{"product_id":"old-map-of-gearhart-oregon-1949-by-usgs-seaside-cannon-beach-tillamook-head","title":"Old Map of Gearhart, Oregon, 1949 by USGS – Seaside, Cannon Beach \u0026 Tillamook Head","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1978 by the U.S. Geological Survey using survey data collected in 1949, “Gearhart” presents a mid-century portrait of Oregon’s northern coast with the precision and restraint that made USGS quadrangles indispensable. At the 1:24,000 scale, the map captures Gearhart and its neighboring coastal settlements at a moment when seaside communities were still shaped by rail-era resorts, military reservations, fishing routes, and the slow expansion of road-based tourism. Its careful topographic language—contour lines, elevation tints, water features, roads, and named landmarks—translates the landscape into a readable record of both nature and occupation. For collectors, it offers not merely a map of place, but a disciplined federal survey of how Gearhart and the Clatsop County shoreline appeared in the postwar years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe map’s coastal geography is especially compelling, tracing the meeting of Pacific surf, sandy lowlands, forested ridges, and inhabited shore. Gearhart appears alongside Seaside, with roads and neighborhood patterns revealing the relationship between resort development and the surrounding terrain. To the south, the dramatic landform of Tillamook Head rises above the coast, a defining promontory long associated with exploration, navigation, and the scenic identity of the region. Cannon Beach lies beyond, connected by the coastal corridor that helped transform this stretch of Oregon into a destination. The Pacific Ocean, rendered as a vast western boundary, anchors the composition, while the inland contours remind the viewer how quickly the flat coastal plain gives way to wooded hills and river-carved country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe USGS style is at once understated and deeply informative. Standardized symbols mark roads, structures, waterways, wooded areas, and public lands, while the contour lines provide an elegant visual grammar for reading elevation. Around Gearhart, the terrain appears relatively gentle near the shore, but the surrounding hills and valleys become increasingly legible through tightly spaced contour intervals. This cartographic discipline allows the viewer to understand drainage, slope, access, and settlement in a single glance. Unlike pictorial or promotional maps, this quadrangle is rooted in measurement: every line serves a purpose. Yet its restrained palette and meticulous labeling give it a quiet beauty, characteristic of mid-20th-century American topographic mapping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically, the map is a valuable record of the Oregon coast as it stood in 1949, when the underlying survey data was gathered. It preserves a view of land use before later decades of intensified development, environmental regulation, and tourism infrastructure altered portions of the region. Camp Rilea, the military site north of Gearhart, is an especially notable feature, reflecting the strategic and training uses of the coastal landscape in the World War II and early Cold War era. Roads leading between Gearhart, Seaside, Cannon Beach, and inland areas show the transportation framework that connected small communities to larger regional patterns. For historians of urban growth, recreation, and coastal land management, the map offers a particularly useful baseline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNatural landmarks give the map much of its enduring appeal. Ecola State Park and the forested country around Tillamook Head evoke one of Oregon’s most storied scenic corridors, where cliffs, beaches, and dense coastal vegetation converge. The Nehalem River, nearby forests, and protected reserves hint at the broader ecological richness of the region, shaped by rainfall, marine air, and river systems flowing from the Coast Range toward the Pacific. The juxtaposition of resort towns, military grounds, coastal roads, and rugged topography makes “Gearhart” a fascinating document of balance: settlement pressed close to ocean and forest, yet still visibly constrained by landform. It is a refined and historically resonant map of one of Oregon’s most atmospheric shorelines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCities, towns and places on this map\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGearhart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeaside\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCannon Beach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePacific Ocean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNehalem River\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTillamook Head\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEcola State Park\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCamp Rilea military site\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClatsop County\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeighborhoods surrounding Gearhart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoads leading to and from Gearhart and neighboring towns\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural reserves and forests in the vicinity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHistorical context \u0026amp; cartographic details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduced by the U.S. Geological Survey, or USGS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical 1:24,000 topographical map of Gearhart, Oregon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBased on survey data collected in 1949 and published in 1978\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRepresents the landscape and human development of the Gearhart area as recorded in 1949\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures standard USGS topographical symbols, elevation coloring, and clearly labeled natural and man-made features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUses detailed contour lines to show elevation changes, hills, valleys, and surrounding terrain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides a useful snapshot for researchers, historians, and collectors interested in land use, development, and environmental change along the Oregon coast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartographic style is consistent with mid-20th-century USGS mapping practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLooking for a particular place?\u003c\/strong\u003e Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eask our workshop to check before you order\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDetailed maps are especially rewarding at larger sizes, where names, boundaries and decorative features have more room to be appreciated. Use the close-up preview and size guide to choose the right scale for your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhere personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. \u003ca target=\"”_blank”\" href=\"\/fr\/pages\/map-personalisation\"\u003eSee personalised map examples\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is printed to museum-grade archival standards using fade-resistant pigment inks on acid-free matte paper. Choose an unframed map print, framed map or canvas using the finish options above. 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