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Separately listed are present-day (modern) Yosemite maps: General Yosemite Maps, Yosemite Valley Maps, Wawona & Mariposa Grove Maps, Tioga Road, Tuolumne Meadows, & High Sierra Maps, Hotel Maps, Campground Maps, & Winter Maps

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Prehistory
“Map of ancient glaciers of Yosemite region,” from plate 39 of Geologic History of the Yosemite Valley (USGS: Geological Survey Professional Paper 160, 1930) by François E. Matthes [NPS website]
“Territory and Villages of the Maidu and Miwok.” From Handbook of Indians of California by A. L. Kroeber (1919).
“Location of Indian tribes in the vicinity of Yosemite National Park” (1956) from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
“Distribution of the Mewan Stock by C. Hart Merriam,“ map of Miwok boundaries from C. Hart Merriam, “Distribution and Classification of the Mewan Stock of California,” American Anthropologist 9(2):338-357 (April/June 1907)
Map of Miwok territory from S. A. Barrett “The Geography and Dialects of the Miwok Indians,” UCPAAE 6(2):333-368 (February 1908) [PDF]

1777
Mapa del viage que hizo el P. F. Pedro Font a Monterey, y Puerto de San Francisco; y del viage que hizo el P. F. Francisco Garcés por el Rio Colorado hasta su desemboque, y para arriba hasta el Moqui. In the archives at Seville, Spain; sketch-copy from Coues, On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer 1 (1900). This map shows the name “Sierra Nevada” for the first time in its present location and indicates rivers entering the Tulares from the Sierra.

1833-1883
Sketch Map of Yosemite Region [1833-1883] from One Hundred Years in Yosemite 2d. ed. (1947) by Carl P. Russell [1890x1341, 175KB]
“Early Trails Yosemite National Park” from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1849-1850
Discovery of Yosemite: First Expedition— Mariposa War by Carl P. Russell. From “Early Years in Yosemite” (1926)

1851
Map of the Yo-semite Valley notes Indian villages and sweathouses in Yosemite Valley in 1851 from L. H. Bunnell’s Discovery of the Yosemite (1st. ed., c. 1880)
“Route of Mariposa Battalion First Expedition—March, 1851” from Yosemite Indians Yeserday and Today (1941) by Elizabeth H. Godfrey
Map of Mercedes Indian Reservation, created from the Camp Fremont Treaty of March 19, 1851. Congress never ratified the treaty and the reservation reverted to public land after a few years. From Carl P. Russell, “Geography of the Mariposa Indian War,” Yosemite Nature Notes 30(7):62 (July 1951) [PDF]

1852
Map of Merced River area gold mining country, including Mariposa, 1851-1852, from Sam Ward in the Gold Rush (1861, 1949)
Map of San Joaquin River area Indian Reservations, 1852, by Indian Agent Col. Adam Johnson, from Sam Ward in the Gold Rush (1861, 1949)

1850-1915
Historical Maps of Yosemite National Park and Yosemite Valley 1850 to 1915 (mostly of outlying cabins) from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1859-1959
Old Yosemite Village Area, Development from 1859 to 1959 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1868
“Yosemite Valley” from Yosemite: Its Wonders and Its Beauties (1868) by John S. Hittell [1383 x 1213, 610KB]

1869
“Map of the Yosemite Valley prepared to accompany the pocket edition of the Yosemite Guide Book” by Clarence King and James T. Gardner, from The Yosemite Book by Josiah D. Whitney (1869 ed.) [1443 x 865, 360KB]
“Map of a portion of the Sierra Nevada adjacent to the Yosemite Valley from surveys made by Chs. F. Hoffmann and J.T. Gardner, 1863-1867” from The Yosemite Book by Josiah D. Whitney (1869 ed.)
- Higher Resolution (1110x928, 242K)

1870
Outline Map of Routes to Yosemit and the Mammoth Tree Groves from The Yosemite Valley, and the Mammoth Trees and Geysers of California (c1870)

