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1967 Map of Orkney Springs

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Orkney Springs
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1987
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1987

About this map

Orkney Springs and the neighboring resort community of Basye center this 1967 survey of the Appalachian corridor where Virginia meets West Virginia. The landscape is defined by the massive ridges of North Mountain and Great North Mountain, containing the remote Lost River Cove. While much of the land is preserved within the George Washington National Forest, the map reveals the mid-century evolution of the area's tourism and recreation economy, most notably seen at the Sky Bryce Airport and the sprawling golf course developments near Bird Haven.

Genealogists and local historians can locate several rural congregations, including Cove Chapel, Woodland Ch, and Mt Hermon Ch, alongside the Shrine Mont Church Camp near the spring sites. The terrain is deeply carved by water, from the Lost River in the northwest to the complex network of Stony Creek and its many tributaries like Saltpeter Run and Alum Run, which once supported the historic mineral spring resorts of the Victorian era.