Milford Flat, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map snowmobile by Gregory B

by Gregory B

and the chance to see high-country wildlife

USGS topographic maps are georeferenced to the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83) or the World Geodetic System of 1984 (WGS 84) and projected to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection and state coordinate system

These volcanic rocks overlie landslide-prone local volcaniclastic strata

swimming and windsurfing areas

Milford Flat, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map snowmobile by Gregory BThe 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