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1956 Map of Glens Falls

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Glens Falls
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

About this map

The Adirondack Mountains and the Green Mountains meet in this mid-century survey, creating a dense network of high peaks and river valleys. Central to the region is Lake George, flanked by Five Mile Mountain and Black Mtn, serving as a historic corridor between the Hudson River and Lake Champlain. The map illustrates a landscape shaped by early industrial centers like Glens Falls and Rutland, where the Delaware and Hudson RR and Rutland RR facilitated the movement of timber and minerals.

Conservation efforts are prominent across three states, visible in the sprawling Adirondack State Park and the Green Mountain National Forest. Cultural and historical sites, including the Saratoga National Historical Park and the Calvin Coolidge State Forest, highlight the region's preservation of revolutionary history and presidential heritage. The map captures the infrastructure of the late 1950s, with towns like Saratoga Springs and Middlebury connected by a maturing system of state and federal routes.