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1956 Map of Partington Ridge

Name: 1956 Topographic Map of Partington Ridge
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1984
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1984

About this map

The Coast Highway 1 clings to the steep Pacific cliffs of Monterey County in this 1956 survey, revised in 1984. This landscape is defined by its extreme verticality, where peaks like Anderson Peak and Marble Peak rise abruptly from the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean. The presence of the Sea Otter Game Refuge and the Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park highlights a preserved coastal wilderness, largely inaccessible except by foot along routes like the Barlow Flat Trail.

Evidence of earlier human activity is found at Anderson Landing (Aban'd), once a primary contact point for local ranchers and loggers before the modern highway was completed. Remote outposts such as Sykes Camp, Outlaw Camp, and Rainbow Camp are scattered along the Big Sur River and its forks, serving as basepoints for exploration within the Ventana Wilderness. The map captures the interface between the rugged Logwood Ridge and the dramatic coastal terrace at Partington Point.