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2022 Map of Granite

Name: 2022 Topographic Map of Granite
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2022
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2022

About this map

The Arkansas River carves a path through this high-altitude landscape, where the Sawatch Range meets the developed waterways of the Upper Arkansas Valley. At the edge of the San Isabel National Forest, the settlement of Granite sits near the crossing of the river, marked by the nearby Granite Cem and historical transit routes like the Old Stagecoach Road Trl. This area serves as a critical junction for water management, featuring the Mount Elbert Forebay and the expanded waters of Twin Lakes, which reflect the engineering demands of the region's reservoirs.

Industrial and pioneer history is etched into the terrain through a series of named gulches and canyons, including Lost Canyon and Hayden Gulch. Small clusters of settlement at Balltown and Kobe demonstrate the sparse but persistent occupation of the valley floor. The map tracks the Colorado Trl as it winds through the mountains, providing a modern spatial record of paths that once served miners and stagecoaches in the high Colorado interior.