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1956 Map of Five Pockets

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Five Pockets
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1958
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1958

About this map

Shoshone National Forest contains the high alpine reaches of the Five Pockets region, a series of distinct mountain basins including West Pocket, Hidden Pocket, and South Pocket. This 1950s survey, conducted for the development of the Missouri River Basin, reveals a landscape defined by dramatic elevation changes between The Ramshorn and the Shoshone Plateau. High-altitude water features like Eloise Lake, Duncan Lake, and Pocket Lake dot the terrain, while Twilight Falls marks a sharp descent along Horse Creek.

The area is largely roadless, with transit relying on a Pack Trail network and a single Jeep Trail reaching into the wilderness. Evidence of human presence is minimal, noted only by a lone Cabin in the Ramshorn Basin. Notable landmarks such as Cathedral Peak, Raggedtop Mountain, and Boedeker Butte serve as primary navigational points in this complex drainage system which feeds the East Fork and E. Fork Sixmile Creek.