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1965 Map of Belmont Point

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Belmont Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Belmont Point dominates the western skyline of this mid-1960s survey, capped by a Lookout Tower that surveys a landscape of heavy timber and high ridges. The map illustrates a managed wilderness where the Lolo National Forest meets the Clearwater State Forest, centered on the shoreline of Placid Lake. A single Campground at the northeast corner of the lake serves as the primary point of human activity in an area otherwise defined by drainage systems and steep topography.

Water is the organizing principle of this terrain, with the North Fork Blanchard Creek and Belmont Creek carving deep valleys through Game Ridge. The inclusion of several Jeep Trails and unnamed forest roads suggests the expansion of logging access and backcountry recreation in Missoula County during the post-war era. Smaller water bodies like Spook Lake and tributaries like Cold Brook emphasize the remote, high-altitude character of the Seeley Lake region before modern development intensified.