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1995 Map of Bear Canyon

Name: 1995 Topographic Map of Bear Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2001
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2001

About this map

Fort Hunter Liggett dominates this landscape in the mid-1990s, where military training grounds overlap with historic Spanish-era land divisions. The terrain is defined by the San Antonio River as it winds through the Milpitas Grant and San Miguelito Grant. These land grants preserved large, contiguous tracts of territory that became central to the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation.

Navigation through the interior relies on Milpitas Road, which provides access to the Upper Milpitas Airstrip. The map captures a transition from the managed timber and wilderness of Los Padres National Forest in the west to the active tactical landscape of the military installation. Notable drainage features like Bear Canyon and Mission Creek feed into the river system, while Coleman Reservoir serves as a distinct upland water source within the reservation boundaries.