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3D oblique map of Big Hole National Battlefield in Montana. Rendered in shades of green with creeks and rivers in blue, the park is roughly keystone-shaped, and the regions beyond the park boundaries fade toward the perimeter.

Extended Description

The forested slopes Battle Mountain dip into the top left corner of the park around a clear area with text reading, “nımí·pu· horses were pastured on this slope.” The site of “Twin trees” is marked near the northeast corner. Along the southern perimeter of the park, a black line represents State Route 43 with text at the west end that reads, “To Chief Joseph Pass and US Route 93, 16 miles (26 kilometers),” and text at the east end that reads, “To Wisdom, 10 miles (16 kilometers).”

A park road, shown in white, extends north from State Route 43 and ends with a loop in front of the Visitor Center, which has restrooms. Another arm stretches west from the park road to end at another loop with parking, restrooms, a picnic area, and trailhead.

From here, the Nez Perce Camp Trail travels northeast into the park to the first of six numbered areas. The trail passes, number 1, “nımí·pu· Camp,” before looping around a site with Tipis. An arrow pointing east from the horse pasture is labeled “US military attacks.” Number 3, also an arrow, sweeps west and is labeled “Warriors drive US military back across the river.”

The Siege Area Trail leaves from the parking area to travel north to number 4, labeled “Warriors capture army howitzer.” The trail splits and reaches number 5, “Warriors besiege soldiers,” and two sites labeled Monument and Overlook. Two shorter arrows also sweep north from the south to point toward the Monument.

Number 6 is back at the east edge of the park with an arrow marked “As siege continues, surviving nımí·pu· families break camp and flee.” The Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) National Historic Trail is shown as a green line extending east off the Nez Perce Camp Trail and west off the Siege Area Trail.

Legend

A legend in the bottom left of the map reads as follows:

White line for road and

White dashed line for trail.

Four symbols represent Parking, Picnic area, Trailhead, and Restrooms. Text to the left of the legend reads, “Scale varies in this perspective.”