2018 Map of West of Palen Pass

About this map

Granite Mountains rise in the northeastern corner of this Riverside County landscape, providing a sharp topographical contrast to the expansive desert floor that dominates the rest of the sheet. The area is defined by its vast alluvial slopes and a grid of township and range lines, including t2s r17e and t3s r17e. Human presence is sparse, marked primarily by the lonely transit of Coxcomb Monument Rd, which cuts horizontally across the lower sections of the map. This 2018 survey captures the region's character as a largely undeveloped corridor within the California desert, where natural drainage patterns and elevation contours are the primary features of interest for those studying the physical geography or land management history of the interior basin.