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2020 Map of Cirque Lake

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Cirque Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Summit sits at a high-elevation junction within the Beaverhead National Forest, marking a point where early industrial access routes like Alder Gulch Rd and Barton Gulch Rd meet. The landscape is defined by the sharp transition between the Greenhorn Range and the Gravelly Range, carved by numerous gulches including French Gulch, Bachelor Gulch, and Greyback Gulch. This 2020 survey illustrates a wilderness shaped by its proximity to the historic gold-producing corridors of Southwest Montana.

Water resources are concentrated in small, high-altitude alpine basins such as Cirque Lake, Talus Lake, and Grassy Lake, which feed a complex network of streams including Wigwam Cr and Arasta Cr. Peaks like Baldy Mtn anchor the terrain, while the inclusion of remote features like Maloney Spring and Hungry Hollow Browns Gulch provides specific points of reference for those tracing 19th-century mining claims or forest service history.