex drainage systems, most notably the winding course of Slippery Creek, which meanders across several township boundaries including t15s r21w and t16s r21w. The map illustrates a wilderness largely devoid of modern infrastructure, preserving the natural hydrological patterns of the Alaskan interior as they were documented in the early twenty-first century. This survey is particularly useful for understanding the hydrography of the park's northern reaches, showing how seasonal meltwater from the Alaska Range likely feeds these named water bodies.
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1952 · Mount McKinley
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1952 · Mount McKinley C-3
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1953 · Mount McKinley B-4
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1953 · Mount McKinley B-3
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1953 · Mount McKinley C-4
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1954 · Mount McKinley C-4
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1954 · Mount McKinley B-3
USGS Topo · 1:63,360
1958 · Mount McKinley
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1969 · Mount McKinley
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
2015 · Denali C-4 NE
USGS Topo · 1:25,000