1999 Map of Jump-Off Joe Mountain

About this map

The high timberlands of the Malheur National Forest dominate this landscape, centered on the prominent peak of Jump-off Joe Mountain at the border of Grant and Harney counties. This late 20th-century survey reveals a wilderness defined by its complex hydrology, where numerous named springs like Three Cabin Spring and Bear Wallow Spring feed the headwaters of the South Fork Bear Valley Creek and Wolf Creek. The drainage patterns here are critical to the region's geography, with the West Fork and main stem of Schurtz Creek carving deep into the southern slopes.