2014 Map of Whiskey Spring

About this map

Beaverhead National Forest encompasses the high country of Beaverhead County in this 2014 survey. The landscape is defined by the headwaters of the Blacktail Deer Creek system, with the Middle Fork Blacktail Deer Cr and W Fork Blacktail Deer Cr carving through the terrain. Evidence of the region's historic character is preserved in colorful local nomenclature such as Moonshine Gulch and Whiskey Spring, names that evoke a era of early western exploration and resource use. Distinctive geological markers like Steamboat Rock and the high Snowbank Ridge provide orientation points in a wilderness area devoid of modern settlements. High-altitude water features like Cooks Lake and various drainage forks, including Alkali Cr and Basin Cr, illustrate the complex hydrology that feeds the larger Missouri River watershed.