Map of Philipsburg, Montana by USGS, 1996: Flint Creek & Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
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Published in 1998 from 1996 survey information, the USGS topographical map titled “Philipsburg” presents a precise late twentieth-century portrait of one of...
Continua a leggerePublished in 1998 from 1996 survey information, the USGS topographical map titled “Philipsburg” presents a precise late twentieth-century portrait of one of western Montana’s most evocative mining landscapes. At 1:24,000 scale, it captures Philipsburg and its surrounding terrain with the disciplined clarity for which the United States Geological Survey is renowned. The town itself, long associated with silver mining, sits amid a dramatic setting of valleys, creeks, forested slopes, and rising mountain forms. This map is not merely a guide to location; it is a record of land use, access, settlement, and terrain at a particular moment, preserving the relationship between a historic Rocky Mountain town and the rugged country that shaped its fortunes.
Philipsburg occupies a distinguished place in Montana history, having grown from nineteenth-century mining activity into a town celebrated for its preserved architecture and frontier character. The map situates this heritage within the physical geography that made such development possible: mineral-bearing mountains, creek valleys, and routes threading through difficult terrain. Flint Creek, Greenhorn Creek, Alder Gulch, and Rock Creek evoke the hydrological network that guided prospectors, ranchers, and travelers through the region. Around Philipsburg, roads, trails, and named drainages reveal the practical patterns of movement across the landscape, while the surrounding contour lines emphasize how strongly elevation and slope governed settlement, extraction, and access in this part of Montana.
The cartographic language of the map is classic USGS: clean, systematic, and densely informative. Contour lines describe the rise and fall of the land with measured precision, allowing the viewer to read ridges, draws, benches, and valley floors almost three-dimensionally. Roads, trails, forested areas, watercourses, and cultural landmarks are carefully distinguished, creating a layered image of both natural and human geography. This disciplined design reflects the USGS mission of making scientifically reliable geographical information available for land management, infrastructure planning, environmental research, and public use. The result is a map that is both technical and beautiful, combining government survey rigor with the quiet elegance of topographical form.
Beyond Philipsburg, the map opens into the broader mountainous setting of Granite County and the northern Rocky Mountains. Mount Baldy and the nearby high country suggest the steep relief and commanding views characteristic of the region, while the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness points toward one of Montana’s great protected landscapes. Forested slopes, creek corridors, and marked trails indicate a terrain of recreation, habitat, and resource history. State Route 1 and other road networks connect the town to wider regional movement, contrasting engineered passageways with the older natural corridors of water and valley. In this juxtaposition, the map conveys the enduring tension between wilderness, settlement, industry, and conservation.
As a late twentieth-century document, “Philipsburg” offers a valuable snapshot of the area before later changes in development, recreation, and land management further altered the landscape. It records roads, trails, forest boundaries, and local features as they were understood and mapped in the 1990s, preserving evidence of both historical continuity and modern use. For admirers of Montana, mining history, or American topographic cartography, the map is especially compelling: it places a storied silver town within the dramatic terrain that sustained and constrained it. Rich in names, contours, and geographic detail, it invites close reading and rewards attention with a deeper sense of place.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Philipsburg
- Flint Creek
- Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
- Mount Baldy
- Greenhorn Creek
- Alder Gulch
- Rock Creek
- U.S. Route 10
- State Route 1
- Forest areas
- Trails and roads marked throughout the map
Historical context & cartographic details
- Map titled “Philipsburg”
- Produced by the US Geological Survey (USGS)
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Philipsburg, Montana and the surrounding area
- Created in 1996 and published with a 1998 imprint
- Philipsburg is a historic Montana mining town, especially associated with silver mining
- The map uses USGS cartographic standards, including contour lines, road networks, and landmarks
- Detailed elevation contours show significant terrain changes, nearby mountain ranges, and valleys
- Provides a late 20th-century record of local geography, land use, and development patterns
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Published in 1998 from 1996 survey information, the USGS topographical map titled “Philipsburg” presents a precise late twentieth-century portrait of one of western Montana’s most evocative mining landscapes. At 1:24,000 scale, it captures Philipsburg and its surrounding terrain with the disciplined clarity for which the United States Geological Survey is renowned. The town itself, long associated with silver mining, sits amid a dramatic setting of valleys, creeks, forested slopes, and rising mountain forms. This map is not merely a guide to location; it is a record of land use, access, settlement, and terrain at a particular moment, preserving the relationship between a historic Rocky Mountain town and the rugged country that shaped its fortunes.
Philipsburg occupies a distinguished place in Montana history, having grown from nineteenth-century mining activity into a town celebrated for its preserved architecture and frontier character. The map situates this heritage within the physical geography that made such development possible: mineral-bearing mountains, creek valleys, and routes threading through difficult terrain. Flint Creek, Greenhorn Creek, Alder Gulch, and Rock Creek evoke the hydrological network that guided prospectors, ranchers, and travelers through the region. Around Philipsburg, roads, trails, and named drainages reveal the practical patterns of movement across the landscape, while the surrounding contour lines emphasize how strongly elevation and slope governed settlement, extraction, and access in this part of Montana.
The cartographic language of the map is classic USGS: clean, systematic, and densely informative. Contour lines describe the rise and fall of the land with measured precision, allowing the viewer to read ridges, draws, benches, and valley floors almost three-dimensionally. Roads, trails, forested areas, watercourses, and cultural landmarks are carefully distinguished, creating a layered image of both natural and human geography. This disciplined design reflects the USGS mission of making scientifically reliable geographical information available for land management, infrastructure planning, environmental research, and public use. The result is a map that is both technical and beautiful, combining government survey rigor with the quiet elegance of topographical form.
Beyond Philipsburg, the map opens into the broader mountainous setting of Granite County and the northern Rocky Mountains. Mount Baldy and the nearby high country suggest the steep relief and commanding views characteristic of the region, while the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness points toward one of Montana’s great protected landscapes. Forested slopes, creek corridors, and marked trails indicate a terrain of recreation, habitat, and resource history. State Route 1 and other road networks connect the town to wider regional movement, contrasting engineered passageways with the older natural corridors of water and valley. In this juxtaposition, the map conveys the enduring tension between wilderness, settlement, industry, and conservation.
As a late twentieth-century document, “Philipsburg” offers a valuable snapshot of the area before later changes in development, recreation, and land management further altered the landscape. It records roads, trails, forest boundaries, and local features as they were understood and mapped in the 1990s, preserving evidence of both historical continuity and modern use. For admirers of Montana, mining history, or American topographic cartography, the map is especially compelling: it places a storied silver town within the dramatic terrain that sustained and constrained it. Rich in names, contours, and geographic detail, it invites close reading and rewards attention with a deeper sense of place.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Philipsburg
- Flint Creek
- Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness
- Mount Baldy
- Greenhorn Creek
- Alder Gulch
- Rock Creek
- U.S. Route 10
- State Route 1
- Forest areas
- Trails and roads marked throughout the map
Historical context & cartographic details
- Map titled “Philipsburg”
- Produced by the US Geological Survey (USGS)
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Philipsburg, Montana and the surrounding area
- Created in 1996 and published with a 1998 imprint
- Philipsburg is a historic Montana mining town, especially associated with silver mining
- The map uses USGS cartographic standards, including contour lines, road networks, and landmarks
- Detailed elevation contours show significant terrain changes, nearby mountain ranges, and valleys
- Provides a late 20th-century record of local geography, land use, and development patterns
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
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