1964 U.S. Geological Survey Map of Yellowstone National Park

This is a 1964 large-format U.S. Geological Survey map of Yellowstone National Park. The map captures the park as Park Service was struggling to ballance infractructure to accomindate wildly incrased tourism with enviromental ballance - likely the raison d'être of this map.

A Closer Look

The map details Yellowston National Park in full. , highlighting its topography and geothermal sites. Yellowstone Lake dominates southern half of the sheet, but the real focus is the regional striking topography and geothermal sites. Canyons along the Yellowstone River are identified, among them, the Grand and Black Canyons of the Yellowstone. Small blue circles mark the park's hot springs, geysers, and mud pots. Red and white dashed lines follow Yellowstone's main roads.

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is America's first and most famous national park. The park occupies the northwestern corner of Wyoming and parts of Montana and Idaho. Yellowstone is considered to be the world's first national park. Today a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the park is known for its geothermal features, the most famous of which is the Old Faithful Geyser. Yellowstone's iconic geothermal activity is caused by a dormant supervolcano, the largest in North America, lying directly under the park. Yellowstone Lake, one of the largest high-elevation lakes on the continent, occupies the caldera's center. Yellowstone is home to rich fauna, including wolves, grizzly bears, elk, black bears, and America's largest wild bison herd.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1964. It is well represented in institutional collections.