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Real 3D Raised Relief Map
This 3D Raised Relief Map of Colorado is a Muir Way original, shaped around a fact that sets the state apart: Colorado has more named peaks above 14,000 feet than any other state in the country, strung along the spine of the Rocky Mountains and the Continental Divide. The map also captures the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, known for some of the steepest, deepest canyon walls in North America. Every bit of that dramatic high country is heated and vacuum-formed over a precisely sculpted 3D mold, so it's something you can feel, not just see.
Each map begins as a flat sheet of durable plastic, heated until pliable and vacuum-formed over a mold sculpted from modern digital elevation data. The result is a genuinely three-dimensional terrain model—raised and textured down to individual peaks and canyon walls—not a flat print like our 2D Vintage Relief paper maps.
The entire map is left completely white, with no printed roads, labels, or text. That's intentional: with nothing else to look at, the terrain itself is the whole point. Place it near a window or lamp and view it at an angle, since the shadows raking across the surface are what reveal the relief's detail.
Framed versions have no glass or acrylic covering the terrain, so the map stays fully touchable. Run your hand across the Rockies and down into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and feel the real elevation change of Colorado's high country.
- Size - unframed 31x24 inches
- Size - framed 32x25 inches
- White plastic mounted on foam board
- Handmade real Walnut frame available
- Individually made in our San Diego, CA shop
FREE SHIPPING within the contiguous US
Shipping times - not including transit:
- Unframed maps - 3-5 business days
- Made-to-order framed maps - 3-4 weeks
RETURN POLICY
We accept returns within 30 days of purchasing your unframed map. There are NO restocking fees but return shipping costs are at the customer's expense. Returned maps must be in new condition with no visible marks or damage. Please email us at [email protected] with your order # to receive detailed instructions. Unauthorized returns may not be accepted and do not guarantee a refund.
If prints are shipped back to us and are not in new condition, we offer a store credit or can return them to you.
*Framed Prints – We do not accept returns or exchanges on framed prints because they are custom-made to order. If your order arrives damaged or wrong, please email us at [email protected] so we can correct it for you. We will require pictures of the damaged print and the shipping container it arrived in.
Each frame is handmade by a local craftsman.
- Real Walnut hardwood (not veneer)
- Frames vary in color and grain
- 7/8" face x 1" deep
- Finished back – paper dust cover, rubber bumpers, and hanging wire
- No acrylic or glass on front
Vacuum-formed over a precision 3D mold, real raised terrain
Every ridge, valley, and peak is actually there. You feel it, not just see it.
Molds cut from NASA elevation data for accurate topography
Precise data used to create the most detailed raised relief maps available.
No glass, no acrylic, every map is made to be touched
Run your fingers across the Rockies or trace the Appalachians. The map wants to be touched.
Highly formable plastic mounted onto foam core
Vacuum-formed to replicate every ridge and valley, mounted on foam core for rigidity and easy framing.
Each map individually made in our San Diego, CA shop
Not printed and boxed at scale. Every relief is hand-formed by our small studio team.
USA-made materials, a portion of profits supports outdoor charities
Sierra Club, Leave No Trace, and Waterkeeper Alliance protect the places these maps depict.
Handmade from real walnut, no pressed wood, no veneer
Real hardwood grain, not a stained lookalike. Built by local craftsmen to last.
Open-face design with no glazing, so the terrain stays touchable
Nothing between you and the landscape. The frame protects without hiding.
Framing adds about one inch to each dimension
A slim profile that fits your wall, not a bulky box that dominates it.
The original map designs are of historical maps. We use scans of the old maps and georeference them with modern elevation data to align the raised terrain with the map. Then, we cut a detailed mold for the map. The maps get printed, heated, and vacuum formed onto the mold. We remove the newly formed map from the mold, cut it, and mount it onto matboard for a rigid raised relief map. The 3D maps we sell are only available by Muir Way.
No, we offer each map in a single size because they are vacuum formed to a particular 3D mold that takes approximately 40 hours to cut.
The maps are printed on a thick, highly formable plastic that is highly formable under extreme heat and mounted on foamboard.
For any reason, you can send back the print within 30 days of receiving it for a full refund. The print must be in new condition. We do not accept returns on framed prints. Please email [email protected] for return authorization.
Unframed maps ship out in 1-2 days and framed maps ship out in 2-3 weeks of ordering. Please also allow transit time from our shop in San Diego.
No, our frames do not have glass over the 3D prints so you can touch the protruding terrain. If you prefer glass, your local frame shop can make a deeper frame that will allow for the glass.
Ours are inspired by those older raised relief maps but our new versions are on another level of quality, precision, and craftsmanship.
Bought as a gift for my Colorado resident brother. He immediately spotted Pike’s Peak and summit county on the map. We stared at it and picked out points of interest and locations he had been to. Needless to say the details were impeccable. What a fun gift to give! Shipped fast and secure in a well designed delivery box.
Bautiful
I loved it!
I purchased the Colorado map for my daughter. She loved it! It came exactly as described. Light weight =easy to hang. Packaged well.
