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1961 Map of Porter Mountain

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Porter Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1963
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1963

About this map

Grand Mesa National Forest and Gunnison National Forest meet at this high-altitude point in the Colorado backcountry, where Mesa and Delta counties converge. The 1961 landscape is defined by a sophisticated network of early water management systems, including the Silver Spruce Ditch, Bull Elk Ditch, and Carnahan Ditch, which redirect high-country runoff across the plateau. High peaks like Porter Mountain and Lenna Peak tower over sprawling open spaces such as Stillwater Park and Grass Park.

A network of specialized routes, including the Stubb Jeep Trail and Wagon Park Trail, provides access to this terrain, while McKelvie Reservoir and smaller water bodies like Gander Pond or Elk Lake serve as key landmarks for local navigation. The map's detail preserves the mid-century infrastructure of the forest, from the National Forest Boundary markers to the intricate drainage basins of Porter Creek and Buzzard Creek.