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1963 Map of Warland Peak

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Warland Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1966
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1966

About this map

The Kootenai National Forest of northwestern Montana dominates this mid-century topographic survey, centered on the high point of Warland Peak. A prominent Lookout Tower marks this summit, serving as a critical surveillance point for fire management within the forest's heavily timbered interior. The drainage patterns of the area are complex, with waters flowing through systems like Cripple Horse Creek and Weigel Creek, which carve deep valleys between peaks such as Weigel Mountain and Wolf Point.

A network of primitive transportation routes, simply marked as Pack Trail or Trail, provides the only access through this steep landscape. These paths connect isolated water sources like Summit Spring to the larger creek basins, including South Fork Fivemile Creek and Dry Fork Creek. This map documents a period before modern road expansion, preserving the original backcountry trail system and the infrastructure of early 1960s forest conservation.