2024 Map of Goodspeed Butte

About this map

Custer National Forest lands dominate this corner of Powder River County, where the high plains of Montana meet a complex network of timbered ridges and seasonal watercourses. The landscape is defined by the vital management of water, evidenced by a series of high-elevation catchments including Price Reservoir, Howes Reservoir, and Elk Cr Reservoir Number Three. These features, alongside the prominent Goodspeed Butte, reflect the area's history of land use and livestock grazing within the national forest system. The map reveals a remote geography etched by draws and coulees, such as Griffin Coulee and Hedum Draw, which drain into larger systems like Lyon Creek and the North Fork Taylor Creek. Named springs such as Elk Creek Sawmill Spring and Coal Bank Spring provide specific points of interest for those tracing the industrial or agricultural history of these public lands.