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1955 Map of Glamis

Name: 1955 Topographic Map of Glamis
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

The Southern Pacific railroad line cuts a straight northwest-southeast diagonal through this arid landscape, serving the small outposts of Glamis and Ruthven. This desert environment is dominated by the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Lands, where the terrain transitions from the distinct Sand Hills into the broader expanse of the East Mesa.

Infrastructure here is sparse, characterized by a series of dikes along the rail corridor and a network of Jeep Trails that navigate the shifting sands. The map details the Recreation Lands Boundary, illustrating the early management of this iconic California desert region as it appeared in the mid-1950s with subsequent revisions noted in the late 1970s. The surveyor's data captures the isolation of these railroad settlements before the expansion of modern recreational infrastructure.