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1935 Map of Rabun Bald

Name: 1935 Topographic Map of Rabun Bald
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1935
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1935

About this map

Rabun Bald Rabun No 2 serves as the focal point of this 1935 survey, where a prominent Fire Tower overlooks the meeting of Georgia and North Carolina. The landscape is defined by the high elevations of the Nantahala National Forest and the Blue Ridge, with water rushing through Estatoah Falls and the Little Tenn River. The map highlights a network of mountain gaps and knobs that dictated early travel and land use, such as Blue Ridge Gap and Aleek Gap.

Settlement patterns are concentrated near Dillard and Mountain City, while the interior terrain is marked by family and local identifiers like Ramey Creek and Stillhouse Creek. This Tennessee Valley Authority collaboration records the state boundary between Macon and Rabun counties, documenting the ridge-line trails and isolated high points like Flint Knob and Pinnacle Knob before mid-century development.