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2020 Map of Rattlesnake Ridge

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Rattlesnake Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Rattlesnake Ridge dominates the center of this remote Idaho landscape, where the convergence of several county boundaries—including Nez Perce, Idaho, and Lewis—meets the winding course of the Salmon River. The terrain is defined by a dense network of steep drainages such as Slick Ear Cr, Skeleton Cr, and Cottonwood Cr that carve through the high country.

Evidence of seasonal camps and ranching history is marked by isolated water sources like Camp Thomas Spring and Thorn Spring. Local access is limited to a few rugged corridors like Eagle Creek Rd in the north and Flynn Creek Rd in the east. The map captures a largely uninhabited wilderness where the geography itself, from the depths of Pot Cr to the heights of the central ridge, dictated the patterns of movement and land use at the start of the 2020s.