1897 Map of Mt. Hamilton

About this map

Lick Observatory stands as the central landmark of this late-nineteenth-century survey, perched atop the heights near Copernicus Pk. and Mt. Isabel. The terrain is defined by a series of parallel ridges and deep valleys, including Packard Ridge and Seeboy Ridge, which separate drainage systems like Arroyo Hondo and Alameda Creek. The map documents a landscape before modern development, where remote outposts like Mowry Camp and a solitary Hotel provided rare points of human habitation in the Diablo Range.