1871
“Map of the Yosemite Valley prepared to accompany the pocket edition of the Yosemite Guide Book.” by Charles Hoffman, from The Yosemite Guide-book by Josiah D. Whitney (1871 ed.) [960 x 606, 90KB]

1872
Map of the Yosemite Valley 1872 (80KB, 936x573) from Samuel Kneeland’s Wonders of Yosemite (1872).
Map of Rail & Stage Route to Big Tree Groves and Yosemite from Samuel Kneeland’s Wonders of Yosemite (1872). (50KB, 744x416)

1873
“Map of the Yo-Semite Valley” from John Erastus Lester, The Atlantic to the Pacific (1873)
“Map Showing the Lines of Rail between the Atlantic and the Pacific” from John Erastus Lester, The Atlantic to the Pacific (1873)

1874-1955
Big Oak Flat Road, 1874 - 1955 from Irene D. Paden & Margaret E. Schlichtmann The Big Oak Flat Road (1955) [2700x1850, 680KB]. Shows current and old road and trail routes for Western Yosemite.

1879
Map of Yo Semite Valley (Wheeler Survey, 1879) (3.5MB) from Hutchings’ In the Heart of the Sierras, (1886)
- Another version showing Yosemite State Park boundary from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1880
Map of the Yo-semite Valley from L. H. Bunnell’s Discovery of the Yosemite (1st. ed., c. 1880)

1884
Map of the Yosemité Valley. from Granite Crags (1884) by Lady Constance F. Gordon-Cumming

1883-1990
Cultivated Fields, Fences, and Areas of Excessive Landscape Management, Yosemite Valley, 1883-1890 from Holway R. Jones John Muir and the Sierra Club; the Battle for Yosemite (Sierra Club, 1965) [200KB, 1168x693]

1886
Map of Routes to the Yo Semite Valley (from Hutchings’ In the Heart of the Sierras, 1886)
Map of the High Sierra (from Hutchings’ In the Heart of the Sierras, 1886)

1888
Yosemite Valley map from Biennial Report of the Commissioners, 1887-88
Yosemite Valley Map from George G. MacKenzie Yosemite: Where to Go and What To Do (Murdock, 1888)
Yosemite Valley by John Bartholomew & Co., Edinburgh from Chambers's Encyclopaedia (London: William & Robert Chambers, Ltd., and Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1888)

1889
Proposed 1889 dam site surveys, “High Sierra Reservoir System,” published by U.S. Geological Survey, 1892, as part of its Irrigation Survey.
- Little Yosemite [Valley] Reservoir Site (1889). Note: dam never built
- Tenaiya Lake Reservoir Site and Bear Valley Reservoir Site (1889). Note: dam never built
- Tuolumne Meadows Reservoir Site (1889). Note: dam never built
- Lake Eleanor Reservoir Site (1889) from U.S. Geological Survey 1892. Note: not the site used for the 1918 dam

1890
“Map of the Yosemite Valley” [450KB, 1560x1100] from “Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park” (The Century Magazine 40(4) (Aug. 1890)
“Map of the Yosemite region, showing present reservation, water-shed of the valley, and approximate limits of the proposed national park” [230KB, 1080x940] from “Features of the Proposed Yosemite National Park” (The Century Magazine 40(5) (Sept. 1890)
Map of Proposed Yosemite National Park Region by John Muir (1890) from Holway R. Jones John Muir and the Sierra Club; the Battle for Yosemite (Sierra Club, 1965). Green is the original 1864 Yosemite Grant, pink shows the watershed of the Yosemite streams, and blue shows the proposed boundary of the Yosemite National Park. (original in Bancroft Library) [1MB, 2452x1976]
Boundary Proposals and Changes, Yosemite National Park, 1890-1964 from Holway R. Jones John Muir and the Sierra Club; the Battle for Yosemite (Sierra Club, 1965) [70KB, 646x657]

circa 1890-1961
Map of Wawona and Vicinity from Shirley Sargent Wawona’s Yesterdays (1961)

