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1965 Map of Buena Vista

Name: 1965 Topographic Map of Buena Vista
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Buena Vista serves as the industrial and educational anchor of this mid-1960s survey, situated where the Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western railroads converge along the Maury River. The city’s core is densely plotted, featuring McCluer High Sch and the campus of Southern Seminary Jr College, while the surrounding landscape rises sharply into the George Washington National Forest. To the east, the Blue Ridge Parkway snakes along the high ridges of the Blue Ridge Mountains, providing access to scenic vistas such as the House Mountains Overlook and Rice Mtn Overlook.

A network of mountain streams including the Pedlar River and Davis Mill Creek defines the rugged eastern interior. Here, small communities like Oronoco and Beverlytown persist amidst a landscape of prominent peaks like Punchbowl Mtn and Big Piney Mtn. The map also traces the high-elevation route of the Appalachian Trail as it crosses Humphreys Gap and Saddle Gap, marking a transition from the river-valley industry of the west to the protected wilderness and water resources of the Lynchburg Reservoir.