Knowles Canyon, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map horseback Riding

Knowles Canyon, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map horseback RidingThe 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

By Albert B

000 scale - and a 12-page booklet

there is something about the allure of finding hidden treasure that puts a glint in people's eyes - a glint that is sometimes blinding

amounts to only 6

Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose

Exposed strata range from the Jurassic Temple Cap Formation to Oligocene-age quartz monzonite of the Granite Mountain laccolith

Tips and hints to get the most out of each outdoor experience

but in fact it's a hands-on

and by sparsely vegetated late Pleistocene and possibly Holocene basaltic flows

Pages: 319 p

the east margin of which corresponds to the Hurricane fault zone at the base of the plateau

Mona Reservoir