2015 Map of Border Mountain

About this map

Modoc National Forest dominates this volcanic landscape along the boundary of Siskiyou and Modoc counties, featuring a network of forest service roads and high-altitude terrain. The topography is defined by significant peaks such as Border Mountain, Buck Butte, and Round Mtn, which overlook a region managed for conservation and resources. The presence of Game Refuge 532 and various other areas marked simply as Game Refuge indicates the importance of wildlife management in this section of the Cascade Range. Water is a critical and sparse resource here, found at locations like Mud Spring, Deep Waterhole, and Frog Waterhole. A complex web of forest roads, including Black Mtn Bene, Snell Loop, and Long Bell, provides access through the timbered reaches and serves as a record of early 21st-century infrastructure in the high desert hinterlands.