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1991 Map of Palo Alto

Name: 1991 Topographic Map of Palo Alto
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1995
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1995

About this map

Stanford University serves as a massive focal point for this suburban landscape, featuring The Quadrangle, the Stadium, and the sprawling Linear Accelerator to the west. The 1991 survey illustrates the dense residential corridors of Redwood City, Menlo Park, and Palo Alto as they follow the Southern Pacific rail line and the historic El Camino Real.

Along the San Francisco Bay, a series of industrial Salt Evaporators and winding tidal channels like Ravenswood Slough contrast with the manicured grounds of the Stanford Golf Course and the U S Veterans Hospital. Further inland, the terrain rises into the foothills toward Los Altos Hills and Woodside, where the Canada Del Corte De Madera and Searsville Lake offer a more rural character. The map also documents numerous neighborhood institutions, from Holy Cross Cem to several parochial and public schools that define the region's mid-century growth.