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1964 Map of Secret Canyon

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Secret Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The Dolores River carves a deep, winding path through this corner of the San Juan National Forest, creating a dramatic landscape defined by high points like Mountain Sheep Point and Glade Point. Surveyed in the mid-1960s, the map reveals a remote area where infrastructure is limited to specialized sites like the Dove Creek Pumping Sta and a Radio Facility.

Water management is central to the terrain, with several small upland impoundments such as Baird Reservoir, Travis Reservoir, and Wild Horse Reservoir dotting the plateaus. For those tracing the history of recreation and land use, the Dolores Canyon Overlook Picnic Area indicates how the public accessed these canyon views before more modern developments. Numerous springs, including Tommy Spring and Bankston Spring, provide critical water sources in an otherwise arid drainage network of canyons and draws.