2017 Map of Holy Cross D-4 NW

About this map

The Nulato Hills dominate this portion of the Alaskan interior, representing a landscape of high-elevation ridgelines and drainage basins. This area is defined by its topographic transition across the boundary of the Kusilvak Census Area and the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, a division that marks the administrative partitioning of the wilderness. The drainage patterns of Beaver Cr and Short Cr weave through the lower elevations, illustrating the natural watershed that has historically dictated travel and seasonal movement through this territory. The absence of modern infrastructure or established settlements emphasizes the remote character of this region, where the terrain itself remains the primary historical record for those studying traditional land use or environmental history in the Alaskan bush.