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2004 Map of Slide Mountain

Name: 2004 Topographic Map of Slide Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2007
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2007

About this map

Summer Lake and its northern shoreline anchor the landscape of this high Oregon basin, where the water's edge transitions into the protected timberlands of the Fremont National Forest. This 2004 revision reveals a terrain defined by hydrologic variety, from the geothermal waters of the Summer Lake Hot Spring to the protected corridors of the Sycan River, designated here as a National Wild and Scenic River.

The geography rises sharply from the lake flats toward the massive bulk of Slide Mountain and Monument Rock, punctuated by high-elevation water bodies like Slide Lakes and Withers Lake. Human movement through the area is marked by the Outback Scenic Byway skirting the basin floor and the Bear Creek National Recreation Trail winding through the backcountry, following the drainages of Kelly Creek and Bear Creek.