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1985 Map of Sand Lake

Name: 1985 Topographic Map of Sand Lake
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1985
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1985

About this map

Cape Lookout dominates the northern coastline of this Tillamook County shoreline, where the headland reaches into the Pacific Ocean at the edge of Cape Lookout State Park. The interior landscape reveals the complex hydrology of Sand Lake, a coastal estuary characterized by extensive tidal flats, a dike levee, and the centrally located Whalen Island. Small settlements like Sandlake, Jewell, and Tierra Del Mar provide evidence of rural habitation tucked between the dunes and the rising timber of the Siuslaw National Forest.

Researchers will find a landscape shaped by both conservation and industry, with the Oregon Islands Wilderness protecting the offshore environment while a quarry and numerous logging roads suggest the local economy of the mid-1980s. Waterways such as Sand Creek, Jackson Creek, and Tillamook River drain the coastal range, feeding into the protected bays and lagoons that define this segment of the Oregon coast.