2017 Map of Sheep Mountain

About this map

Sheep Mountain dominates the northwestern terrain of this Box Elder County landscape, its elevation rising sharply above the surrounding salt flats and basins. This part of the Great Salt Lake Desert is defined by stark topographic transitions, where the steep contours of the mountain meet the expansive, low-lying wetlands and dry lake beds to the west and south. Historically, this is an area of profound isolation, marked by long stretches of unpaved travel ways such as W Hogup Rd and Flat Rd that skirt the edges of the high ground. The U.S. Department of the Interior survey reveals the grid of the Public Land Survey System, including t9n r13w and t8n r13w, which provide the essential spatial framework for researchers tracing historical land boundaries in this desolate corner of Utah.