2017 Map of Hardin SW

About this map

The Bighorn River carves a wide path through this Big Horn County landscape, its course flanked by the vital Big Horn Canal providing irrigation to the valley floor. The terrain is defined by a series of distinct coulees that drain from the high plateaus toward the river, many bearing names that hint at the region's cultural and natural history, such as Wild Horse Coulee, Good Horse Coulee, and Halfway House Coulee. Rural life is connected by a network of county roads, including the Crow-St Xavier Rd and Two Leggins Rd, which traverse the open range and agricultural tracts between Woody Cr and the river. This modern survey illustrates the persistent importance of water management in a high-desert environment, where every creek and coulee, from Whiskey Coulee to Davis Coulee, plays a role in the local drainage system.