2014 Map of Red Lodge East

About this map

Red Lodge and its eastern surroundings are defined by a complex irrigation network and high benchlands in this contemporary topographic study. The landscape transitions from the residential streets of the county seat, where Rock Creek Bridge crosses the water, to the agricultural plateaus of West Bench and East Bench. An extensive system of man-made waterways, including the Pleasant Valley Canal and Rock Cr Clear Cr Ditch, highlights the area's long-standing reliance on diverted mountain runoff to support ranching and farming. To the southeast, the former coal-mining settlements of Washoe and Bearcreek sit along MT-308, where deep drainages like Foster Gulch and McCarty Gulch cut into the rising terrain. For those researching the region's heritage, the map identifies the Bearcreek Cem and Clear Creek Cem, which serve as physical links to the early twentieth-century communities that thrived here.