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Backpacking map of John Muir Trail from Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass.
Dicks Lake   Lake Aloha
Dicks, and Fontanillis Lakes from Dicks Pass

Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass Backpacking Map

Pacific Crest and John Muir Trails

Nine 30 minute USGS Backpacking Map

Aloha Lake under Pyramid Peak from Dicks Pass

Maps Index
JMT
YOSEMITE

Muir
Ranch
to
Whitney
Portal

Guide Index
JMT
YOSEMITE

Muir
Ranch
to
Whitney
Portal

7.5 min
MAP
NORTH

Vermilion
Valley
to
Muir
Ranch

7.5 min
MAP
SOUTH

Bishop
Pass
to
Pinchot
Pass

Miles
and
Elevations

NORTH

Vermilion
Valley
to
Muir
Ranch

Miles
and
Elevations

SOUTH

Muir Ranch
to
Whitney
Portal

Trail Guide PAGE

Muir Ranch
to
Evolution
Meadow

30 minute
MAP


Muir
Ranch
to
Bishop
Pass

Click
RED DOTS
for Trail Guide Page

WEATHER

South
Sierra

All
High Sierra
Weather

RESUPPLY

Muir
Ranch

Whitney
Portal

PERMITS

Sierra NF

Inyo NF

Kings
Canyon NP

map information

Into Kings Canyon National Park

North: Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch Click
Red Dots

  South: Bishop Pass to Pinchot Pass

Backpacking map of Muir Ranch to Bishop Pass including the North-South Lakes Loop.
North: Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch Click
Red Dots

  South: Bishop Pass to Pinchot Pass

 

Location Information

Main Features and Location Notes

Draft Edition; Much more information coming!

MAP NOTE
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 1000 yards or .62 of a mile.

Diagonal: 1414.22 meters, if my trig is correct.

That converts 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

 

 

Northwest Map
Mount Hilgard, Calif, 1982, 30x60 minute USGS Topographic Map

Western Map
Mount Henry, Calif, 1983, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map


Southwestern Map
Blackcap Mountain, Calif, 2004, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map

 

North-Central Map
Mount Tom, Calif, 1994, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map

Center Map
Mount Darwin, Calif, 1994, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map

South-Central Map
Mount Goddard, Calif, 1983, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map

 

Northeastern Map
Tungsten Hills, Calif, 1994, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map

East-eastern Map
Mount Thompson, Calif, 1994, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map

Southeastern Map
North Palisade, Calif, 1982, 7.5 minute USGS Topographic Map

 

Compass Offset
True North is 15 degrees West of Magnetic North

 

scale
1:24 000

Contours
40 feet

Online Length Conversion

Backpacking permitting authority

National Park
Yosemite

Wilderness Area
Yosemite
Physical location
Yosemite
 

North map: Vermilion Valley to Muir Ranch                             South map: Bishop Pass to Pinchot Pass

Elevations   More Information

Tuolumne Meadows: feet

Yosemite Valley: feet

elevation rise: meters, or 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

Decimal-Degree Conversion Tool

Using TW maps is totally cool for personal and non-profit uses.

Trailhead
Comments
Contact
Alex Wierbinski

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