Chugwater, Wyoming - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Raven Style The Beaver Dam Mountains hold

The Beaver Dam Mountains hold all of these and more

Quality of the Smirl Coal

from the popular Bald Mountain Trail to the challenging Mount Agassiz Trail

and picnic areas

helping to illustrate how its present surface came to be

Chugwater, Wyoming - 30x60 Minute USGS Topographic Map Raven Style The Beaver Dam Mountains holdThe 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