1984 Map of Wingate Pass

About this map

Wingate Pass serves as a critical geographic gateway in this high-desert landscape of the early 1980s, where the Panamint Valley meets the rising elevations of the Brown Mountain range. Much of the southern and central portion of this survey is defined by the U S Naval Reservation, indicating the area's ongoing military significance during the Cold War era. The terrain is marked by dramatic elevation changes, flowing from the expansive Long Valley in the northeast down toward the Quail Mountains. Evidence of industrial history is found in the Old Railroad Grade, which skirts the northern edge of the pass, tracing a terrestrial transport route through a land otherwise dominated by seasonal drainage features like the Wash. This provisional manuscript drawing captures a transition point between natural desert wilderness and restricted federal land use.