{"product_id":"map-of-bridgton-maine-by-usgs-2000-harrison-long-lake-pleasant-mountain","title":"Map of Bridgton, Maine by USGS, 2000 – Harrison, Long Lake \u0026 Pleasant Mountain","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 2001 from data dated 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey’s “Bridgton” presents a finely detailed topographical portrait of one of western Maine’s most appealing lake-and-mountain landscapes. Issued at the standard 1:24,000 scale, the map belongs to the USGS’s respected quadrangle tradition, a system designed to render the American landscape with scientific precision and practical clarity. Its “Provisional” classification gives it particular documentary interest, reflecting an early 21st-century moment in which geographic information, land use, road networks, and mapped settlement patterns were still being refined. Centered on Bridgton, the map captures a town shaped by water, upland terrain, and recreational access, balancing civic geography with the surrounding natural drama of Cumberland County.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBridgton itself appears as the principal populated place, its streets, roads, landmarks, and nearby structures set within a terrain of lakes, ponds, ridges, and wooded elevations. The town has long served as a gateway to Maine’s western interior, where old routes, seasonal recreation, and small-town settlement meet. Nearby Harrison extends the human geography of the sheet, while roads and trails trace the connective tissue between villages, lakefronts, hillsides, and recreational areas. As a topographical map, it does not merely name places; it explains their relationship to the land. The viewer can read how settlement favors gentler ground, how roads negotiate slopes and wetlands, and how the region’s communities are inseparable from the lakes and uplands that surround them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hydrology of the Bridgton area is one of the map’s great pleasures. Crystal Lake, Long Lake, Upper Range Pond, Lower Range Pond, Moose Pond, and Loon Lake form a constellation of blue across the sheet, each contributing to the region’s identity as a landscape of water, reflection, and recreation. The Crooked River, true to its name, threads through the surrounding country as part of the drainage network linking ponds, lakes, lowlands, and wooded corridors. The map’s clear distinction between land and water makes these features immediately legible, while also revealing their subtler geographic roles. Shorelines, outlets, coves, and adjacent roads show how natural beauty, settlement, and access have long developed together in this Maine lake district.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe topographic character is rendered with 20-foot contour intervals, allowing the eye to follow every rise, hollow, shoulder, and descent with remarkable sensitivity. Pleasant Mountain, one of the defining landforms of the area, anchors the upland drama of the map, its slopes and surrounding contours showing the vertical contrast that makes the Bridgton region so distinctive. These contour lines transform the sheet from a simple location guide into a visual model of the terrain, useful for understanding trails, watersheds, scenic overlooks, and the siting of roads or structures. In the USGS style, the beauty lies in disciplined clarity: elevation, water, transportation, and settlement are layered into a coherent portrait of place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a record of early 21st-century geography, “Bridgton” preserves a moment in the evolving landscape of western Maine. Land cover, development patterns, recreational infrastructure, and local roads may have changed since its publication, giving the map value as both a navigational document and a historical snapshot. The USGS, heir to more than a century of American scientific mapping, brought to such quadrangles a distinctive blend of field survey, cartographic standardization, and public utility. Here that tradition is applied to a region beloved for lakeside cottages, mountain views, forests, trails, and village life. The result is a richly informative map that captures Bridgton not as an isolated town, but as the center of a beautifully interwoven natural and human landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridgton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarrison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrystal Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Crooked River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePleasant Mountain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUpper Range Pond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLower Range Pond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoose Pond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoon Lake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVarious roads and trails\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNearby parks and recreational areas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotable landmarks and structures in Bridgton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eU.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographical map of Bridgton, Maine, and its surroundings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDated 2000 and published in 2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClassified as a provisional map\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale of 1:24,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures detailed topographic contour lines indicating elevation changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShows water bodies with a clear visual distinction between land and water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eContour intervals are set at 20 feet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReflects early 21st-century land use and geographic data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevelopment patterns and land cover may have changed since publication\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=\"\/de\/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). 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