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1969 Map of Brandywine

Name: 1969 Topographic Map of Brandywine
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Brandywine and the winding South Fork Potomac River valley anchor this terrain at the border of West Virginia and Virginia. The 1969 field-checked survey reveals a landscape where valley floor settlements like Brandywine give way to the rising peaks of the George Washington National Forest. Notable landmarks of local importance include the Martin Luther Ch and Cedar Grove Ch, alongside the Pine Hill Cem located just north of the village.

Upland features dominate the eastern half of the map, where the Pendleton Co - Rockingham Co line follows high ridges. Hikers and researchers can trace the Maple Spring Trail near Chestnut Ridge or locate the High Knob Lookout Tower atop Dividing Ridge. The transition from the fertile river bottoms to the steep hollows of Richland Mountain and Bethel Mountain illustrates the classic ridge-and-valley geography of the Potomac highlands during the late 1960s.