1994 Map of Station Peak

About this map

Station Peak 10316 dominates the high-elevation landscape of the Inyo National Forest along the border of Mono County and Nevada's Esmeralda County. The map documents the intricate drainage systems carved by Cottonwood Creek, Furnace Creek, and Wildhorse Creek, which flow from the alpine heights toward the arid Fish Lake Valley. A notable cartographic detail is the presence of the Von Schmidt Line, representing the original 1872 surveying effort to define the boundary between California and Nevada. Historical survey markers, including State Mon No 88 and State Mon No 89, anchor this line through the desert floor. To the north, Red Mountain stands near several remote Prospect locations, while a lone Landing Strip and a Borrow Pit in the valley indicate the sparse human infrastructure and small-scale resource extraction typical of the eastern Sierra Nevada rain shadow in the mid-1990s.