WMS Map: Oxbow Lake
Helpful Hint: While I suggest you look on blog for a downloadable PDF Map, you should be able to print or save this map by clicking the print button on the map above.
Data Sources
Road Trip to Coal Country by Nate Matthews - You can download the KMZ File used in creation of this map.
USGS Aerial Imagery - Moderate-resolution, summer aerial photography from USGS. National Map. WMS Service: https://basemap.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/USGSImageryOnly/MapServer/WMSServer, Layer: 0
3DEP Elevation Hillshade. LIDAR and legacy USGS DRG Topo Derived hillshades used as a background. DEM - WMS Service: https://elevation.nationalmap.gov/arcgis/services/3DEPElevation/ImageServer/WMSServer, Layer: 3DEPElevation:Hillshade Gray
Full List of WMS and ArcMap Services - CSV Spreadsheet with all web map services currently used on the blog.
More about West Canada Lake Wilderness...
The West Canada Lake Wilderness Area is an Adirondack Park Forest Preserve management unit in the town of Ohio in Herkimer County and the towns of Morehouse, Arietta, Lake Pleasant and Indian Lake in Hamilton County. It is bounded on the north by the Moose River Plains area and private lands in the vicinity of Little Moose Lake, Squaw Brook, Snowy Mountain and Squaw Mountain; on the east by NY 30, lands of International Paper and the Spruce Lake-Piseco Lake trail; on the south by private lands north of NY 8, the South Branch of West Canada Creek and an access road to private lands; on the west by West Canada Creek and private lands east of Honnedaga Lake.
The area contains 168 bodies of water covering 2,400 acres (9.6 km2), 78.3 miles (126 km) of foot trails, and 11 lean-tos. The 133-mile Northville-Placid Trail traverses it.
Maps and Interactives
Spruce Lake
Sampson Bog
Cedar Lakes
Pillsbury Lake
Oxbow Lake
As late as the 1954 you could drive up to Pillsbury Lake
Falls Pond Trail
West Canada Lakes
T Lake Trail
Falls Pond
Deep Pond Trail
Brooktrout And Deep Lake
... photos, maps and other content from from West Canada Lake Wilderness.