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1964 Map of Pyramid SW

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Pyramid SW
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

Pyramid Lake dominates this western Nevada landscape, its eastern shoreline defined by Ninemile Bay and the distinctive Warrior Point. Published in the mid-1960s, the map highlights the intersection of natural topography and early infrastructure within the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation. The Southern Pacific railroad tracks trace the narrow corridor between the water and the rising terrain of the Virginia Mountains.

Local history is preserved in the naming of remote features like Big Canyon Ranch and the curiously named Bob Jigger Canyon and Jigger Bob Canyon. Notable landmarks such as George Washington Rock and the Pyramid itself stand above the lake, while evidence of localized activity appears at a Gravel Pit near the shore. The terrain is marked by a network of drainage systems including Poison Canyon and Thunderbolt Canyon, illustrating the arid hydrology of the region.