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Hiking the John Muir Trail over Selden Pass to Muir Ranch.
     
 

Vermilion Valley Resort
to
Muir Ranch
Backpacking Map

Pacific Crest Trail and John Muir Trail

Region Map

30 minute USGS Backpacking Map

 

MAPS
INDEX
JMT-PCT

Vermilion
Valley

to
Muir
Ranch

GUIDE
INDEX
JMT-PCT

Vermilion
Valley

to
Muir
Ranch

30 min
JMT-PCT
MAP
NORTH

Reds
Meadow

to
Vermilon
Valley
Resort

30 min
JMT-PCT
MAP
SOUTH

Muir
Ranch

to
Bishop
Pass

Miles
and
Elevations

PCT-TYT
NORTH

Reds
Meadow

to
Vermilion
Valley

Miles
and
Elevations

PCT-TYT
SOUTH

Vermilion
Valley

to
Muir
Ranch

Trail Guide
PAGE

Vermilion
Valley

to
Selden
Pass

7.5 minute
MAPS

Reds
to
VVR

VVR
to
Muir

Click
RED DOTS
for
Trail Guide
Pages

Click
BLACK DOTS
for
detailed
maps

WEATHER

Mammoth
Lakes

All
High Sierra
Weather

RESUPPLY

Vermilion
Valley

Muir Ranch

PERMITS

Sierra
National
Forest

Inyo NF

Kings
Canyon NP

map information

Sierra National Forest
John Muir Wilderness

Detailed Map
Vermilion Valley
to Muir Ranch

North
JMT-PCT
Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley
Click
Black
and
Red
Dots

  South
JMT-PCT
Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass

Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch on the John Muir Trail.
North: Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley Click
Black
and Red Dots

  South: Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass


Location

Main Features and Location Information

 

Mapology
Those squares breaking the USGS maps up into grids are the Universal Transverse Mercator / Military Grid Reference System, otherwise commonly known as UTM.

What's important for our general reference purpose is that each side of a square is 1000 meters, or a Kilometer.

From my point of view that is 1093.6 yards or .62 of a mile.

Diagonal: 1414.22 meters, if my trig is correct.

That converts the diagonal distance into 4,639.8 feet or .88 of a mile.

Map Information Map Symbols

Online and Trail Maps Online Length Conversion

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Mapping, Mileage,
and
National Forest Information

 

 

Map
Bishop, Cal, 1978, 30x60 minute USGS Topographic Map
METRIC

Compass Offset
True North is 16 degrees West of Magnetic North

 

scale
1:100 000

Contours
50 meters

Online Length Conversion

Backpacking permitting authority

National Forests
Inyo and Sierra

Wilderness Area
John Muir
Physical location
Vermilion Valley and Muir Resorts
 

North: Reds Meadow to Vermilion Valley                             South: Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass

Elevations   More Information

Vermilion Vallye Resort: feet

Top of Bear Ridge: feet

Bottom of Bear Ridge: feet

Selden Pass: feet

Trail Guide, Section:

Trail Guide, Segment:

Google Map:

 

Map Credit

U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
The
USGS

USGS MAP LOCATOR

I love the USGS, as you can see from the Tahoe to Whitney Maps.

I also dig the NWS, as you can see from our Weather Page.

We gotta know the terrain under our feet, and the weather in the sky. These are the basics. In that spirit, let's set you up with the USGS maps sufficient to plan and execute your High Sierra Backpacking Trip with a set of custom backpacking maps.

In fact, we can use the USGS to set us up to plan and hike anywhere in the US of A.

Move the Map to the Sierras. Or your favorite backpacking spot in the US of A. Navigate the map to the area you wish to locate maps. Click "Mark Point" in the options to see the USGS map grid of the various scaled maps.

Select the maps that will help you plan and execute your backpacking trip, set up a directory on your computer named for the trip or location of the maps, and begin downloading those suckers.

Open your USGS maps with Adobe Reader.

But first, we have to "unzip" the maps.

I use 7zip.

Custom Maps
Once we get the maps downloaded, unzipped, and running on Adobe Reader we can cut and paste the pieces of the maps we need together, and mark our selected hiking routes to create our own customized maps using MS Paint, Photoshop, or some other image software.

Printing
If we want to print up our maps for field use we need some printer technology and knowledge. I understand Inkjet printers, special inks, and the proper paper are necessary to print up servicable maps.

At least one reader of Tahoe to Whitney has copied and printed out Tahoe to Whitney Maps with success.

Map Information Map Symbols

Online and Trail Maps

That is totally cool for personal and non-profit uses.

Trailhead
Comments
Contact
Alex Wierbinski

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