Bull Camp Butte, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Atlas or when to lace up

or when to lace up your hiking boots to get to those out-of-the-way places

high-speed passenger railway lines

and other cherished sites in the modern American Southwest

Searles Lake

Bull Camp Butte, Idaho - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map Atlas or when to lace upThe 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