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2015 Map of Mount Darwin

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Mount Darwin
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Mount Darwin and the surrounding high-altitude wilderness define this 2015 study of the Sierra Nevada's crest, where the boundaries of Sierra National Forest, Inyo National Forest, and Kings Canyon National Park converge. The landscape is characterized by extreme vertical relief and glacial features, including Goethe Glacier and the Goethe Cirque. Significant hiking corridors such as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail traverse the western portion of the map, descending through McClure Meadow and Colby Meadow into the prominent Evolution Valley.

To the east, the terrain drops toward Lake Sabrina and the Middle Fork Bishop Creek drainage. High-altitude basins like Humphreys Basin and Evolution Basin are punctuated by dozens of alpine water bodies, from Piute Lake near Piute Pass to the remote Hell Diver Lakes. The crest itself is marked by formidable summits including Mt Mendel, Mt Spencer, and the sawtooth ridges of the Glacier Divide, which separate these vast drainage systems along the Fresno and Inyo county line.