1892
Map of the Yosemite National Park from L. H. Bunnell’s Discovery of the Yosemite (3d ed., 1892)
Yosemite Valley (Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1892) from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

circa 1886-1896
Area in Yosemite Valley in front of Stoneman House [north of present Camp Curry] from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

circa 1864-1979
“Major Changes to Boundaries Yosemite National Park 1864 - 1979” from Yosemite Draft Land Acquisition Plan (1979)

1894
Outline map of Yosemite Valley from Hutchings Yo Semite Valley and the Big Trees (1894)

1896
Map of the Yosemite National Park Prepared for Use of U.S. Troops by N. F. McClure, 1st Lieut, 5th Cavalry (March 1895) from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1902
map by F. M. Day & Co. from Foley’s Yosemite Souvenir and Guide, by D. J. Foley (1902). Map appears to pre-date 1897, before Stoneman House burned down.
Yosemite Valley Showing Wagon-roads and Trails (Madera Co. Library, 20x33cm). Blurred copy.

1906
Plat of land leased to J. B. Cook, Chris Jorgensen, and Coffman and Kenney, 1906 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1907-1945
“Portion of the Yosemite Valley Railroad showing the Yosemite Lumber Co. R. R. and the Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Co. R. R. since 1907,” drawn by Robert L. La Plaine, from Johnston, Railroads of the Yosemite Valley.

1908
Sketch map of the High Mountain Route, Yosemite to the King’s River Cañon, 1908 from LeConte, “The High Mountain Route Between Yosemite and the King’s River Cañon,” Sierra Club Bulletin 7, no. 1 (January 1909)

1909
Yosemite Valley from Handbook for Travellers (Liepzig, Germany: Wagner & Diebes, 1909) by Karl Baedeker (10x15cm)

ca. 1909-1912
Map of Wawona Hotel and points of interest in vicinity, ca. 1909-1912 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1911
Yosemite Valley California from L. H. Bunnell, Discovery of the Yosemite (4th ed., 1911) [1700x900, 607K]
“Yosemite National Park and Adjacent Territory” from J. Smeaton Chase, Yosemite Trails (1911).

1912
Maps from The Yosemite by John Muir (1912)
- “Travel-Guide Map of the Yosemite Valley”
- “Travel-Guide Map of the Yosemite National Park” [240K]
Map of Yosemite Valley showing roads and projected revisions, 1912-13 from Automobile Club of Southern California Road Department Report on Condition of Roads into Yosemite Valley (1912)
Map of portion of Yosemite Valley showing location of ca. 1909 schoolhouse and 1912 Army residence from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1914
Maps from Yosemite and its High Sierra (1914) by John H. Williams
- Travel-Guide Map of the Yosemite National Park California [1MB, 1214x1528]
- Profile map of Yosemite Valley looking south [420KB, 1086x1229] (courtesy of Scott Tipton)
- Outline Map of Yosemite Valley and Adjacent Peaks [350KB, 1069x576] by Chris Jörgensen,

1917
Automobile map of Yosemite National Park (NPS, 1917) [100KB, 758x936] from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Automobile map of Yosemite Valley (NPS, 1917) [140KB, 1064x530] from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1919
Maps from General Information Regarding Yosemite National Park (Washington: GPO, 1919) (courtesy of Scott Tipton)
- Map of Yosemite National Park [1.7MB]
- Automobile Guide Map Showing Roads in the Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park [810KB]
- Bird’s-eye view of Yosemite Valley looking eastward [970KB]

1920
Maps from Ansel F. Hall Guide to Yosemite (1920)
- “Map of Yosemite Valley and Adjacent Region”
- “Map of Yosemite Village”
- Aeroplane View of Yosemite Valley, drawn by Herbert Maier.

