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1988 Map of Misery Knob

Name: 1988 Topographic Map of Misery Knob
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

Sandwich Academy (T 2 R 1 N B K P) and the surrounding unorganized territories of Misery and Chase Stream define this late-twentieth-century landscape in the Maine North Woods. The map shows a remote interior dominated by water bodies and timberland nomenclature, including the oddly named Misery Gore and the small settlement of Mackamp located where the railroad corridor meets the Moose River.

A complex hydrological network of ponds and streams, such as Ten Thousand Acre Pond, Upper Misery Pond, and Chase Stream Pond, suggests a region deeply shaped by historical logging and glacial topography. The terrain is marked by prominent elevations like Williams Mountain and the central Misery Ridge, which rises to Misery Knob. This survey captures the traditional land divisions and timber management access points common to Somerset County’s highland interior before modern development shifted the character of the northern forest.