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1966 Map of Sister Rocks

Name: 1966 Topographic Map of Sister Rocks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1968
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1968

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Crescent City anchors the northern coastline of this 1966 survey, where the town's urban grid meets the harbor infrastructure of the Breakwater and Citizens Dock. The maritime landscape is defined by hazardous offshore formations such as Steamboat Rock, Fauntleroy Rock, and Whaler Island, while the Lighthouse at Battery Point marks the entrance to the bay. To the south, the topography shifts abruptly into the dense preservation lands of Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park.

Evidence of mid-century coastal access is visible along Bluff Road and the small settlement at Cushing. The transition from the developed harbor to the wilder, south-stretching shoreline is marked by Enderts Beach and the eponymous Sister Rocks near Midway Point. Deep drainage ravines like Cushing Creek and Damnation Creek cut through the coastal bluffs, illustrating the complex hydrology of this Pacific Northwest environment before modern expansion altered the local roads and trails.