2018 Map of Tucki Wash

About this map

Death Valley National Park encompasses the stark and high-relief terrain of this California landscape, dominated by the prominent elevation of Tucki Mtn. The drainage patterns here are defined by seasonal watercourses like Tucki Wash in the north and the complex branching of the Blackwater Wash system to the south. This southern drainage is composed of the Dry Fork Blackwater Wash and the Wet Fork Blackwater Wash, which converge near the critical water source at Blackwater Spring. Situated at the northern edge of the Mojave Desert, the map illustrates the transition from high mountain slopes down into the basin of Death Valley itself. The absence of roads or permanent structures reflects the extreme nature of this protected environment, where land management is defined by the Public Land Survey System sections and the expansive wilderness of the national park.