2018 Map of Loco Knoll

About this map

Escudilla Bonita lies at the northern edge of this high-country landscape, where the high desert terrain transitions into the wooded expanses of the Apache National Forest. This remote section of the borderlands is defined by a sophisticated network of water management features, including numerous livestock tanks such as Ditch Tank, Cinder Tank, and Loco Twenty-nine Knoll Tank. These water sources, alongside natural points like Chase Spring and Pratt Lake, were essential for sustaining ranching operations in the arid environment between the Loco Knolls and the Arizona-New Mexico state line. The map illustrates a landscape of intermittent drainage and varied elevation, notably along Coyote Cr, where early roads like Bear Canyon and Valley provided access to isolated homesteads and forest tracts.