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1980 Map of Gore Pass

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Gore Pass
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Gore Pass serves as the central high-altitude landmark in this 1980 survey of Grand County, where the boundaries of the Arapaho National Forest and Routt National Forest converge. The landscape is defined by an intricate network of drainages including Rock Creek, Gore Creek, and Blacktail Creek, which flow through steep elevations marked by Bobcat mountain.

Logistics and recreation in the post-war era are highlighted by the Blacktail Creek Campground and the adjacent Blacktail Creek Picnic Area. For historians and researchers, the map details the local infrastructure of the early 1980s, from a Gravel Pit near Burke Creek to the network of primitive routes labeled Jeep Trail and Pack Trail. The presence of numerous named watercourses like Modlin Creek and East Fork Blacktail Creek illustrates the complex watershed management within these federal forest lands.