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1968 Map of Ragged Lake

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Ragged Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Industrial remnants of the Adirondacks are etched into the wilderness of the Bellmont and Franklin township borders as they appeared in the late 1960s. The landscape is defined by the legacy of logging and charcoal production, visible in the Old Railroad Grade that winds through the southern terrain past Upper Kilns and Middle Kilns. These features, along with Bryants Mill on the western edge, indicate a history of timber extraction and processing within the Adirondack State Park.

The topography is dominated by peaks like Ragged Lake Mtn and Black Cat Mtn, which frame a dense network of water bodies. Ragged Lake sits at the center, characterized by its distinctive Narrows and fed by Bell Brook. To the south, Plumadore Pond and Wolf Pond are surrounded by wetlands and secondary drainage, illustrating the complex hydrology of the Plumadore Range before modern reforestation further obscured these historic work sites.