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1979 Map of Hennessy Peak

Name: 1979 Topographic Map of Hennessy Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Hawkins Bar sits at the northern edge of this territory, marking a focal point where human settlement meets the winding course of the Trinity River. The landscape is dominated by the confluence of major waterways and the steep elevations of the Klamath Mountains, where the South Fork Trinity River carves a deep path through the Six Rivers National Forest. Small mountain lakes like Sucker Lake and Big Lake are tucked into the high ridges, alongside prominent summits such as Hennessy Peak and Sugarloaf Mountain.

Tracing the boundary between Humboldt and Trinity counties, the map reveals a network of primitive access routes, including Hennessy Road and various Jeep Trails that connect isolated sites like Cedar Grove Ranch and Castle. These features, along with named drainages like Mingo Creek and Hells Half-Acre Creek, illustrate the difficult terrain that defined ranching and forest management in this part of Northern California during the late 1970s.