1976 Map of Yosemite Valley

About this map

Yosemite Valley is the central focus of this mid-1970s study, which captures the Sierra Nevada's high country during a period of transition in National Park management. The map documents the layout of primary visitor hubs like Yosemite Village and Curry Village alongside the critical gateway community of El Portal on the Merced River. Farther south, the historic settlement of Wawona stands near the park boundary, while the northern reaches are dominated by the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River. Beyond the famous monoliths of El Capitan and Half Dome, the map details the vast wilderness infrastructure of the Cathedral Range and the Minarets Range. Small-scale industrial remnants, such as the Abernathy Mine and Sawmill Mine, persist in the surrounding Stanislaus National Forest and Sierra National Forest, illustrating the overlap of conservation and resource extraction in the High Sierra.