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1995 Map of Three Sisters

Name: 1995 Topographic Map of Three Sisters
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1997
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1997

About this map

The St Joe River winds through the northern portion of this Idaho panhandle landscape, designated here as the St Joe Wild and Scenic River. The terrain is defined by the prominent Three Sisters peaks—consisting of Little Sister Peak, West Sister Peak, and Middle Sister Peak—which anchor the central and eastern ridges of the St Joe National Forest. A high-altitude Middle Sister Lookout stands as a focal point for forest management and fire detection, overlooking the complex drainage systems of Bear Skull Creek and Sisters Creek.

Transport and access are centered on the St Joe River Scenic Byway which follows the river's path, passing locations such as Packsaddle and the Turner Flat river access. Evidence of local material extraction appears at the Gravel Pits in the southwest, while the remainder of the map is dominated by named topographic features like Allen Ridge, Prospector Ridge, and the Sisters Basin, illustrating the primitive road and trail network used for forestry and recreation in the mid-1990s.