1987 Map of Last Chance Range SE

About this map

Last Chance Range dominates this 1980s landscape, illustrating the severe desert topography within the northern reaches of the Death Valley National Monument. The map detail captures a remote environment where drainage patterns like Death Valley Wash and the narrow passage of Dedeckera Canyon define the navigable routes through the high ridges. Human activity is sparse, marked only by isolated four-wheel-drive tracks and a lone Prospect located near the center of the sheet. This provisional survey provides a precise look at the transition between the steep peaks of the range and the lower valley floor, offering researchers a view of this protected wilderness before the area's designation was changed from a monument to a national park.