1964 Map of Four Peaks

About this map

The Mazatzal Mountains dominate this 1964 survey of the central Arizona wilderness within the Tonto National Forest. The map documents the high-country terrain where the border of Maricopa and Gila counties runs along the drainage divide, marked by the iconic silhouette of the Four Peaks. Evidence of human activity is scattered and remote, including Three Bar Cabin and Browns Cabin Spring at the edges of the high-altitude flats. An extensive network of trails, such as the Mazatzal Divide Tr and the Soldier Camp Trail, connects various water sources like Amethyst Spring and Cienega Spring. Prospectors and surveyors clearly frequented this area, leaving behind labels for Soldier Camp and several marked Prospect sites along the deep drainages of Boulder Creek and Cane Spring Canyon.