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2017 Map of Gold Bar

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Gold Bar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Gold Bar and its neighboring settlements sit within a mountain-valley landscape shaped by the confluence of the Skykomish River and the Wallace River. This 2017 topographic survey details the residential street grids of Startup and May Creek, illustrating how development is concentrated along the river corridor while the steep terrain of the Snoqualmie National Forest dominates the surrounding heights. Significant elevation markers like Haystack Mtn overlook the valley floor, where the Burlington railroad line parallels the highway, maintaining a long-standing transportation artery through the Cascade foothills.

Water is a defining characteristic of this terrain, from the Wallace Falls in the north to high-country basins such as Airplane Lake and Little Cavanaugh Lake. The survey documents the transition from the organized town blocks of Gold Bar to the managed wilderness of the national forest, including forest service access roads like Nat For Dev Rd 6200 that penetrate the deep drainages of Proctor Cr and Youngs Cr.