2017 Map of Mystery Cave

About this map

Mystery Cave sits high in the Pryor Mountains, a landscape defined by dramatic elevation changes and deep drainages along the Montana and Wyoming border. This area within the Custer National Forest and the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area is marked by a complex network of ridgelines and canyons, including Lost Water Canyon and Burnt Timber Canyon. The southern portion of the map reveals the transition toward the Bighorn River and the waters of Bighorn Lake, which cuts through the massive walls of Bighorn Canyon. Historic travel through this difficult terrain is evidenced by Bad Pass and early roads like the Burnt Timber-Tillet Ridge Rd, which trace the high ground of Tillet Ridge. The geography here transitions from the limestone uplands down to the Crooked Creek Plateau, where the Stateline marks the boundary between Carbon County and Big Horn County.