Rare Old Map of Occidental, California by USGS, 1954: Camp Meeker, Russian River & Bohemian Grove
Restored in our London workshop from the original 1962 map and printed to museum-grade archival standards. Full description
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Restored from the original 1962 map and printed to museum-grade archival standards. Full description
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Titled “Camp Meeker,” this United States Geological Survey quadrangle was published in 1962 using survey data gathered in 1954, preserving a finely...
Continue readingTitled “Camp Meeker,” this United States Geological Survey quadrangle was published in 1962 using survey data gathered in 1954, preserving a finely measured portrait of western Sonoma County in the middle of the twentieth century. Centered on the wooded communities around Camp Meeker and Occidental, the map captures a landscape where settlement, roadways, creeks, and forested ridges meet the folded terrain of California’s Coast Ranges. At the classic 1:24,000 scale, it offers an unusually intimate view of the region: not merely a diagram of roads and towns, but a carefully contoured record of elevation, drainage, vegetation, and human use. Its bright green woodland tint immediately evokes the redwood country that helped define this corner of Sonoma County.
The USGS topographic style gives the map its enduring authority and visual charm. Fine brown contour lines describe the rise and fall of hills, valleys, and ridgelines, revealing the complex terrain between Occidental, Camp Meeker, Graton, and the Russian River corridor. Green shading marks forested or densely vegetated areas, emphasizing the heavily wooded character of the coastal uplands, while black and red linework identifies roads, structures, railways, boundaries, and other built features. This cartographic language was designed for precision, but it also creates a richly layered image of place. Every creek course, slope, and route contributes to a portrait of a rural California landscape at a moment when traditional settlement patterns still shaped the map more strongly than suburban expansion.
Occidental appears as one of the map’s central communities, set among ridges, creeks, and roads that reflect its long association with timber, rail access, and rural retreat. Nearby Camp Meeker, once developed as a vacation and summer-home enclave amid the redwoods, is shown in close relation to the surrounding hills and wooded drainages. Ashbury Grove and Graton add further texture to the mapped landscape, suggesting a network of small settlements rather than a single dominant town. The inclusion of aqueducts, railways, unnamed roads, county boundaries, and small landmarks gives the map a documentary quality, preserving the infrastructure and local geography that connected these communities in the 1950s.
The presence of Bohemian Grove adds a notable historical resonance to the sheet. Situated amid the redwood forest near the Russian River, the grove has long been associated with the private Bohemian Club and its influential annual gatherings, making its appearance on a USGS map a quiet but intriguing detail. Highland Lake, local creeks, valleys, and wooded hollows further enrich the scene, placing human institutions within a broader natural setting of watercourses and steep terrain. The Russian River, one of Sonoma County’s defining geographic features, anchors the regional context, while the surrounding uplands show the transition from valley agriculture and settlement to shaded forest slopes and secluded retreats.
As a mid-century topographic record, “Camp Meeker” is especially compelling for the way it invites comparison with the present. The map captures western Sonoma County before later waves of development, environmental regulation, road improvement, and changing land-use priorities reshaped the region. Its contours remain timeless, yet its roads, rail traces, settlement patterns, and wooded extents reveal a specific historical moment. For collectors, historians, planners, and admirers of California landscapes, it offers both technical precision and narrative depth: a measured view of redwood country, rural communities, and Coast Range terrain, rendered by the nation’s most respected mapping agency with the clarity and discipline that made USGS quadrangles indispensable.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Occidental
- Camp Meeker
- Ashbury Grove
- Graton
- Russian River
- Bohemian Grove
- Highland Lake
- Various unnamed streets and roads
- Aqueducts and railways
- County boundaries
- Small identified landmarks and notable geographic features, including creeks and valleys
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Occidental, California, and the surrounding area
- Surveyed in 1954 and published with a 1962 imprint
- Uses traditional USGS topographic styling with contour lines to show elevation
- Features bright green vegetation coloring to indicate forested or densely vegetated areas
- Shows hills, valleys, and landforms characteristic of the California coastal range
- Provides a mid-20th-century snapshot of the region, useful for comparing changes in land use, urbanization, and environmental development over time
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed 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.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every 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. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Titled “Camp Meeker,” this United States Geological Survey quadrangle was published in 1962 using survey data gathered in 1954, preserving a finely measured portrait of western Sonoma County in the middle of the twentieth century. Centered on the wooded communities around Camp Meeker and Occidental, the map captures a landscape where settlement, roadways, creeks, and forested ridges meet the folded terrain of California’s Coast Ranges. At the classic 1:24,000 scale, it offers an unusually intimate view of the region: not merely a diagram of roads and towns, but a carefully contoured record of elevation, drainage, vegetation, and human use. Its bright green woodland tint immediately evokes the redwood country that helped define this corner of Sonoma County.
