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1966 Map of Wahoo Peak

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Wahoo Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1983
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1983

About this map

Wahoo Peak serves as a prominent landmark in this mid-1960s survey of the central Idaho wilderness. The landscape is defined by the convergence of the Clearwater National Forest, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, and Nez Perce National Forest, where a network of Pack Trails provides the only access through the high country. These routes connect isolated alpine features such as Indian Lake, Sid Lake, and Maple Lake, winding across significant heights like Pettibone Ridge and Maple Ridge.

Tracing the drainage patterns reveals the headwaters of numerous streams, including Battle Creek, Moose Creek, and Wahoo Creek, which carve through the terrain toward Elbow Bend. The presence of named locations like Bell Point and Horsefly Meadows alongside these pack routes highlights the importance of traditional backcountry navigation before modern infrastructure reached these interior forest divisions.