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1961 Map of Colorado Springs

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Colorado Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

Colorado Springs transitions from a mid-century city into a modern urban center on this map, which includes significant purple-tinted revisions from 1969 and 1975. The layout captures the established downtown grid around Acacia Park and the historic campus of Colorado College. To the south, the landscape becomes increasingly specialized, featuring the high-altitude Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun overlooking the expansive grounds of the Broadmoor and its golf course.

Industrial and military footprints are visible through the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe rail lines and the presence of Ent Air Force Base. Neighborhoods like Stratton Meadows and Knob Hill show the rapid residential expansion that characterized the Pikes Peak region during the Cold War era. The map also records numerous local institutions, from the State Deaf and Blind School to neighborhood schools like Wasson High Sch and Harrison High Sch.