Elephant Knoll NW, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Chickens Tips and hints to get

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

this Surface Management Status Map is color-coded in order to create distinctions between land managed by different agencies

scenic routes

These compact compasses can attach to packs

helping to illustrate how its present surface came to be

Elephant Knoll NW, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Chickens Tips and hints to getThe 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