1991 Map of Wiggins Peak

About this map

Wiggins Peak and Mount Kent dominate this high-altitude landscape within the Shoshone National Forest, as documented in a 1991 revision of earlier mid-century photogrammetry. The map details a complex network of drainages including Wiggins Fork, Caldwell Creek, and Bear Creek, which have carved deep features such as Brown Canyon and Caldwell Canyon. This area is significantly defined by its remote character, designated as the Washakie Wilderness, where human infrastructure is limited to primitive routes like the Absaroka Trail West. The presence of the Thirteenth Guide Meridian West and the Eleventh Standard Parallel North provides a glimpse into the formal surveying framework used to organize this high Wyoming backcountry. The absence of settlements or improved roads emphasizes the preserved natural state of this Fremont County territory at the end of the twentieth century.