2018 Map of Plaskett Ridge

About this map

Mendocino National Forest defines this high-elevation landscape, where the Black Butte River and its numerous tributaries like Salmon Cr and Baldy Cr carve through a complex series of ridges. This 2018 survey reveals a network of remote flats and peaks that have long served as landmarks for forestry and local navigation. Small clearings such as Coffee Mill Flat, Surveyors Flat, and the curiously named Buzzard Roost suggest historical land use patterns in an area dominated by timber and watershed management. The terrain is marked by distinctive geological features like Blue Rocks, Haydon Rock, and Coyote Rock, which provide fixed points across the drainage basins of the Mississippi Cr and Buckhorn Cr. High points including Little Baldy and Umbrella Butte rise above the basin, connected by narrow forest roads and jeep trails such as the Logan Basin-Jeep track.