Mount Jerusalem and Bare Peak anchor this high-elevation landscape along the Montana-Idaho border in the early 21st century. The terrain is defined by a dense network of alpine water bodies, including the clusters of Lake Crystal, Lake Turbid, and Dollar Lake in the northeast, alongside the isolated Jerusalem Lake and Mudhole Lake further south. This area serves as a significant drainage basin, where Little West Fork and Watchtower Creek carve through the mountain slopes. The presence of Nez Perce Rd at the southern edge of the sheet provides a rare point of modern access into this wilderness. The map reveals a land primarily shaped by natural hydrography and glacial remnants, with numerous unnamed tarns supplementing the larger named lakes like Boulder Lake and Watchtower Lake.
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1956 · Elk City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1960 · Elk City
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1960 · Painted Rocks Lake
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1962 · Nez Perce Peak
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Boulder Peak
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Trapper Peak
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Mount Jerusalem
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1964 · Tin Cup Lake
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Watchtower Peak
USGS Topo · 1:24,000
1966 · Mount Paloma
USGS Topo · 1:24,000