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USGS State of Colorado Topographic Wall Map
Detailed topographic map of the entire state shows the form of the land with elevation contours.  Shows numerous rivers, creeks, lakes, and other water features, many of which are labeled.  Shows important peaks, with elevations in feet. Includes all or almost all cities, towns, and smaller communities (as of the publication date of the map), with symbols indicating the relative population, and the elevations of key places also indicated. Federal, state and county roads are included, with numbering included for Interstate, US, and state highways.  Railroads and airports are also shown, as are national forests, national parks, and other federal and state parklands.  County boundaries and names are marked.  The map is gridded with section lines, an latitude-longitude lines are marked at one degree intervals; the UTM grid is marked at 50,000 meter intervals.

Map detail stops at the state boundary.  Topographic maps such as this are not particularly suited for transportation companies or for marketing purposes, since they are not up-to-date.

Scale:  1:500,000 (1 inch = about 8 miles).  Contour interval: 500 feet.  Size: about 53 inches wide x 42 inches high.  Rolled.  Paper.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1968, revised 1980.  New.
Item #USGS-CO-TOPO.  Shipping weight: 2.5 lbs.  Publisher's price: $9.00    Out of stock, not expected to restock this year. You may obtain them directly from the publisher at http://store.usgs.gov

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USGS  Colorado Color Shaded Relief (National Elevation Data) Wall Map
Intricately detailed physical map of the state that is more of a work of art than a reference—for there are few place names, and no political boundaries save those of the state itself.  The map was created with computerized elevation points, and features shaded relief to show the form of the land.  It has no elevation contours, but different color tints are used to hint at the elevations.  I use the word "hint" advisedly, for the color tints are so indistinct from each other, that it would be difficult to discern the elevation level of any particularly point within three thousand feet.  Place names are limited to, by my count, eleven cities and fifteen rivers, with no others and nary a mountain named.

This is a map, then, you buy for its intrinsic beauty, or perhaps as a base map for adding on the names most relevant to your purposes.

Scale, 1:650,000 (1 inch = about 10.3 miles).  Size: about 43 x 36 inches.  Rolled.  Paper.
Published by US Geological Survey, 2001.  New.
Item #USGS-112162.  Shipping weight: 1.5 lb.   Publisher's price: $9.00.  Your price: $7.00
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USGS/James McConnell  Colorado 1894 Wall Map
Reprint of historic 1894 state map originally published by James McConnell School Supplies of Denver, Colorado.  The original was apparently hand-drawn, and depicts the topography of the state in pictorial representation, and in fine detail (see sample at right).  Shows the major roads of the time, and cities and towns, rivers, lakes, and creeks, and mountain peaks are labelled.  It would be great fun to compare the map against a current road map to see how much has changed in over 110 years.

Reproduction of the map was achieved in cooperation with the Library of Congress.

Scale, not stated but about 1:500,000 (1 inch = about 8 miles).  Size: about 57 x 42 inches.  Rolled.  Paper.
Published by US Geological Survey, 2001 (original map 1894).  New.
Item #USGS-112161.  Shipping weight: 2.5 lbs.   Publisher's price: $12.00.  Your price: $12.00 (Out of stock; not planning to restock this year.  You may obtain them directly from the publisher at http://store.usgs.gov)
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