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EXAMPLES OF AGENCY SIGNS BLM SPECIAL EDITION 1999 SURFACE MANAGEMENT STATUS DESERT ACCESS GUIDE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Owlshead Mountains USDA FOREST SERVICE [:100,000-Scale topographic map showing: Highways, roads and other manmade Mi in lures W'iiler features Contours and elevations in meters Recreation sites Partial coverage of former desert access guide #6 Dumont/Clark Mountain NATIONAL PARK SERVICE INTTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Of I AND MANAGEMENT CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS l.ditrd and published by (he Bureau of ! and Management National Applied Resource Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management California State Office. Planimetry partially revised by BLM from various source material. Revised information not field checked. Base map prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey. Compiled from USGS l:62,500-scale topographic maps dated 1948-1956, ana from advance materials. Partially revised from aerial photographs taken 1976-80 CALIFORNIA STATE and other source data. Revised information not field VEHICULAR RECREATION AREA checked. Map edited 1993. Help protect your public lands by observing posted OHV designations. Watch for OHV signs and read Projection and 10,000-meter grid, zone 11: Universal them carefully. Transverse Mercator. 25,000-foot grid ticks based on California coordinate system, zone 4 & 5. For more information contact the BLM, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, California Stote Park, 1927 North American Datum. or California State Motorized Vechicle Recreation Area Office (see back panel for address and phone Land lines are omitted in areas of extensive tract surveys. numbers). There may be private inholdings within the boundaries of the National or State reservations shown on this map. NATIONAL GEODETIC VERTICAL DATUM OF 1929 THIS MAP COMPLIES WITH NATIONAL MAP ACCURACY STANDARDS CONVERSION TABLE DECLINATION DIAGRAM ADJOINING MAPS Mill IRS I FEET 1 1 I 1 2 3 Sea Level Sea Level 250 820 4 5 The Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife 500 1640 Service, USDA Forest Service, and National Park 750 2461 6 7 8 Service wilderness areas shown on this map were 1000 3281 derived from the legislative maps, such as the 1250 4101 1 Darwin Hills 1500 4921 2 Death Valley June. California Desert Protection Act of 1994. For more 1750 5741 information, contact the representative agency. 3 Las Vegas 4 Ridgecrest To convert meters to feet UTM grid convergence 5 Mesquite Lake multiply by 3.2808 (GN) and 1993 magnetic 6 Cuddeback Lake declination (MNj To convert feet to meters at center of map 7 Soda Mountains multiply by 0.3048 Diagram is approximate 8 Ivanpah FOR SALE BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE SACRAMENTO, CA 95825 AND U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DENVER, CO 80225 ISBN 0-bD7-c14E55--X iliumll l 20% 780607 942552 TOTAL RECOVERED FIBER Topographic Map Symbols Primary highway, hard surface wmmmmm—————— Secondary highway, hard surface _„^= Light duty, hard, or aggregate surface 'rh-'rlv ••HU\', !|[iifif'?LJmmo(fTiafum! surface ......... '•.'ait, |)!udt!(i oj Iwo tracked surface ............ Trail (foot, pack, bicycle, or as labeled). PACK. Route marker; Interstate; U.S.; State. ............... I J f^T fX Railroad: standard gage; narrow gage. ............ , , . Bridge; overpass; underpass , •»„..,. r ! I Tunnel: road; railroad \ t , > /, Built up area; locality; elevation ' t I . • 155 CALIFORNIA DESERT AREA ACCESS GUIDE Airport; landing field; landing strip M^ / INDEX TO 1.100,000-SCALE MAPS National boundary State boundary RED OUTLINE INDICATES PREVIOUS DESERT ACCESS GUIDES County boundary , , National or State reservation boundary, . Land grant boundary. „ , U.S. public lands survey; range, township; section. ..... Range, township; section line, protracted Power transmission line; pipeline . Dam; dam with lock . • - '"(l-1 Cemetery; building . 1 Cem . nJ Windmill; water well; spring % Mine shaft; adit or cave; mine, quarry; gravel pit ...... n >— X X Campground; picnic area; U.S. location monument. i -*• ^ Ruins; cliff dwelling L J"]™-] Distorted surface: strip mine, quarry; gravel pit , Srwfl^ftsfe Contours: index; intermediate; supplementary -/ ^—s Bathymetric contours; index; intermediate. s"— Stream, lake: perennial; intermittent . Rapids, large and small; falls, large and small _i—X Area to be submerged; marsh, swamp — Land subject to controlled inundation Special area boundary . _ , SPECIAL SYMBOL BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT POINTS OF INTEREST RECREATIONAL SYMBOL BLM recreation area boundary . „ , . INDEX TO 1:24,000-SCALE MAPS LEGEND LAND STATUS LEGEND (SEE BACKSIDE FOR INFORMATION) LEGEND Public lands (Administered by National \KQ\\; back country, scenic byway 1 Anvil Spring Canyon West 17 Hidden Spring 2 Anvil Spring Canyon East 18 Quail Spring Locked Gate —• Bureau of Land Management) Indian Lands or Reservations I State Lands Department of Energy 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 Campground All Terrain Vehicle Trail Drinking Water NOTE TO MAP USERS 4 Oregon & California Lands 'O&C* Route /Trail Marker Military Reservations and Withdrawals , f 4 Epaulet Peak 20 East of Owl Lake WilaVfre 'viewing Area Four Wheel Drive Trail Trs'.'