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2023 Map of Shelton Valley

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Shelton Valley
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Shelton sits at the northern edge of this Mason County landscape, where the aviation activity at Sanderson Field meets the industrial and residential growth of the region. The terrain is defined by a series of distinct valleys, including Little Egypt Valley, Shelton Valley, and Isabella Valley, which channel numerous waterways toward the coast. Goldsborough Creek and its north and south forks dominate the central drainage, while Cloquallum Creek moves through the southern reaches.

Smaller settlements and clearings like Dayton and Lost-Prairie appear amidst a complex network of timber and access roads such as W Old Cloquallum Rd and W Shelton Matlock Rd. From the height of Dayton Peak, the map reveals a landscape punctuated by numerous small bodies of water, from Armstrong Lake and Turtle Lake in the north to the isolated Lost Lake and Mud Lakes further south, illustrating the glacial topography characteristic of this part of the Puget Sound basin.