Published in 1984 from map data compiled in 1964, “Pinedale” is a finely detailed US Geological Survey topographic portrait of one of western Wyoming’s most evocative mountain communities. Centered on the populated place of Pinedale in Sublette County, the map captures the town in relation to a much larger high-country landscape of rivers, lakes, ridges, and working trails. At a scale of 1:24,000, it belongs to the USGS quadrangle tradition, a cartographic format prized for its precision and intimacy. The result is both practical and historically revealing: a measured record of terrain as it was understood in the mid-twentieth century, later issued during a period when Wyoming’s rural communities were increasingly shaped by recreation, energy development, and changing patterns of settlement.

The US Geological Survey brought to this map the disciplined visual language that made its topographic sheets indispensable to engineers, land managers, hikers, scientists, and local residents. Contour lines articulate the rise and fall of the landscape with quiet authority, translating the mountainous character of the Pinedale region into a legible pattern of slopes, benches, valleys, and ridgelines. Distinct colors distinguish water, terrain, cultural features, and routes, while the grid offers a precise framework for location and navigation. Unlike decorative maps that privilege ornament, this work derives its elegance from accuracy. Its beauty lies in the clarity with which it reveals relationships: town to river, road to valley, lake to mountain, and settlement to wilderness.

The geography shown around Pinedale is inseparable from water, elevation, and the dramatic setting of the upper Green River country. The Green River and the New Fork River form essential corridors through the landscape, shaping both travel and settlement in a region where valleys provide passage through rugged terrain. Fremont Lake, one of Wyoming’s striking glacial lakes, anchors the map’s sense of place, while nearby waters such as Kalispell Lake and streams including LaBarge Creek evoke the hydrologic richness of the broader area. The presence of Bridger-Teton National Forest situates Pinedale within a celebrated mountain environment, where unnamed peaks, ridges, and drainages point toward the wilderness character that has long defined this corner of Wyoming.

Pinedale itself appears not as an isolated dot, but as a small community woven into a working landscape. Roads, unpaved tracks, and trails extend outward across the map, suggesting the practical geography of ranching, resource access, hunting, fishing, and backcountry travel. The surrounding features of Sublette County tell a story of movement through difficult but rewarding terrain: routes bend around slopes, follow waterways, and seek passes through ridges. Historical mining sites indicated in the region add another layer, recalling the extractive ambitions that have periodically drawn people into Wyoming’s remote mountain basins. Together, these human traces create a subtle counterpoint to the enduring landforms, showing how settlement adapted itself to the demands of elevation, water, and distance.

As a historical document, this map preserves a moment in the evolving story of Pinedale and its surrounding country. The 1964 survey data reflects the area before many later changes in infrastructure, population, recreational use, and natural resource development had fully taken shape, while the 1984 publication places that information into circulation at a time of renewed regional transformation. For collectors and historians, its interest lies in this layered chronology: a mid-century landscape viewed through the standards of late twentieth-century USGS publication. It allows today’s viewer to compare past and present patterns of land use, transportation, and settlement, while appreciating the enduring physical framework of rivers, lakes, ridges, and mountain valleys that continues to define the Pinedale region.

Cities, towns and places on this map

• Pinedale
• Sublette County
• Green River
• Fremont Lake
• New Fork River
• LaBarge Creek
• Cora
• Kalispell Lake
• Bridger-Teton National Forest
• Powder River
• Various unnamed mountain peaks and ridges
• Trails and unpaved roadways throughout the area
• Historical mining sites indicated in the region

Historical context & cartographic details

• Produced by the US Geological Survey (USGS)
• Map data is from 1964 and was published in 1984
• Historical topographical map at a scale of 1:24,000
• Shows Pinedale, Wyoming and its surrounding area
• Uses a topographical style with contour lines to show elevation changes
• Employs distinct colors for terrain and other map features
• Includes a grid for reference and navigation
• Depicts mountainous Wyoming terrain through detailed elevation contours
• Reflects changes that may have occurred over time in land use, population growth, and natural resource development since publication in the mid-1980s

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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.