1921
Map of Yosemite National Park (1921) [1.2MB, 1984x1948] from Handbook of Yosemite National Park by Ansel F. Hall (1922)

1923
Yosemite Valley Map from Yosemite Transportation System brochure (courtesy of Scott Tipton)
Map of Big Trees Lodge in Mariposa Grove (1920, 1923) ” from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1924
“Map showing life-zones of Yosemite section” (pl. 62) [1.2MB, 914x217] Also a cross-section (pl. 61) [153KB, 914x324]. From Animal Life in the Yosemite (1924) by Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer (NPS website)
Maps created by Yosemite National Park Company for appraisal purposes from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
- A. Yosemite Village
- B. Yosemite Lodge wood section
- C. Yosemite Lodge annex
- D & E. Camp Tecoya and Annex
- F. Warehouses
- G. Garage
- H. Housekeeping Camp, Camp 17
- J. Stables
- Q. Glacier Point Hotel
Sites occupied by permittees in Old Yosemite Village (May 1924) from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1925
Plat of Camp Curry (created for appraisal purposes) from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Map of Hetch Hetchy water supply, 1925 from Wurm Hetch Hetchy and Its Dam Railroad
Plat of O’Shaughnessy Dam camp site, 1925 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

circa 1925-1941
Camp Curry circa 1925-1941 [150KB, 1046x678]
“Old” Yosemite Village (Upper Village) building sites, circa 1925-40 [260KB, 1020x1084]

1929
Maps from Circular of General Information Regarding Yosemite National Park, California (NPS, 1929)
- Map showing Roads in Yosemite Valley [260KB, 1212x676]
- Map of Yosemite National Park [160KB, 818x1010]

1930
Tecoya employee housing area from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Map of virgin timber stands acquired in 1930 through purchase by Rockefeller, Tresidder, and the U.S. from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1931
Maps from Circular of General Information Regarding Yosemite National Park, California (NPS, 1931)
- Map showing Roads in Yosemite Valley [110KB, 1176x682]
- Map of Yosemite National Park [170KB, 846x1032]
Pictorial Map of Yosemite Valley by Jo Mora (1931)

1932
Map of Boundary Changes at Wawona, 1864-1932 from Yosemite Draft Land Acquisition Plan (1979)

1933
Maps from General Information Regarding Yosemite National Park California visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1933)
- Map of Yosemite National Park
- Automobile guide map showing roads in Yosemite Valley

1934
Map of CCC camp #1, Wawona from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Map of CCC camp #2, Wawona from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Map of Merced Grove CCC camp from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1935
Map of the Yosemite Valley, 1935 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Map of Hetch Hetchy dam construction Village from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1937
“Auto Tour Guide Map of Yosemite Valley,” drawn by Francis Edward from “Self-guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite Valley,” Yosemite Nature Notes (1937) by M. E. Beatty. (courtesy of Scott Tipton). Map reprinted unchanged in 1942 “Self-guiding Auto Tour,” Yosemite Nature Notes.

1938
Yosemite National Park map by Della Taylor Hoss. From The Four Seasons in Yosemite National Park (1938) by Ansel Adams

1939
Guide Map, Yosemite National Park (1939) [260KB, 872x1056]

1941
Maps from Yosemite National Park California visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1941)
- Map of Yosemite Valley by John J. Black (February 1941)
- Guide Map of Yosemite National Park

1947
Map of Hetch Hetchy Railroad, 1947 from “History of the Hetch Hetchy Railroad,” in The Western Railroader, 24, no. 10 (October 1961)

1948
Yosemite Valley panorama map by Della Taylor Hoss (1948) [1MB] (courtesy of Scott Tipton)

1949
Maps from Yosemite National Park visitor’s leaflet. Drawn by John J. Black April 1949) (NPS, reprinted 1950)
- Perspective Map of Yosemite Valley and Vicinity. Based on map by Della Taylor Hoss
- Yosemite National Park
Map of the Mariposa Grove from James W. McFarland A Guide to the Giant Sequoias of Yosemite National Park (1949)

