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The Ansel Adams Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Sierra Nevada of California, United States. The wilderness spans 231,533 acres – much of which is located inside the Inyo and Sierra National Forests, and the remaining acres covers nearly all of Devils Postpile National Monument. Yosemite National Park lies to the north and northwest, while the John Muir Wilderness lies to the south.

The wilderness was established as part of the original Wilderness Act in 1964 as the Minarets Wilderness. The 109,500-acre Minarets Wilderness was created by enlarging and renaming the Mount Dana-Minarets Primitive Area. In 1984, after his death, the area was expanded and renamed in memory of Ansel Adams, well-known environmentalist and nature photographer who is famous for his black-and-white landscape photographs of the Sierra Nevada.

The Ansel Adams wilderness spans in elevation from 3,500 to 13,157 feet, forming the northern end of the High Sierra. The centerpiece of the Ansel Adams wilderness is the Ritter Range, which includes dark meta-volcanic glaciated mountains such as Mount Ritter, Banner Peak, and The Minarets.

Immediately to the east of the Ritter Range is the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River, which contains Devils Postpile, a series of basaltic columns that were revealed and smoothed by glacier action. The Middle Fork originates from Thousand Island Lake, at the foot of Banner Peak, one of the largest backcountry lakes in the Sierra.

To the east of the Middle Fork canyon is the true Sierra Crest, which, at roughly 10,000 feet of elevation is lower than the Ritter Range. This relatively low region of the Crest allows winter storms through and cause large amounts of snowfall on Mammoth Mountain, which sits in the gap. The gap also allows migration of plants and animals across the Sierra Crest.

To the west of the Ritter Range lies the canyon of the North Fork of the San Joaquin, a relatively remote and less visited high-country area. The southern part of the wilderness contains the 3,000 feet deep canyon of the main San Joaquin River, which flows out of the Sierra Nevada to California’s Central Valley.

Ansel Adams Wilderness Books

Big Sur Maps

Big Sur Coast, California

Several hiking maps exist for this epic Central Coast region of California
Los Padres NF, Ventana, Gorda, Lucia, Limekiln State Park, Big Sur, CA

Lucia Patio

Patio @ Lucia, South Big Sur Coast (burned down recently)

NatGeo Big Sur Map #814

Big Sur Coast Map

National Geographic Trails Illustrated Topo Map for Big Sur NatGeo
Central Coast Maps, Big Sur Coast, California Big Sur

Big Sur, California Central Coast Map w/ Ventana Wilderness and Los Padres National Forest. Trails Illustrated Map #814 by NatGeo. Silver Peak Wilderness, California Coastal State Parks, Monterey County Parks, PInnacles National Monument. All trails, trailheads, campgrounds, rivers, creeks, forests and parks between Monterey and San Simeon.

Big Sur Ventana

OLD EDITION

Andrew Molera State Park, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Big Sur National Wild River, Mill Creek Redwood Preserve, Palo Corona Regional Park, Glendeven Ranch, Joshua Creek Canyon Ecological Preserve, Garrata State Park, Point Lobos Ranch, Point Lobos State Reserve, Carmel River State Beach, Asilomar State Beach, Fort Ord Dunes State Park, Toro Regional Park, Garland Ranch Regional Park, Cachagua Community Park, Miller Canyon, Bottchers Gap Campground, Tassajara, Arroyo Seco, Gabilan Range, Salinas River, Sierra de Salinas, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Limekiln State Park, Alder Creek Campground, John Little State Reserve, Slate Hot Springs, Santa Lucia Range, Cone Peak Gradient, Sand Dollar Beach, Jade Cove Big Sur Coast, Fort Hunter Liggett Military Base, San Antonio Pedira, Nacimiento Road, Nacimiento-Fergusson, Salmon Creek Road, Silver Peak Wilderness, Los Burros Road, Willow Creek, Plaskett Creek Campground, Coastal Highway 1 and US Route 101 on Central Coast California.

Printed on waterproof plastic in 2012. ISBN# 9781566955782

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NatGeo Map 814 – Big Sur Map

Redwoods Inland

This Central California Coastal region covers the north end of Los Padres National Forest, Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness, Pinnacles National Monument, much of Fort Hunter Liggett, plus nearby State Parks – Andrew Molera State Park, Garrapata State Park, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Point Sur State Historic Park, Limekiln State Park, Point Lobos State Reserve & California Sea Otter Game Refuge.

Wilderness Press Map Big Sur

Topo Map

This recreation map for the California Central Coast includes all of the Big Sur coastline with Ventana & Silver Peak Wilderness.

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digital maps for download

USFS Topo Map – Big Sur California
USFS Topo Map – Los Padres NF, Big Sur Visitor Map
USFS Topo Map – Tassajara Hot Springs
Redwood Hikes Press Map – Andrew Molera State Park
USGS Topo Map – Big Sur, CA (free)
USGS Topo Map – Cone Peak (free)
USGS Topo Map – Ventana Cones (free)
USGS Topo Map – Monterey, CA (free)
USGS Topo Map – Carmel Valley, CA (free)
USGS Topo Map – Partington Ridge (free)

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beaches, forest, state parks & wilderness areas along this coastline:
Andrew Molera State Park
Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Limekiln State Park
Los Padres National Forest
Pfeiffer Beach
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Sand Dollar Beach
Silver Peak Wilderness
Ventana Wilderness

nearby towns:

back roads

Bishop Pass Map

Bishop Pass Topo Map

Bishop Hiking Eastern Sierra

  • North Lake – 9500′ elev
  • Piute Pass – 11,423′
  • Lake Sabrina – 9132′
  • South Lake – 9755′

Bishop Pass Trail Map
Tom Harrison

Bishop, CA – located along US Hwy 395 is a hub for travelers and locals alike, in the high desert valley next to the Eastern Sierra range.

Tom Harrison Trail Map: Bishop Pass Maps, Backpacking Bishop CA; North Lake & South Lake Loop, Evolution Valley. PCT, John Muir Wilderness, LeConte Divide, Inyo National Forest, Inyo High Country, Sierra High Country; Sierra Nevada Passes; Hiking near Mount Whitney Backpacking Trip, california sierra camping; Durable, waterproof plastic map; Folded. Map Scale: 48K; ISBN# 9781877689680

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Bishop Pass Hiking Map

Bishop Pass Map

Bishop Pass @ 11,972′ elevation is a high mountain pass in the southern Sierra Nevada, California, on the border of the Inyo National Forest. John Muir Wilderness is located to the north and Kings Canyon National Park to the south. The Bishop Pass

Connecting the Bishop Creek valley with the John Muir Trail & Pacific Crest Trail. Bishop Pass is located west of Mount Agassiz, surrounded by multiple alpine lakes in the Dusy Basin and the Bishop Lake basin.

Bishop Pass Map

High Sierra backcountry access to –

Bishop Pass Map

South Lake, above Bishop, California

see also –

Bishop Pass Map

previous edition

Bishop Pass Map

Piute Pass Hiking

Piute Pass & Piute Crags near North Lake

Bishop Pass Map

OLDER EDITION

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