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1960 Map of Clark Lake

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Clark Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park dominates this desert landscape at the transition between the high Santa Rosa Mountains and the arid lowlands of the Borrego Badlands. At the valley floor, the planned layout of Borrego Springs is centered on the distinctive Christmas Circle, showing a community organized around leisure and the desert climate with the De Anza Desert Country Club and Borrego Palms Resort.

Remote outposts and water sources are vital features of this survey, from the Sheep Canyon Ranger Station to the historical Santa Catarina Spring and Clark Well. The map captures a moment of modern desert development, including the Borrego Valley Airport and Borrego Sch, while preserving the paths of earlier travelers along the Anza Trail and the legendary Pegleg Smith Historical Marker near the Truckhaven Road.