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2021 Map of Greenwood

Name: 2021 Topographic Map of Greenwood
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2021
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2021

About this map

Greenwood stands as a focal point in this portion of the Sierra Nevada foothills, situated at the junction of Georgetown Rd and Sliger Mine Rd. The settlement pattern is defined by its gold-mining heritage, with the Greenwood Pioneer Cem and numerous river bars along the North Fork American River and Middle Fork American River marking the landscape. Names like Sardine Bar, Maine Bar, Oregon Bar, and Cherokee Bar trace the historical activity along these riverbeds, where prospectors once worked the gravels.

The Forest Hill Divide and Long Point rise above deep drainage systems such as American Canyon and Hoboken Canyon. To the northwest, Applegate marks the higher elevations, while modern residential growth appears at Auburn Lake Trails. Much of the eastern terrain falls within the Eldorado National Forest, preserving the steep, drainage-cut topography that shaped the region's development from the nineteenth-century gold rush through contemporary forest management.