1987 Map of White Dome

About this map

The South Fork Kern River carves through a high-elevation landscape within the Dome Land Wilderness and Sequoia National Forest. This 1980s-era survey documents a region defined by dramatic granitic features like White Dome and Black Mountain, where numerous drainage systems such as Manter Creek and Taylor Creek feed into the central river corridor. The map reveals a land largely devoid of permanent human settlement, instead dominated by natural drainage patterns and the broad expanse of Long Valley in the northeast corner.