2013 Map of Buckhorn Mountain

About this map

Roosevelt National Forest dominates this section of Larimer County, where the high-altitude landscape is defined by the drainages of Buckhorn Creek and Stove Prairie Creek. For genealogists and local historians, the area is notably peppered with small, family-associated burial sites and individual markers, including the Vannorsdel Family Cem, Lass Family Cem, and the Charles C Green Grave. These sites, alongside larger plots like Thomson Cem and Pittington Family Cem, suggest a history of dispersed homesteading and small-scale ranching throughout the mountain gulches. Small settlements and waypoints like Stringtown and Buckhorn Lodge appear along the drainage networks, while evidence of earlier land use is found at Mica Mine Ridge. The complex water management of the region is illustrated by the Buckhorn Highline Ditch, which traverses the eastern slopes near Fletcher Hill.