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1967 Map of Virginia Dale

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Virginia Dale
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1991
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1991

About this map

Overland Trail history defines this landscape along the border of Colorado and Wyoming, following the path of Dale Creek through Larimer County. The settlement of Virginia Dale serves as the focal point of the sheet, featuring the Overland Trail Stage Station and essential community landmarks like the Virginia Dale Ch and Virginia Dale Sch. The topography is marked by significant granite formations and high plains terrain, including Lovers Leap and Shepperd Table Mountain.

Water management and ranching appear as primary land uses in the late 1960s, evidenced by the Halligan Reservoir on the North Fork Cache La Poudre River and scattered family operations such as Logan Ranch and Maxwell Ranch. Numerous drainages, including Deadman Creek and Sixmile Creek, carve through the region's gulches and flats, while small-scale exploration is noted by several Prospects in the central hills.