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1980 Map of Hyde Park

Name: 1980 Topographic Map of Hyde Park
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

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The Hudson River serves as the central artery for this Hudson Valley corridor, dividing Ulster Co to the west from Dutchess Co to the east. On the eastern shore, the landscape is defined by sprawling institutional and memorial estates, most notably the F D Roosevelt Home National Historic Site and the adjacent Tomb. The river crossing is marked by hazards and aids to navigation like Esopus Meadows Lighthouse and the prominent Crum Elbow Point.

Academic and religious life is exceptionally well-documented here, with institutions such as the Mother of Perpetual Help Monastery, Mt St Alphonsus Seminary, and Marist Preparatory Sch clustered near the banks. The transportation network of the 1980s is clearly delineated, showing the parallel paths of the Conrail line and U.S. 9, which connect the historic hamlets of Staatsburg, Hyde Park, and Esopus.