1958 Map of Seventh Point Buttes

About this map

Fort Peck Reservoir (Missouri River) dominates the southern half of this landscape, its intricate, branching shoreline carving deep into the rugged breaks of northern Montana. This 1958 survey captures the region as a dedicated conservation and recreation landscape within the Fort Peck Game Range. A series of prominent landforms, including the Seventh Point Buttes and Bell Point, rise above the water, separated by a sequence of dramatic drainages like Seventh Point Coulee and The Sag. The northern uplands are characterized by alternating ridges and coulees, from Fourth Ridge down to Lower Eighth Coulee, illustrating the erosional patterns typical of the Missouri River Basin. Human presence is concentrated at The Pines Recreation Area and a nearby Youth Camp, with access limited to unimproved dirt tracks that follow the high ground between the coulees.