.e: Sa-r/ar, Station The surface and mine:ct ; — :. • ozer"erf 'iirzf'.a :'•'-T^-C are published as genera! Coos Bay Wagon Road (CBWR) .. Corps of Engineers I Bureau of Reclamation Radio and Air Facilities 5 Salsberry Peak 21 Old Ibex Pass Bureau of Land Management . \3387 planning and management tools. Some of the lands, surface and mineral rights, 6 Shoshone 22 Saddle Peak Hills Hiking Off Highway Vehicle Area Gasoline Station may have been shown as patented lands due to the lack of information 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 National Wildlife Refuges (Administered , Power Withdrawals and 7 Resting Spring 23 Dumont Dunes Forest Service IFS2641 National Forest available to BLM with respect to the nature of acquisition. Tracts less than 40 8 North ofTecopa Pass 24 Valjean Hills by Fish & Wildlife Service) I Classifications Miscellaneous Restrooms Scenic Geology Telephone acres are usually omitted because of the map scale. The official land records in 9 Wingate Wash West 25 West of Leach Spring County. [IJjJ Bankhead-Jones Land Use Lands . Federal Agency Protective State, County, City; Wildlife, Park the respective offices of the Bureau of Land Management or other responsible 10 Wingate Wash East 26 Leach Spring Scenic Area Point of Interest Ranger Station Federal agencies should be checked for up-to-date status on any specific tract 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 National Grasslands (L.U. Lands) I Withdrawals and Outdoor Recreation Areas 11 Confidence Hills West 27 Leach Lake National Park Service jL/jL?2r" Historic Site of land. Inadequacies in the BLM maps should be reported to the respective 12 Confidence Hills East 28 East of Leach Lake Acquired Lands Bureau of Land Management offices from which the maps were obtained. 13 Ibex Spring 29 Avawatz Pass National Parks and Monuments Patented Lands I Public Water Reserves (By Administering Agency) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 14 Ibex Pass 30 Sheep Creek Spring PUBLIC ACCESS 15 Tecopa 31 Silurian Lake 16 Tecopa Pass 32 Silurian Hills Roads crossing public lands may be travelled by the public unless closed by signing or notice by the land management agency. Public lands intervened by private lands may not have public access. Permission is required from the private landowner to cross pnvaie land, unless access is provided by a Federal. I State, or County road, or a BLM road with legal access. WELCOME TO THE CALIFORNIA DESERT WHO MANAGES THE DESERT El Centiro Field Office Havasu National Wildlife Refuge 1661 S.,4th Street P.O. Box 3009 Bureau of Land Management (BLM): The Within its 25-million-acre expanse—an area the size of Ohio—lies a land of extreme contrasts. From the relatively high Mojave Desert of Joshua El Centro, CA 92243 Needles, CA 92363 California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) trees and creosote to the lower Colorado Desert of native fan palms, smoke trees and ocotillo, the California Desert offers a multitude of recreational (760) 337-4400 (760) 326-3853 was created by Congress in 1976 and opportunities. Whether you have come to hike or backpack, tour by auto or four-wheel drive, enjoy your off-highway vehicle (OITvj, or ride horses or have been seen. To get to this and Goldfield, Nevada. While this railroad protected as an Area of Critical Internet: www.ca. blm.gov/elcentro includes a long-term land use plan for the mountain bikes, please Tread Lightly! on the desert and Leave No Trace of your visit. wilderness, take California Highway 127, line never flourished financially, it was an Environmental Concern. Imperial National Wildlife Refuge '••• 77 '•• • 77 : 77- ' 7. 77; ..77,7. ! ! 7 .. ' 777: • • :;:;... :::7; . 7; '. • • .7:7.....: . .. ;7 77.77 .7 management of public lands. The mission of (See map, F-2) This wilderness includes to the Old Spanish Trail highway. important transportation link for miners, Needles Field Office P.O. Box 72217 : the BLM is to sustain the health, diversity portions of the Ibex Hills, Dublin Hills, lllllllllll 9A v l^&% i| W77:7b.7. • • f <7 ';;;L I!;;- £ 1 111 I S:|;§|||§|tl; mining companies, and desert residents, 101 W. Spikes Road Yuma, AZ 85365 0 Teec.; • and productivity of the public lands for the and the Black Mountains. The Ibex Hills and thus was kept in operation. Shipping Needles, CA 92363 (520) 783-3371 use and enjoyment of present and future provide a ruggecL north-south divide borax by rail replaced the famous 20- (760) 326-7000 •'•••? Jti^llfe^ii^^^^P^' (See mfrp, H-2) The hot springs located in generations. BLM offices are maintained in between Greenwater Valley's alluvial Owlshead Mountains mule teams used by the Harmony Borax Internet: www.ca.blm.gov/needles Kofa National Wildlife Refuge Tecopa, California, were first occupied by Riverside, Barstow, El Centro, Needles, Palm slopes, on the east, and the Black (See map, H-3) China Ranch, located in Works.
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