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1949 Map of Saratoga

Name: 1949 Topographic Map of Saratoga
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1949
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1949

About this map

Ballston Spa and the City of Saratoga Springs anchor this post-war landscape, where established resort and racing traditions meet the industrial and agricultural corridors of the Kayadrosseras Range. The map highlights the region's diverse identity, from the sporting grounds of the Saratoga Track and Saratoga Raceway to the natural history preserved at Petrified Gardens and Lester Park. A dense network of rural schoolhouses, such as School No 11 and School No 5, points to the era's small-scale local districts before modern consolidation.

Industrial activity and recreation overlap along the waterways, with the Delaware and Hudson railroad and Saratoga and Schuylerville lines connecting textile and paper mill towns like Rock City Falls and Factory Village. To the west, the wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains begins to take hold, marked by the Spruce Mtn Fire Tower and high-elevation waters like Lake Desolation, contrasting with the more developed Saratoga Lake shoreline at Riley Cove.