2020 Map of Hickman Knolls

About this map

Skull Valley dominates this Tooele County landscape, where the wide desert floor meets the isolated rising elevations of the Hickman Knolls. Surveyed in 2020, this map provides a detailed look at the rural infrastructure of the basin, characterized by long, straight thoroughfares such as Waterhole Rd and New Antelope Rd. These paths likely represent historic routes across the arid terrain, connecting remote points in the Great Basin. The topography is defined by the contrast between the flat valley floor and the tightly clustered contour lines of the namesake knolls in the southeast, revealing a terrain shaped by ancient geological processes and sparse contemporary human movement.