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1962 Map of Panorama Peak

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Panorama Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1964
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1964

About this map

Estes Park sits at the edge of this high-elevation landscape, where the waters of Lake Estes meet the rugged slopes of the Roosevelt National Forest. The map documents a period when private holdings like Crocker Ranch and Meadowdale Ranch operated alongside federal lands, illustrating the complex land-use patterns of the Colorado Front Range in the early 1960s. Terrain is defined by prominent summits such as Mount Olympus and Panorama Peak, with the eastern slopes dropping into the Little Thompson River drainage.

In the southern portion of the sheet, the remote Big Elk Meadows and its chain of small lakes including Mirror Lake and Willow Lake show the early footprints of recreation and settlement away from the main town center. Features like the Gravel Pit near Mount Pisgah and the network of unimproved roads through Lion Gulch and Hell Canyon reflect the infrastructure of the era, providing a detailed look at the interface between the wilderness of Elk Ridge and the developing outskirts of the mountain community.