1997 Map of Raven Butte

About this map

The Lechuguilla Desert defines this stretch of the Sonoran landscape, dominated by the restricted expanse of the Barry M Goldwater Air Force Range. The map reveals a land shaped by both military use and early mining, with a network of 4wd tracks cutting across the arid flats toward the Copper Mountains in the northeast. This 1997 update of earlier 1962 topography shows the persistent isolation of the region, where water sources like Coyote Wash and the Raven Butte Tank are critical markers in an otherwise unforgiving environment.