2017 Map of Shelton Valley

About this map

Shelton sits at the northeastern edge of this Mason County landscape, where the urban street grid gives way to the drainage networks of the Goldsborough Creek system. The map details the transition from the city toward the more agricultural and timber-oriented terrain of the Little Egypt Valley and Isabella Valley. Further west, the small settlement of Dayton anchors a landscape defined by sharp topographic shifts and a dense network of forest roads. The western half of the sheet is dominated by the ridges and drainages of the Olympic Peninsula foothills, illustrating how the natural topography has historically shaped the placement of rural homesteads and transport corridors outside the main city center.