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2014 Map of Snap Canyon East

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Snap Canyon East
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

The Grand Canyon National Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area meet in this 2014 survey of Mohave County. The landscape is defined by the dramatic descent of the Grand Wash Cliffs and the Upper Grand Wash Cliffs, where the elevated Sanup Plateau drops toward the Colorado River drainage system. The map details a remote high-desert environment where water sources like Water Pockets Tank were critical to local movement.

Prominent landforms include the sharp protrusion of Snap Point and the deep incisions of Cunningham Canyon and Pearce Canyon. In the southern reaches of the quadrangle, Fort Garrett Point stands as a significant landmark within the national park boundaries. This modern topographic study by the U.S. Geological Survey provides a clear view of the wilderness area known as Nevershine, documenting the transition between plateau and canyon floor before the land falls away into the Grand Wash.