2017 Map of Line Point

About this map

Kaniksu National Forest and Kootenai National Forest converge along the state border in this high-elevation survey of the Purcell Mountains. The landscape is defined by the sharp divide of the Montana Line, where Boundary County, Idaho, meets Lincoln County, Montana. This borderland territory is traversed by forest service routes like Skin Creek Rd and Buckhorn Mtn Rd, providing access to remote peaks including The Scout, Keno Mtn, and Thunder Mtn. Water drainage is complex, with Solomon Lake feeding into Solomon Cr and the larger Perkins Lake situated to the south. The presence of the namesake Line Point settlement area at the junction of state and county boundaries reflects the era's reliance on forestry access and topographic surveying for land management in the Cabinet-Salish region.