2017 Map of Sarpy School

About this map

Sarpy School serves as a central landmark in this 2017 survey of the Big Horn and Rosebud County borderlands. The landscape is defined by the high elevations of the Little Wolf Mountains and distinctive geographic points like Red Butte and Harris Canyon. This area of eastern Montana retains a pastoral, ranch-based character where life follows the drainage patterns of the E Fork Sarpy Cr, Black Hawk Cr, and E Fork Armells Cr. Transportation is focused on the singular corridor of Sarpy Rd, which navigates the complex terrain of the northern Tongue River basin. The map illustrates the continuing importance of these isolated rural school sites and water sources in a sparsely populated region of the state.