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1989 Map of Eagle Peak

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

USGS Topo · Published 1989

About this map

Eagle Peak stands as the dominant summit in this high-altitude landscape where the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park and the Washakie Wilderness meet. Surveyed in the mid-1980s, the map documents a primitive backcountry environment defined by significant peaks such as Mount Schurz, Mount Humphreys, and Turret Mountain. The drainage patterns of Trappers Creek and Beaverdam Creek illustrate the headwaters system that feeds the region's larger river basins.

Transportation through this high-country terrain is limited to the Thorofare Trail (Pack), emphasizing the area's role as a protected wilderness corridor during the late 20th century. The inclusion of the Shoshone National Forest boundary alongside these summits and Eagle Pass provides a clear view of the administrative and natural geography of the Absaroka Range before the turn of the millennium.