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1995 Map of Hat Point

Name: 1995 Topographic Map of Hat Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1999
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1999

About this map

Hat Point serves as the focal overlook for this remote portion of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in the mid-1990s. The landscape is defined by the massive elevation drop into the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, where the Snake River marks the border between Oregon and Idaho. High-altitude infrastructure supports forest management and backcountry access, including the Memaloose Landing Strip, Heltack Base, and several Helipads.

Evidence of historical grazing and pioneer travel persists through labels like Warnock Corral and the Indian Grave Creek drainage. The terrain is a complex network of high divides such as Summit Ridge and Haas Ridge, broken by deep drainages like Lightning Creek and Temperance Creek. For those studying the geography of the Snake River corridor, this survey detail clarifies the relationship between the high plateau and the canyon floor before modern digital revisions.