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1959 Map of Rabbit Peak

Name: 1959 Topographic Map of Rabbit Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1965
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1965

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The Santa Rosa Mountains dominate this landscape, rising sharply from the Coachella Valley floor. In the late 1950s, this area straddled the border of Riverside and San Diego counties, encompassing a significant portion of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. The topography is defined by extreme elevation changes, from the prominent Rabbit Peak and Villager Peak down to the eastern lowlands marked by a Levee and indicators of Sea Level.

Remote survey points and family-named landmarks like Ruth, Alice, Crab, and Zosel are scattered across the high ridges and deep drainages of Sheep Canyon and Barton Canyon. The scarcity of human infrastructure is notable, with only a solitary Jeep Trail threading through the northern section, reflecting the preserved and primitive nature of the desert interior during this era of California's growth.