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1980 Map of Wellsville

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Wellsville
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

The Arkansas River corridor serves as the primary artery of commerce and industry in this Colorado mountain landscape, flanked by the Denver and Rio Grande Western RR. The settlement of Wellsville sits along the river's northern bend, while the map records a dense concentration of extractive sites, including several quarries and mine locations concentrated near Maverick Gulch and the southern slopes.

Away from the river, the terrain rises sharply toward the high summits of Simmons Peak and Hunts Peak, where the wilderness of the San Isabel National Forest and Rio Grande National Forest takes over. High-altitude features like Salamander Lake and Hunts Lake are accessible via the Rainbow Trail, which winds across the mid-elevations. Near the defunct mining camp at Calcite, an Old RR Grade hints at the area's earlier industrial footprint, tracing a path through the steep drainages of Howard Creek.