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1961 Map of Port Angeles

Name: 1961 Topographic Map of Port Angeles
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1986
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1986

About this map

Port Angeles occupies the northern shoreline where the Juan de Fuca Strait meets the harbor, showing a city expanding southward into the rising terrain of The Foothills. The 1961 field data, updated with 1980s culture revisions, captures the city's civic infrastructure including Lincoln Sch, Jefferson Sch, and Queen of Angels Sch, alongside the Olympic Memorial Hospital and the Weather Bureau Tower near the waterfront.

The landscape transitions sharply from the urban grid and Lincoln Park to the protected wilderness of Olympic National Park. Within the park boundary, high-altitude features like Lake Angeles and First Top stand in contrast to the developed lowlands. The presence of the Heart Of The Hills Ranger Sta and the Olympic Natl Park Hdqrs underscores the city's role as a gateway to the mountains, while local roads like Mt Angeles Road provide the primary link between the harbor and the high peaks of Wildcat Mountain.