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1962 Map of Rattlesnake Reservoir

Name: 1962 Topographic Map of Rattlesnake Reservoir
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

About this map

Rattlesnake Park and its namesake Rattlesnake Reservoir sit at the center of this mountain landscape during the early 1960s. The area is characterized by a sparse network of mountain homesteads and cattle operations, including the Linger Ranch, Pinewood Ranch, and the X Bar 7 Ranch near the Little Thompson River. Education in this rural pocket of the Roosevelt National Forest was anchored by the Pinewood Sch, while the presence of the Bald Mountain Gate House suggests controlled access to the higher elevations near Bald Mountain.

The topography is defined by numerous gulches such as Rabbit Gulch and Devils Gulch, with high points like Moose Mountain and Blue Mountain rising above the timberline. To the south, the boundary between Larimer and Boulder Counties crosses the Little Elk Park and the slopes of Button Rock. A solitary Quarry in the southeast near Noland points to local extractive activity amidst the various jeep and pack trails.