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Fig. 1Painted ridges of the McCullough Peaks
Painted badlands of Willwood clay and sandstone. Orange, pink, and buckskin ridges, with Heart Mountain and the Absarokas on the horizon.
The Peaks are a wilderness study area of sharp ridges and dry drainages. Wild horses still use the country. From the top the Bighorn Basin is a map: badlands at your feet, snow mountains at the edge.
A private leaf
Instant paper, this copy only. Write on the white — a line the walk still owes you.
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Opening the leaf…
Onward
The nearest plates, by the miles.
Chief Joseph Byway29 miles · WyomingXCII
Dead Indian Pass29 miles · WyomingXCIV
Clarks Fork Canyon30 miles · WyomingXCVII
Sunlight Basin37 miles · WyomingXCIII
Shoshone National Forest38 miles · WyomingLXXVII
Beartooth Pass41 miles · Montana / WyomingLXXII
Bighorn Canyon41 miles · Wyoming / MontanaCLX
Medicine Wheel Passage47 miles · WyomingCLXXIVDesert chapter
Other US desert plates. See all desert destinations in the USA
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