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1964 Map of Mount Jerusalem

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Mount Jerusalem
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

Mount Jerusalem and Bare Peak anchor this mid-1960s survey of the high country straddling the Idaho Montana state line. This landscape, preserved within the Bitterroot National Forest and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, is defined by a network of high-elevation glacial lakes and drainage basins. A complex system of Pack Trails provides the only recorded access through these steep elevations, connecting water bodies such as Canyon Lake, Watchtower Lake, and the remote Jerusalem Lake.

The hydrography of the region is notably dense, with several named tributaries like Boulder Creek, Soda Springs Creek, and the Little West Fork feeding into the larger river systems of the Bitterroot range. The map documents the precise placement of the Wilderness Boundary and the division between Idaho and Ravalli counties, illustrating how these administrative lines follow the highest ridgelines of the Bitterroot Mountains.