Horseshoe Bend topographic map
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About this map
Name: Horseshoe Bend topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Horseshoe Bend, Boise County, Idaho, United States (43.89845 -116.21011 43.92994 -116.18873)
Average elevation: 867 m
Minimum elevation: 784 m
Maximum elevation: 1,125 m
The area was originally settled as a gold miners' staging area, as prospectors waited along the river for snows to thaw at the higher elevations. Gold had been discovered in 1862 in the Boise Basin mountains to the east, near Idaho City.