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2018 Map of Cottonwood Peak

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Cottonwood Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Klamath National Forest and the Rogue River Natl Forest converge across this mountainous terrain in Siskiyou County. The landscape is defined by a dense network of water sources and steep drainage systems, including the uniquely named Fountain of Youth Spring, Soda Spring, and Maple Grove Spring. These springs feed a series of rugged gulches such as Woodchopper Gulch, Sundown Gulch, and Deadman Gulch, which likely reflect the historic prospecting and timber activities of the region.

Transportation through the area is facilitated by logging and access roads like the Hilt-Hungry Rd and Beaver Creek Rd, following the contours of the high country near Cottonwood Peak and Bullion Mtn. The presence of the Clay Mine in the northwest corner, along with labels like the Klamath Dutch road, points to the industrial legacy of extracting resources from these northern California ridges during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.