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1949 Map of Burro Mountain

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Burro Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1953
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1953

About this map

The Santa Lucia Range meets the Pacific Ocean in this late 1940s survey of the Central California coast. This specific region is defined by the overlap of the Los Padres National Forest and the Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, showing a landscape primarily utilized for federal conservation and defense. High peaks such as Burro Mountain, Lion Peak, and Silver Peak dominate the interior, where a Lookout Tower on Three Peaks provided a critical vantage point for forest management.

Evidence of early industrial and utility history appears at the Polar Star Mine and the School Spr near Chris Flood Creek. The coastal interface is marked by dramatic terrain like Salmon Cone and Ragged Point, with the Salmon Creek Ranger Sta serving as a remote outpost for the forest service. Many drainages, including Dutra Creek and Villa Creek, carve through the steep topography toward the sea, illustrating the watershed patterns before extensive modern coastal development reached this part of Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties.