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1967 Map of Del Mar

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Del Mar
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The coastal shelf of North County San Diego undergoes a period of rapid suburban and institutional expansion in this survey. The landscape is anchored by the historic Del Mar Race Track near the mouth of the San Dieguito River, while new residential footprints in Mira Mesa and Del Mar Heights begin to fill the mesas between ancient canyons. Large-scale land use defines the southern half of the map, where the sprawling Miramar Naval Air Station meets the architectural modernism of the Salk Institute and Scripps Memorial Hospital.

Transport corridors like Interstate 5 and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railroad parallel the shore, cutting through the steep geography of Soledad Valley. Natural preservation is clearly marked at Torrey Pines State Reserve, providing a sharp contrast to the nearby development. For genealogists and local historians, the map preserves the locations of early schools such as Central Sch and Earl Warren Jr High Sch, alongside the developing El Camino Memorial Park (Cem).