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1964 Map of Calderwood

Name: 1964 Topographic Map of Calderwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1967
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1967

About this map

Great Smoky Mountains National Park dominates this mid-1960s landscape, bordering the managed waters of the Little Tennessee River. The map captures a moment when industrial utility met recreation, showing the infrastructure of Chilhowee Lake and Calderwood Lake alongside the remote heights of Hannah Mountain. The small settlement of Calderwood sits at the river’s edge, while Happy Valley provides a pocket of habitation to the north, anchored by Chilhowee Ch.

A complex network of gaps and ridges, such as Huckleberry Gap and Sawmill Ridge, suggests the historical paths through these peaks. Evidence of local labor and transit is visible in the Quarry near the river and the emerging Foothills Parkway. From the spray of Abrams Falls to the high ground at Parson Bald, the map documents the transition from the river valley to the high ridges of the Tennessee-North Carolina border.