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1998 Map of Lookout Pass

Name: 1998 Topographic Map of Lookout Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2002
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2002

About this map

The Lookout Pass Pony Express Station Historical Marker serves as a reminder of the central Utah corridor’s nineteenth-century transportation history, situated where the Overland Express Route crosses the high terrain between the Onaqui Mtns and the Sheeprock Mountains. This late-twentieth-century revision reveals a landscape primarily defined by water management and resource extraction within the Wasatch National Forest.

Resource seekers can trace the location of the Copper Spring Mine and several prospects scattered through Log Canyon and Red Pine Canyon. The map details a complex network of seasonal drainages and springs, such as Hill Spring and Coyote Spring, which were vital for supporting early travel and grazing in the arid basin of Rush Valley. The inclusion of the Stepladder Trough and West Well underscores the continued importance of livestock infrastructure in this high-desert environment.