Sense of Place Web Lesson #6

Topographic Map Activity: Using the copy of the Eugene topographic map provided in class answer the following questions. Submit your answers on paper to your folder. 1. What is the scale of this map? 2. What is the contour interval? 3. Locate Bailey Hill (southeast quarter of the map) a. what is the elevation of Bailey Hill? b. how far from the top of Bailey Hill to Bailey Hill Rd.? c. how much elevation would you gain or lose if you traveled from the top of Bailey Hill to Bailey Hill School? 4. Locate the branch of Willow Creek that extends the farthest west. What is the total length of Willow Creek including that branch? 5. Starting at Churchill High School follow these directions: a) travel southwest along Bailey Hill Rd for 1 1/2 miles. b) leave the road traveling overland due west for just under 1 mile crossing one creek and stopping at the second creek. c) follow the creek uphill until you reach an unimproved dirt road. d) follow this road (turning left at the first intersection) to the end. a. where exactly are you at the end of your trip? b. how far have you traveled? c. how much elevation have you gained and lost? d. if you were able to fly back to Churchill in a straight line, how far would you travel? e. name 2 things you could see from if you were looking south from the end of the road you traveled on (be specific)   Name Email Address