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1933 Map of Healing Springs

Name: 1933 Topographic Map of Healing Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1945
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1945

About this map

Hot Springs and the surrounding Warm Springs Valley define this early 1930s survey of Bath County, Virginia. The landscape is a corridor of thermal springs and recreation, featuring the storied Healing Springs and the Cascades Golf Club. Above the valley floor, the terrain rises sharply into Warm Springs Mountain and Bald Knob Mountain, where high-elevation landmarks like Trappers Lodge and the George Washington Trail provide evidence of early forestry and trail systems.

Aviation and education are captured in their early forms through Ingalls Landing Field and the Deeds Sch, while the rural economy is marked by scattered settlements such as Tinkertown and Midway. The eastern portion of the map transitions into the watershed of the Cowpasture River, characterized by numerous hollows like Sawmill Hollow and Blue Suck Hollow, indicating a landscape deeply etched by the seasonal hydrology of the Alleghenies.