1952
Map of Arch Rock Entrance Station from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Map of Indian Village in Yosemite Valley from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1955
Simple map of Yosemite Valley, 1955 from Yosemite Souvenir Book (San Francisco: 5 Associates, 1955) [courtesy of Scott Tipton]
Yosemite Valley Map showing outline of 1955 flood damage (1955) [180KB, 1182x732]

mid-1950s
Guide Map of Yosemite National Park [440KB, 1116x1431] from John W. Bingaman Guardians of the Yosemite (c. 1961) Not dated. Map appears to be in the mid-1950’s. Exact map also reprinted in John W. Bingaman Pathways (1968)

1956
Maps from Self-Guiding Auto Tour of Yosemite National Park by Ditton and McHenry (1956)
- Yosemite Valley by California State Automobile Association [200KB, 2003x1093]
- Yosemite National Park [160KB, 1177x1543]
Camp Curry, 1956 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1959
Yosemite Valley cemetery plan from Brubaker, Degnan, and Jackson, Guide to the Pioneer Cemetery (1959)

1962
Maps drawn by Della Taylor Hoss in Yosemite National Park “Jewel of the Sierra” (Chicago: Curt Teich & Co., 1962) (courtesy of Scott Tipton)
- Yosemite Valley map
- Yosemite National Park perspective map

1963
“Yosemite National Park, California” visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1963)
- “Map of Yosemite National Park”
- “Automobile guide map showing roads in Yosemite Valley”

1964
Maps from This is Yosemite by Douglass Hubbard (San Francisco: 5 Associates, 1962) (courtesy of Scott Tipton)
- Yosemite Valley Hiking Trails and Roads map
- Yosemite National Park simplified map

1965
Roads and Trails on the Floor of Upper Yosemite Valley from Virginia and Ansel Adams Illustrated Guide to Yosemite (Sierra Club, 1965) [260KB, 955x597]

1966
“Yosemite National Park” visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1966)
- “Yosemite National Park California”
- “Yosemite Valley”

1967
Wawona area, including Section 35 land ownership from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1969
Yosemite National Park visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1969)
- Yosemite Valley (“Revised January 1969”)
- Yosemite National Park California (“Revised November 1968”)

1970
Ahwahnee Hotel grounds, 1970 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1972
Tecoya and warehouse area map, Yosemite Village from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
Yosemite Lodge area, 1972 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1973
Yosemite National Park visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1973)
- Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite National Park California
Map of Wawona area showing concesion and park facilities from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1975
Map of High Sierra Camps, 1975 from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene

1983
Foresta Map from Sargent, Yosemite’s Rustic Outpost (1983)

1985
Maps from “Yosemite National Park California” visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1985)
- Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite National Park

1987
Yosemite Lodge (before the 1997 flood) (YP & CC, 1987)
Historical Base Maps from Yosemite: the Park and its Resources (1987) by Linda W. Greene
- Early Trails, Yosemite National Park
- Early Roads in Yosemite National Park (5 sheets)
- Old Yosemite Village area, Development from 1859 to 1959
- Yosemite National Park, showing roads, structures, sites, and archeological and historic district
- Districts and sites on the National Register of Historic Places, Yosemite Valley

1994
Maps from “Yosemite National Park California” visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 1994)
- Yosemite Valley [290KB, 1585x744]
- Yosemite National Park [1.4MB, 2100x2747]
1998
Maps from “Yosemite Official Map & Guide” (NPS, 1998)
- Yosemite Valley [240KB, 1566x720]
  - Yosemite Valley [PDF version, 110KB]
- Yosemite National Park [1.3MB, 2100x2720]
  - Yosemite National Park [PDF version, 1MB]

2001
Yosemite Lodge (after the 1997 flood) (YP & CC, Oct. 2001)

2003
Maps from “Yosemite National Park California” visitor’s leaflet (NPS, 2003)
- Yosemite Valley [graphic] or PDF format
- Yosemite National Park [graphic] or PDF format
Today
Present-day (contemporary) Yosemite maps are listed separately: General Yosemite Maps, Yosemite Valley Maps, Wawona & Mariposa Grove Maps, Tioga Road, Tuolumne Meadows, & High Sierra Maps, Hotel Maps, Campground Maps, & Winter Maps

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