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2023 Map of Mexican Hat

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

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

The San Juan River defines the landscape of this region, carving deep through the San Juan Canyon and creating dramatic geological formations like The Narrows. At the heart of the map, the small settlement of Mexican Hat sits near the river's edge, shadowed by the towering presence of Raplee Ridge to the east and the massive uplift of Lime Ridge to the north. These features illustrate the area's iconic red rock topography, where wind and water have shaped distinct landmarks such as Scotchman Butte and Flag Butte.

To the south, the community of Halchita overlooks the river and the turbulent Gypsum Creek Rapids. The northern portion of the map opens into the Valley of the Gods, a landscape of wide-open desert floor punctuated by isolated buttes. This survey captures a remote corner of Utah where the San Juan Valley and its surrounding ridges dictated the path of local roads like Valley of the Gods Rd and N Mexican Hat Rd.