2022 Map of Maravillas Gap

About this map

Maravillas Gap defines this section of the West Texas landscape, where ephemeral watercourses like Maravillas Cr and Hackberry Cr carve through the high-desert terrain. The map documents a sparsely populated area characterized by remote ranching operations, centered around the Maravillas Gap Ranch Airport. The presence of this private airstrip underscores the isolation of the region, where air travel often supplements or replaces road transport over difficult ground. Rising to the northeast, Three Mile Hill serves as a prominent navigational landmark above the drainage basin of Spring Cr. This survey provides a precise look at the modern topography of southern Brewster County, tracing the intermittent drainage patterns and unpaved ranch roads that connect this corner of the Chihuahuan Desert to the rest of the state.