Loading map...

1967 Map of Granite

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Granite
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

About this map

Granite sits as a critical point of intersection on this 1960s survey, where the Arkansas River corridor meets the Denver and Rio Grande Western RR. This high-elevation landscape is defined by the extraction of resources and the management of water, featuring extensive placer mines and the Columbine Mine. The boundary between Lake Co and Chaffee Co cuts through the rugged terrain of the San Isabel National Forest, which is crisscrossed by historic routes like the Main Range Trail (Pack).

Downriver from the massive Twin Lakes Reservoir, smaller settlements like Balltown and the cluster of buildings at the Lodge indicate the area's transition into a destination for recreation. The presence of the Granite Cem and numerous named gulches such as Columbia Gulch and Hayden Gulch provide specific touchpoints for genealogists and local historians tracing the families who worked these mountain claims.