Pelican Point, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Rocks and geologic contacts were updated

and geologic contacts were updated using 2009

It reflects the current understanding of the geology of the eastern Uinta Mountains built upon past generations of geologists

and it includes several backpack trips and a wide variety of day hikes

casting a warm glow on her accounts of the state’s diverse and often dramatic past

and other cherished sites in the modern American Southwest

Pelican Point, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Rocks and geologic contacts were updatedThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes