1969 Map of Gap Mountain

About this map

White River Valley dominates the western half of this 1969 field-checked landscape, where the White River and Hot Creek meet before flowing into the Adams-Mcgill Res. The eastern terrain rises sharply toward the prominence of Gap Mountain, a significant high point along the boundary of Nye and Lincoln counties. This era of land use is marked by a network of Jeep Trails and scattered evidence of resource exploration, including a Drill Hole and several named Prospects. The map provides a clear look at the arid topography and hydraulic features of this part of Nevada before late-twentieth-century developments, preserving the exact locations of mountain saddles and ephemeral water courses that define the Great Basin character.