2020 Map of Wagon Coulee

About this map

Fort Peck Lake dominates the central portion of this landscape, defining the jagged border between Valley and Garfield Counties. This modern topographic study reveals a remote and dissected terrain where numerous drainage channels, or coulees, carve through the high plains toward the massive reservoir. Named features like Wagon Coulee, Irishman Coulee, and Widow Coulee suggest a history of early ranching and travel through these breaks. To the north, access is provided by primitive routes such as CMR 508 and Natl Forest Develop Road 213 Rd, which wind around the upland plateaus. The presence of Round Butte in the southeast serves as a prominent navigational landmark in an area otherwise characterized by deep draws and the remote 22N35E04DCC_01 Spring.