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1968 Map of Heart Lake

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Heart Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

The Continental Divide winds through this high-altitude landscape where the Lolo, Lewis and Clark, and Helena National Forests converge. Mapping efforts by the U.S. Forest Service in the late 1960s detail a network of pack trails and water systems critical to the region's wilderness management. Key drainage systems like the Main Line North Fork Blackfoot River and Landers Fork are fed by numerous high-country basins including Heart Lake and Webb Lake.

Evidence of wilderness infrastructure is visible at the Guard Sta near Webb Lake, serving as a waypoint for the Continental Divide Trail (Pack) and the Landers Trail (Pack). Prominent peaks such as Pyramid Peak and Ringeye Mountain anchor the topography, while features like Red Ridge and Two Point Lake define the remote character of this mountainous terrain during a period of formalized forest conservation and recreational mapping.