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1949 Map of Cherry Springs

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

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Cherry Springs Park serves as a central hub in this high-plateau landscape of Potter County, which was surveyed just after the war in 1945. The area is defined by its extensive network of fire and logging trails, including the White Line Trail and Alabama Trail, reflecting the importance of forest management and early outdoor recreation in the mid-century. A Landing Field and the Cherry Springs Fire Tower highlight the region's operational infrastructure, while small settlements like Corbett and Lyman anchor the drainage basins of the West Branch Pine Creek.

The map reveals the intricate topographic detail of family-named hollows and ridges such as Palmatier Hollow and Laman Ridge. Transport patterns are preserved through features like the Coudersport Jersey Shore Road and several segments of old Railroad grades in the southwest corner near Eulalia. This survey documents a transitional moment in the Pennsylvania wilds, before modern development further altered the remote trail networks and small mountain outposts like Lyman Run Camp.