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2011 Map of Telegraph Mountain

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Telegraph Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Saint Peter and the Saint Peters Mission Cemetery anchor the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountain Front in this 2011 survey of Cascade County. The landscape is defined by a series of prominent volcanic features and buttes, ranging from the central Birdtail Butte and Haystack Butte to the southern heights of Telegraph Mountain and China Mountain. To the west, the Dear Ranch sits near the headwaters of Birdtail Creek, which winds through the Birdtail Divide toward the northern plains.

The map reveals a network of drainage systems like Mission Creek and Sullivan Creek, which carve out significant terrain features such as Sullivan Valley. These waterways and the accompanying primitive roads, including Mission Rd and Birdtail Creek Rd, outline the enduring ranching and mission-era history of this Montana landscape. The distribution of named buttes like Lionhead Butte and Saddleback Butte provides clear markers for those tracing the historical geography of the region.