{"product_id":"map-of-sundance-wyoming-by-usgs-1984-black-hills-national-forest-bear-lodge-mountains","title":"Map of Sundance, Wyoming by USGS, 1984 – Black Hills National Forest \u0026 Bear Lodge Mountains","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1995 from survey data gathered in 1984, the US Geological Survey’s provisional edition titled “Sundance West” captures a finely detailed portion of northeastern Wyoming at the authoritative 1:24,000 scale. Centered on the country west of Sundance, it records the folds, drainages, roads, and working landscapes at the edge of the Black Hills, where prairie, forest, and upland terrain meet. The word “provisional” gives the sheet particular character: it reflects a practical moment in USGS mapping, when updated topographic intelligence was issued for public use even as cartographic programs continued to evolve. As such, the map is both a navigational document and a precise historical snapshot of the region as it stood in the mid-1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe US Geological Survey, founded in 1879, became the great official chronicler of the American landscape, translating mountains, rivers, settlements, and infrastructure into a uniform national cartographic language. Its 7.5-minute quadrangle maps are prized for their clarity, precision, and intimacy of scale, revealing the terrain in a way that larger regional maps cannot. “Sundance West” belongs to this tradition, using carefully spaced contour lines, standardized symbols, and measured hydrographic detail to render a landscape legible to surveyors, hikers, land managers, and local residents alike. The map’s restrained design is part of its appeal: every line has purpose, from the sweep of elevation contours to the practical notation of roads, trails, streams, and land divisions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSundance itself is a place with a richly layered frontier identity. The town’s name is tied to Native American ceremonial traditions associated with the region, while its later fame was magnified by the outlaw Harry Longabaugh, who took the name “the Sundance Kid” after serving time in the local jail. The surrounding country lies near the western margins of the Black Hills, a landscape long significant to Indigenous peoples, explorers, ranchers, miners, and travelers moving through the northern plains. On this map, that history is not presented through illustration or narrative, but through geography: the siting of roads, the pattern of settlement, the courses of creeks, and the rugged topography that shaped movement and habitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe terrain depicted on “Sundance West” is especially compelling because it records a transitional landscape, where broken hills, wooded slopes, open range, and incised waterways create a varied topographic fabric. The layered relief style, expressed through dense and delicate contour lines, reveals the rise and fall of the land with admirable precision. Creeks and intermittent drainages trace natural corridors through the quadrangle, while roads and trails show the human pathways laid across them. Nearby national forest lands and the broader Black Hills environment add ecological interest, suggesting a setting of pine-covered ridges, wildlife habitat, recreational access, and resource management. At this scale, even modest landforms gain significance, making the map unusually evocative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a mid-1980s record issued with a 1995 imprint, this map preserves a moment before later decades of development, conservation planning, road changes, and shifting land-use patterns further altered the region. It shows Sundance West not as an abstraction, but as a working landscape of access routes, watercourses, elevation, and rural infrastructure. For collectors, its appeal lies partly in that combination of technical precision and historical atmosphere: the USGS grid becomes a quiet portrait of the American West after the frontier era, yet still visibly shaped by frontier geography. The map invites close reading, rewarding attention to every contour, creek bend, and road alignment with a deeper understanding of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSundance, Wyoming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNational Forest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious creeks and rivers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNumerous contour lines \/ elevation markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrails and roads\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLandmarks and possibly designated open spaces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvisional edition produced by the US Geological Survey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on survey data from 1984 and published with a 1995 imprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished by the USGS, known for producing reliable topographic maps across the United States.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFocuses on the Sundance, Wyoming area, a region associated with Wild West history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures layered relief and contour-based topographic detail to show changes in elevation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrawn at a 1:24,000 scale, offering detailed information useful for hiking, camping, and land navigation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eServes as a historical snapshot of the region during the mid-1980s, before later land-use changes and conservation developments.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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? 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