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1898 Map of Dardanelles

Name: 1898 Topographic Map of Dardanelles
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1907
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1907

About this map

The Dardanelles and the towering Dardanelles Cone dominate this high Sierra landscape, which was surveyed during the final decade of the 19th century. The map documents a critical mountain corridor along the Sonora Road, showing the early infrastructure of travel before modern paving. Small outposts like Baker Station and the camping ground at Brightman Flat provided necessary respite for travelers and cattlemen navigating the passage between the Middle Fork Stanislaus River and the high Sonora Pass.

The southern portion of the sheet marks the northern boundary of Yosemite National Park, capturing the wilderness as it was managed shortly after its establishment. Water resources are already central to the region's character, with the Highland Reservoir and remote alpine bodies like Kennedy Lake and Highland Lake serving as focal points in the drainage basins of the Tuolumne River and the West Walker River.