Chaney Swiney

@chaneyswiney.com

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cartographer, geographer, & field-checker for Benchmark Maps & Raven Maps photographer & naturalist on my own www.chaneyswiney.com

Bus McGall?
The topography of Glacier Peak and its surroundings Shaded relief created using Eduard Chaney Swiney #30DayMapChallenge, 2025
A pink glow diffuses across the sky at the bottom of the frame, fading to a dark blue with pinpricks of starlight at the top. Tree branches reach into the image from all directions.
Gold Cross Peak 3399
Graphic showing simple line maps of six backpacking trips with orange dots showing campsites.
Mostly green map of Crater Lake National Park. The lake is blue, the other colors correspond to elevations with dark green for lowest and oranges and whites for highest.
Screenshot of a map with the label "Savory Mountain" in the middle.
Fall color in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Mt Pisgah stands in the background, its color well past peak. In the foreground, a forested ridge shows off the reds, oranges, and yellows of autumn.
forested mountainside, ablaze in autumn hues of red, yellow, orange, and brown. A few green trees still dot the canopy.
Map of the Caribbean Sea. On land, green shows low areas while oranges and whites show higher elevations. In the water, light blue signifies the shallows while darker blues illustrate the deepest trenches.
map of Canyonlands National Park, colored with hues inspired by the natural landscape
Screenshot of a map, centered on a feature labeled "Grant Hill"
The summit of Mt Mitchell in North Carolina, seen from Mt Craig. Clouds float in a blue sky, grazing the high elevation conifer forests with yellows and oranges mixed in as the deciduous trees begin to lose their leaves.
the map says Pickle Bank
Screenshot of a map with the label "Horse Hammock" in black
"Peakscape" showing the Black Mountains in North Carolina. Summits are labeled with names and elevations. Colors run in a gradient of darker to lighter purple on the landscape under a sky of pink and orange.
A Sierra Nevada red fox with gray, brown, and black fur stares in to the camera with orange eyes. She is stepping across the snow the covers the forest floor.
Circular patch with a red, orange, black, and white color scheme. A fox’s face is centered in the design, surrounded by red and black circles. The text reads “SEQUOIA KINGS CANYON WILDLIFE 2025”
Late light in the upper reaches of the East Fork Wallowa River watershed. Wildflowers bloom in the rocks in the foreground. Sunlight washes over the forested knolls and meadows beyond, and the craggy spine of Bonneville Mountain rises beneath dark clouds.
Map of Yellowstone National Park. Green is land, blue is water, red is roads. Yellowstone Lake sits near the center of the image.
An unlabeled map of canyon country in shades of yellow, orange, and red.
Paul Bunyans Cabin 775115 • Summit • Flathead County - Montana Details History Pin Paul Bunyans Potty 1450461 • Arch • San Juan County - Utah Details History Pin Paul Bunyans Stump 1524257 • Summit • Whatcom County - Washington Details History Pin Paul Bunyans Woodpile 1431143 • Woods • Juab County - Utah Details History Pin
Screenshot of a topo map centered on a feature labeled "Paul Bunyans Potty"
Shaded relief with hypsometric tinting to show elevation. Green is low, orange is mids, and white is the highest.
A hand holds an 8.5x11 inch book titled Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks Road & Recreation Atlas
A guy in a yellow shirt (me) stands on a lava arch, leftover from a collapsed lava tube. The rock is dark gray and black. Green conifers rise over the jumble of rocks.
Map of Dry Tortugas National Park. There's so much on here and I never know how to do alt text for a map. The blue is the water, the yellow polygon is the park boundary, and there's a lot more to it.
Black-chinned red salamander on the forest floor. Leaves decay around it while two sprigs of green rise above the detritus, one over the salamander's head. The salamander is a bright red color with black eyes, black dots along its back, and a black chin.
Map of the Galápagos Islands. Hypsometric tints color the islands to show elevation, with greens being the lowest and oranges the highest. A similar treatment is applied to the ocean, with light blue areas showing shallower water and dark blue showing deeper water.
Map of Isla del Coco, surrounded by a faint blue glowing circle to show that it's an inset, plus text describing its location, all in an attempt to convey that this is not where the island actually sits in relation to mainland Costa Rica.
Wall map of Costa Rica with hypsometric tinting. Green shows low elevation, yellows and oranges are mid elevations, and white shows the highest peaks.
A map features labeled Pipit Lake, Lark Pond, Bluebird Lake, Junco Lake, and Ouzel Peak. These features are in Rocky Mountain National Park.
A map with labels for Riddle Lake, a blue shape on the lower left side, and Solution Creek, a squiggly blue line running to the right then to the top of the image.
viewed from the sorth
A landscape of hills and reservoirs spreads out beneath the right wing of a plane on a clear day.
Orange light streams over the Front Range, and the Denver skyline stands in silhouette below.
A guy in a green shirt (me) walks through shallow water in a desert. The water reflects the snowy heights of Steens Mountain in the distance.
A composite photo showing the stages of the 2024 total solar eclipse over Arkansas, moving from full sun on the left to totality on the right.
Unlike many authors who dedicate books to particular people known to them, Wainwright commences each book with an unusual dedication. These are: Book 1: "The Men of the Ordnance Survey" Book 2: "The Men who Built the Stone Walls" Book 3: "The Dogs of Lakeland" Book 4: "The Sheep of Lakeland" Book 5: "The Solitary wanderers on the fells" Book 6: "My right leg and my left leg" Book 7: "All who have helped me"
A black, gray, and brown fox steps through the snow, yellow eyes staring into the camera.
708,300 Birds crossed Buncombe County last night (est.) Starting: Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM EDT Ending: Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM EDT PEAK MIGRATION TRAFFIC 81,700 Birds in flight (est.) Direction: NNE Speed: 32 mph Altitude: 2,400 ft Recorded: Fri, Apr 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM EDT
A mountain goat stands on a rock outcrop at the summit of Mt Spalding in Colorado. Its white coat looks a bit rough, but we aren't judging it for that.