1962 Map of Strawberry Pinnacles

About this map

The Strawberry River carves a deep path through this Duchesne County landscape, creating the striking geological formations known as the Strawberry Pinnacles. These distinctive features stand out near the southern edge of the survey, where the river is fed by a series of drainage systems including Garden Wash, Sams Wash, and Ethier Wash. The topography rises sharply to the north toward Cedar Mountain and the Cedar Rim, reaching elevations over 7,000 feet. The region shows evidence of 20th-century resource exploration with a Mine and Mines located in the eastern portion of the sheet near Hoodoo Canyon and Ethier Wash. A network of jeep trails and a prominent telephone line cut across the high plateaus and through Sink Draw, illustrating the remote utility and access patterns of the early 1960s. The northern reaches are defined by high-desert drainages like Rabbit Gulch and Sams Canyon, which feed into the primary river valley below.