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1958 Map of Last Chance Range

Name: 1958 Topographic Map of Last Chance Range
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1976
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1976

About this map

The Last Chance Range dominates the center of this 1950s survey, marking a stark divide between the Eureka Valley to the west and Death Valley to the east. The map captures a high-desert environment defined by extreme relief, where the northern reaches of the Death Valley National Monument meet the Nevada border. Rare water sources are carefully noted, including Sand Spr and Little Sand Spring, which served as vital landmarks for those traversing these basins.

Evidence of historical exploration and resource extraction is found in several scattered Prospects and the presence of the Von Schmidt Line, a legacy of early surveying efforts to define the California-Nevada state line. Transport is limited to primitive routes like the South Eureka Road and various jeep trails, while the shifting Sand Dunes at the foot of the mountains reveal the active geological forces of the Inyo County desert floor.