2021 Map of Monte Mountain

About this map

Monte Mtn and the southern reaches of the Timpahute Range define this high-altitude landscape in Lincoln County. The map documents a territory where survival and passage are dictated by the presence of scattered water sources, including Monte Spring, Penoyer Springs, and the aptly named Tunnel Spring. This is a landscape shaped by both geology and utility, where human movement is channeled along the Tempiute Mine Rd, which skirts the western edge of the mountains. To the southwest, the terrain drops away at Schofield Pass, a critical transition point near the distinctive peak of Chocolate Drop. The distribution of The Seeps and Wheat Grass Spring across the northern basins illustrates the fragile connectivity of the Great Basin wilderness during the early twenty-first century.