The USGS topographic style gives the map its enduring authority and visual charm. Fine brown contour lines describe the rise and fall of hills, valleys, and ridgelines, revealing the complex terrain between Occidental, Camp Meeker, Graton, and the Russian River corridor. Green shading marks forested or densely vegetated areas, emphasizing the heavily wooded character of the coastal uplands, while black and red linework identifies roads, structures, railways, boundaries, and other built features. This cartographic language was designed for precision, but it also creates a richly layered image of place. Every creek course, slope, and route contributes to a portrait of a rural California landscape at a moment when traditional settlement patterns still shaped the map more strongly than suburban expansion.
Occidental appears as one of the map’s central communities, set among ridges, creeks, and roads that reflect its long association with timber, rail access, and rural retreat. Nearby Camp Meeker, once developed as a vacation and summer-home enclave amid the redwoods, is shown in close relation to the surrounding hills and wooded drainages. Ashbury Grove and Graton add further texture to the mapped landscape, suggesting a network of small settlements rather than a single dominant town. The inclusion of aqueducts, railways, unnamed roads, county boundaries, and small landmarks gives the map a documentary quality, preserving the infrastructure and local geography that connected these communities in the 1950s.
The presence of Bohemian Grove adds a notable historical resonance to the sheet. Situated amid the redwood forest near the Russian River, the grove has long been associated with the private Bohemian Club and its influential annual gatherings, making its appearance on a USGS map a quiet but intriguing detail. Highland Lake, local creeks, valleys, and wooded hollows further enrich the scene, placing human institutions within a broader natural setting of watercourses and steep terrain. The Russian River, one of Sonoma County’s defining geographic features, anchors the regional context, while the surrounding uplands show the transition from valley agriculture and settlement to shaded forest slopes and secluded retreats.
As a mid-century topographic record, “Camp Meeker” is especially compelling for the way it invites comparison with the present. The map captures western Sonoma County before later waves of development, environmental regulation, road improvement, and changing land-use priorities reshaped the region. Its contours remain timeless, yet its roads, rail traces, settlement patterns, and wooded extents reveal a specific historical moment. For collectors, historians, planners, and admirers of California landscapes, it offers both technical precision and narrative depth: a measured view of redwood country, rural communities, and Coast Range terrain, rendered by the nation’s most respected mapping agency with the clarity and discipline that made USGS quadrangles indispensable.
Cities, towns and places on this map
- Occidental
- Camp Meeker
- Ashbury Grove
- Graton
- Russian River
- Bohemian Grove
- Highland Lake
- Various unnamed streets and roads
- Aqueducts and railways
- County boundaries
- Small identified landmarks and notable geographic features, including creeks and valleys
Historical context & cartographic details
- Produced by the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
- Historical 1:24,000 topographical map of Occidental, California, and the surrounding area
- Surveyed in 1954 and published with a 1962 imprint
- Uses traditional USGS topographic styling with contour lines to show elevation
- Features bright green vegetation coloring to indicate forested or densely vegetated areas
- Shows hills, valleys, and landforms characteristic of the California coastal range
- Provides a mid-20th-century snapshot of the region, useful for comparing changes in land use, urbanization, and environmental development over time
Looking for a particular place? Review the detailed images to confirm that the town, landmark or feature you have in mind appears on the map. If you are unsure, ask our workshop to check before you order.
Detailed 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.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
The model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.
Where personalisation is available, you can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. See personalised map examples.
Every 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. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
With its rich detail and strong sense of place, this map makes a considered gift for a new home, anniversary, retirement or anyone with a personal connection to the area shown. Still deciding? Explore our collection of rare old and vintage maps to discover another place, period or style.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
Many of our maps and art prints are chosen as thoughtful gifts for homes, offices, studies and meaningful places.
Choose a framed option for the easiest ready-to-hang gift, or choose an unframed print if the recipient may prefer to select their own frame.
