Sapphire Wilderness Study Area on Google Earth
Wildlands CPR presents this virtual tour that follows two popular
trails within the WSA: the Chain of Lakes Trail #39, and part of Tr.
#313 following the border between the Bitterroot and
Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forests.
When the Sapphire WSA was
established in 1977, these were single track trails that now have
become double track routes either through continued use, or in the case
of Tr.#39, purposely widened by the Forest Service to accommodate
off-road vehicles.
To help people follow along, please note that:
- The bright green color oulines the Bitterroot NF portion of the WSA;
- The yellow color outlines the Beaverhead-Deerlodge NF portion; and
- The bright purple lines represent trails, and may be a little off of the actual path due to the scale of the GIS data obtained from the Forest Service.
To view the tour and explore the area from within your own stand-alone Google Earth application simply download the KMZ file containing the tour in the File Attachment box at the bottom of the page or in the right hand box.
Google Earth Tour Instructions
Open file: Final Sapphire Tour -picture version.kmz (must have Google Earth installed. Go to: http://earth.google.com/ and click "download")
Once open the file will appear in your "temporary places" with a "+" next to it. Click on the "+" to expand the file and click once on "Waypoints" to so it is highlighted. At the bottom of the "Places" box you will see an arrow and a square indicating play and stop. Press the arrow to begin the tour, and stop on the last waypoint, #29.
Thanks to Broads Healthy Lands Project, a program of Great Old Broads for Wilderness, for helping with this project. Check out their website at http://www.healthylands.org/ or contact tim@greatoldbroads.org for more information.
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