Want your own copy of a USGS topo map?

All you need is the name of the quadrangle, and its scale.

Online: The (External) USGS Store

By Phone : 1-800-USA-MAPS (1-800-872-6277)
By Fax: (303) 202-4693
By Mail:

USGS Information Services
Box 25286
Denver, CO 80225

Cost : $5.00 for 7.5 minute quads, usually
$7.00 for other scales, plus a $5.00 charge for each order (regardless of the number of map sheets ordered)

Online Contact : infoservices@usgs.gov, if you have questions or need more information.

Other USGS Map Vendors:
(call for more information)
Outdoor World: Santa Cruz: 423-9555
Capitola: 479-1501

Boulder Creek Book Co : 338-9155
(Open 10-6 pm, closed T & W)

Bugaboo Mountaineering

Phone: 429-6300
Address: 1521 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz
Hours: M,T,W 10am - 6pm; Th, Fri 10am - 8pm;
Sat 10am - 6pm; Sun 11am - 6pm

They carry topos of California mountain regions and public lands, with an emphasis on popular recreation areas.

• Various 1:24,000 quadrangles
• Older 15 minute quadrangles for the local area
• 1:100,000 for the Bay Area and Big Sur
• Forest Service Maps for California
• Variety of hiking maps

Bowman and Williams Civil Engineers
Phone 426-3560

Address: 1011 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz
Hours: Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

• Large stock of topographic quads for California
  1:24,000 ($5.00 per sheet) and 1:100,000 (local area only), 1:250,000 topographic quads for California ($7.00 per sheet)
• They will order USGS maps if the one you want is not in stock.

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