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2014 Map of Summit

Name: 2014 Topographic Map of Summit
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2014
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2014

About this map

Marias Pass serves as the focal point for this high-altitude survey of the Continental Divide, where the rugged topography of the Lewis and Clark Range meets the southern boundary of Glacier National Park. The settlement of Summit is situated along US Hwy 2, following a transportation corridor that navigates through the dramatic John F Stevens Canyon and over Theodore Roosevelt Pass. This area is a complex intersection of natural and administrative boundaries, where Glacier, Flathead, and Pondera counties converge amidst the Lewis & Clark National Forest and Flathead National Forest.

The landscape is defined by massive peaks including Summit Mtn, Flattop Mtn, and Skeleton Mtn, alongside the descriptive False Summit. Headwaters for several significant drainage systems are visible here, including the S Fork Two Medicine River and the origin of numerous creeks like Skyland Cr and Summit Cr. The proximity of Three Bears Lake to the mountain passes illustrates the challenging terrain that early surveyors and railway engineers encountered while charting a path through the northern Rockies.