We make orders locally in 23 countries around the world, so gifts can often be produced close to the recipient. This helps them arrive faster, travel more safely, and avoid customs or import duty surprises.
- We can deliver directly to the recipient
- Framed pieces arrive ready to hang
- Unframed prints are carefully packed in a strong protective tube
- Almost every order is made locally, for faster, safer gifting
- 90-day returns give the recipient time to decide
If you are not sure what to choose, please contact us. We can help you pick the right map, size, finish or delivery option.
Most orders are made locally and delivered in around 2–3 working days, depending on the product, size and destination.
We print and frame maps and artwork in 23 countries around the world, so your order is usually made close to you or your recipient. That means faster delivery, less time in transit, and no customs or import duty surprises.
Personalised and customised pieces usually take an extra 1–2 working days, because we prepare your design and send it to you for approval before printing.
Very large framed orders can take a little longer, as they need extra care in production and delivery.
Every order is carefully packaged: unframed prints are sent in a strong protective tube, while framed pieces are securely packed with protective materials around the frame.
If you need your order by a particular date, please contact us before ordering. We’ll check the best production route and delivery option for your location.
Express delivery is available at checkout for most countries. Next-day delivery is available in the UK, US, Singapore and the UAE.
Your order is covered by our 90-day returns policy and 10-year guarantee.
Our standard frame is a gallery-style black ash hardwood frame, with a simple, modern look. It is approximately 20mm (0.8in) wide. You can also view some lovely customer photos of framed maps and art.
We use super-clear acrylic glazing, also known as Perspex or Acrylite, instead of traditional glass. It is lighter, safer, and has lower reflectivity, giving the artwork a clearer, cleaner appearance.
Six standard frame colours are available at no extra cost: black, dark brown, dark grey, oak, white, and antique gold. Custom framing and mounting/matting is also available for customers looking for something more specific.
Most maps, art prints, and illustrations are also available as a framed canvas. We use matte cotton canvas, stretch it over a sustainably sourced wooden box frame, and then float the piece within a wooden outer frame. The finished result is beautifully presented, with no glazing between you and the artwork.
All frames are supplied ready to hang, with either string or brackets fitted to the back. Very large frames will include heavy-duty hanging plates and/or a mounting baton. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
We can also supply old maps and artwork on canvas, foam board, cotton rag, and other materials.
If you would prefer to frame your map or artwork yourself, please read our size guide before ordering.
We work with interior designers, hospitality businesses, property professionals, offices and corporate buyers on individual pieces and larger coordinated projects.
This map can be adapted for a particular wall, room or project, and our workshop can help coordinate the dimensions, material and framing before production.
- Exact, oversized and made-to-measure dimensions
- Custom framing, mounting and alternative materials
- Coordinated pieces for several rooms or locations
- Map personalisation, to mark important locations or add extra details
- Map and framing guidance from our workshop
- Local production for projects around the world
Every Unique Maps piece begins with an authentic cartographic source or an original design from our London studio.
For our historic maps, we source rare originals from libraries, archives, auction houses and private collections around the world. We carefully restore each map for print—repairing age-related damage, balancing colour and improving clarity while preserving its original detail, texture and character.
Once restored, the map is prepared for your chosen size and finish. Your piece is then printed and, where selected, framed close to its delivery destination.
Our map prints use acid-free 200gsm archival matte paper and fade-resistant pigment inks, creating a rich, non-glossy finish designed to last. Framed maps use crystal-clear optical acrylic and arrive ready to hang.
Canvas, cotton-rag and other specialist presentations are also available. Learn more about our materials and finishes.
Personalising your map
You can add a short title or dedication, mark one meaningful place, or request one considered visual detail. For personalised designs, we send a proof before printing and you can request changes before approval.
For more complex bespoke commissions, contact our design team.
Original or Aged
Choose Original for true-to-source colour, or Aged for a warmer, richer antique character created with our specialist ageing process. See examples of our Aged maps.
We’ve been restoring and producing maps and art prints since 1984, and we stand behind every piece.
Every order is covered by our 10-year guarantee and damage-free delivery guarantee. If your piece arrives damaged, we’ll replace or remake it free of charge. If anything else isn’t right, contact our workshop team and we’ll put it right promptly.
See our returns and refund policy for full details.
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