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Mars, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the West of Nelson Lake quadrangle.

Mars within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1933 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mars, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Mars, surveyed 1933

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Apollo5.8 miles21
Mojave Base6.5 miles22
Goldstone8.9 miles22
Echo9.7 miles21
Venus13.2 miles23
Fort Irwin15.6 miles22
Copper City16.5 miles21
Spangler31.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666893. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.