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1959 Map of Fonts Point

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Fonts Point
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1977
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1977

About this map

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park defines this arid landscape, where the high ridges of the Santa Rosa Mountains drop sharply into the Borrego Badlands. The map reveals a network of seasonal drainage and travel routes, notably the Truckhaven Trail and several jeep trails that negotiate the complex terrain of Coachwhip Canyon and Palo Verde Canyon. These paths connect remote water sources essential for survival in the desert, including Rattlesnake Spring and the Natural Rock Tanks.

Strategic overlooks like Fonts Point and Inspiration Point provide views over the heavily eroded washes below, such as Fonts Point Wash and Vista del Malpais Wash. Human presence is minimal, marked by the Palo Verde Ranger Station and a lone Prospect site, reflecting the region's character as a protected wilderness. The 1974 photorevisions, indicated in purple, show subtle shifts in the desert floor and updated primitive road alignments through Clark Valley.