1954 Map of Wildcat Mountain SE

About this map

Dugway Proving Ground and the Wendover Air Force Range dominate this mid-century survey of the Utah desert. The landscape is defined by its vast, austere geography, where the only significant natural features are the shifting Sand Dunes in the northeast and expansive Mud Flats that stretch across the valley floor. Compiled from aerial photography in the early 1950s, the map reveals the isolation of this military testing landscape prior to major modern developments. The lack of permanent structures or roads outside of military boundaries emphasizes the region's historical role as a restricted buffer zone in the Great Salt Lake Desert.