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1968 Map of Washoe City

Name: 1968 Topographic Map of Washoe City
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1979
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1979

About this map

Washoe Lake dominates this Nevada landscape, where the high peaks of the Carson Range descend into the fertile Washoe Valley. This survey, compiled from 1966 and 1968 observations with purple-ink updates from 1974, documents the expansion of New Washoe City across the eastern valley floor. This planned residential growth stands in contrast to the remnants of the Comstock era, such as the Ophir Mill Hist Marker and the historic estate at Bowers Mansion County Park.

Tracing the foothills reveals a network of small settlements and mining history, including the Union Mine and Rocky Hill Mine near Pleasant Valley. Along the western edge, the Toiyabe National Forest provides a buffer of protected terrain, holding high-altitude water bodies like Joy Lake and Rock Lake. For genealogists, the map identifies several local burial grounds, including the Whispering Pines Cem, Hot Spring Cem, and Franktown Cem near the community of Franktown.