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2023 Map of Manly Peak

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Manly Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Butte Valley and the surrounding heights of the Panamint Range dominate this corner of the Death Valley Wilderness. The landscape is defined by its isolation and the critical presence of water sources such as Hatchet Spring, Anvil Spring, and Quail Spring, which likely served as vital stopovers for early travelers and prospectors navigating the high desert. Notable landmarks like the prominent Striped Butte provide orientation points in a terrain of deep canyons and steep ridges.

Remote routes like the Anvil Springs Canyon Trl and the crossing at Mengel Pass reveal the historic paths used to traverse between the valley floors and higher elevations like Manly Peak and Needle Peak. The map details the transition from the Mojave Desert into the protected expanses of Death Valley National Park, documenting a region where survival once depended on finding the next seep or spring.