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1968 Map of Brown Mountain

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Brown Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Old Tucson (Replica of 1870) stands as a prominent cultural landmark on the eastern edge of the Avra Valley, adjacent to the Tucson Mountain Park. This 1968 survey (with 1975 revisions) illustrates a landscape where cinematic history and desert conservation meet. To the north, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is situated near the boundary of Saguaro National Monument, while the western portion of the map is dominated by the vast expanse of the Papago Indian Reservation.

Transportation and infrastructure are defined by the Ryan Field airport in the south, complete with its Airway Beacon and Radio Tower. The terrain transitions from the alluvial floor of Brawley Wash to the prominent peaks of Brown Mountain and Snyder Hill. A network of rural roads like Sandario Road and Kinney Road connects these remote outposts, serving the scattered gravel pits and recreation areas that characterize Pima County's desert periphery during this era.