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2018 Map of Hardwood Mountain SE

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Hardwood Mountain SE
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

The Little Southwest Branch Saint John River winds through the northwestern corner of this remote Somerset County landscape, illustrating the intricate drainage patterns of the Maine North Woods. This 2018 survey documents a region dominated by logging infrastructure and industrial forest management, where a network of gravel arteries like Baker Lake Rd and Saint Aurelie Rd provides the primary means of navigation through the hills.

The central and southern reaches of the map are defined by the headwaters of Brailey Brook, which is flanked by numerous wetland pockets and secondary routes such as Gilbert Rd and Brailey Brook Rd. Unlike the settled coastal or agricultural regions of Maine, the topography here reveals a workspace of the timber industry, marked by named roads that trace the contours of the high ground between stream valleys.