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1901 Map of Hayden Peak

Name: 1901 Topographic Map of Hayden Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Hayden Peak and the surrounding high country of the Uinta Mountains dominate this survey, recorded just after the turn of the century by surveyors W. J. Lloyd and Jeremiah Ahern. The landscape is defined by its dramatic hydrography, showing the headwaters of major Western river systems including the Bear River, Weber River, Duchesne River, and Provo River. The mapping captures a pristine mountain wilderness before modern road developments, highlighting dozens of high-altitude basins like Grandaddy Lake, Mirror Lake, and Moon Lake.

Evidence of early human presence is sparse, centered primarily on the settlement at Holiday Park and the administrative demarcations of the Uinta National Forest. This era of mapping shows the intricate network of forks and creeks, such as the Stillwater Fork and the West Fork Blacks Fork, that carved the canyons and valleys of the Wasatch Mountains range long before this region became a highly accessible recreation destination.