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1960 Map of New York Peak

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of New York Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1988
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1988

About this map

New York Peak towers over a landscape defined by the high-altitude divide between the White River National Forest and the Gunnison National Forest. The 1960 data, later revised in 1987, reveals a complex water management system high in the mountains, including the New York Collection Aqueduct and the New York Collection Canal, designed to capture runoff from the Collegiate Peaks area.

Along the northern edge, the Roaring Fork River winds past the Devils Punchbowl and the Weller Campground, while the southern portion of the map is dominated by a network of alpine lakes like Petroleum Lake and Anderson Lake. The terrain is crisscrossed by a Pack Trail that links the remote drainages of Difficult Creek and Taylor Lake, tracing routes used by early travelers across the Pitkin and Gunnison county line.