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1963 Map of Bacon Peak

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Bacon Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

St Joe River winds through the northern reaches of this high-country survey, marking a landscape defined by the intersection of the St Joe National Forest and the Clearwater National Forest. The 1963 field data captures a wilderness environment dominated by significant peaks and alpine lakes, centered on the towering Bacon Peak and the cluster of water bodies around Five Lakes Butte. The boundary between Shoshone County and Clearwater County bisects the terrain, tracing the high ridges that separate various drainage basins.

Waterways like Bacon Creek, Roaring Creek, and Skull Creek carve deep into the steep topography, feeding into the larger river systems. Numerous small lakes, including Heather Lake, Silver Lake, and Bacon Lake, are tucked into high-elevation cirques. The map reflects a period of intensive forest management and wilderness mapping, showing only unimproved dirt roads and trails through the dense network of named creeks such as Copper Creek and Henry Creek.