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1960 Map of Mint Canyon

Name: 1960 Topographic Map of Mint Canyon
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1975
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1975

About this map

The Santa Clara River and the Southern Pacific railroad corridor dictate the settlement patterns of this northern Los Angeles County landscape. In the mid-1970s, purple revision layers reveal a period of rapid suburban expansion near Honby and Solemint, while the surrounding geography remains dominated by the steep canyons of the Angeles National Forest. Notable institutional sites like the Joe Scott Boys Camp and Kenyon Scudder Boys Camp are tucked into the drainages of Plum Canyon and Bouquet Canyon.

Further east, the Soledad Valley narrows toward Lang, where a small Military Reservation sits along the rail line. Evidence of early aviation and infrastructure appears via an Airway Beacon and a Heliport near Vasquez. From the Placerita Canyon State Park in the south to the Del Sur Ridge in the north, the map captures a transition between rugged wilderness and the burgeoning edge of the San Fernando Valley's northern reach.