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2018 Map of Hammil Valley

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Hammil Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Hammil Valley occupies a wide, high-desert trough in Mono County, where early 21st-century ranching and transit corridors trace the foot of the White Mountains. The settlement of Hammil serves as a small anchor along Hammil Rd, surrounded by a network of ranch roads and canyon access routes like Dawson Ranch Rd and Cinnamon Ranch Rd. The landscape is defined by its dramatic drainage systems, including Queen Dicks Canyon and Yellowjacket Canyon, which funnel seasonal runoff toward the valley floor.

Water sources are vital markers in this arid terrain, notably Yellowjacket Spring near Blind Spring Hill. The eastern portion of the map climbs into the Inyo National Forest, where steep terrain is carved by Pellisier Cr and Falls Canyon. For those tracing local land use, the map details a complex grid of roads such as Fish Slough Rd and Black Rock Canyon Rd that connect remote homesteads and grazing lands to the primary valley thoroughfares.