Welcome to the unofficial Disneyland map web site!
Disneyland in Anaheim, California officially opened on July 17, 1955. Today there are ten theme parks either owned or operated by the Walt Disney Company. Of those, four mirror in many aspects the original Disneyland and are either named “Disneyland” or “The Magic Kingdom.” At its opening, Disneyland was unique, but today it is the standard by which many if not all theme parks are measured.
 This site is dedicated to exploring the history of Disneyland through the large poster-size maps sold in the park. The maps are divided into four groups, organized roughly by the style and the border colors. Click on the map thumbnail images for more detail information concerning each series and the maps in that series.
Disneyland Maps
 
 
The families of maps
 
1958 Series, Character Border: The first large format map was released in 1958, quickly followed by two more versions with the same copyright date. The differences between the three maps are subtle. The other maps in this series are from 1961, 1962, and 1964, of which there are two versions. Sam McKim was the original artist of the 1958 map. Click on the thumbnail image to the left to see a list of all maps in the 1958 series.
 
1966 Series, Blue Border: The blue bordered maps were released in 1966, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1975, and 1976. During this period the relationship between the Disney Company and the Disneyland Hotel (owned by Wrather Inc. at that time) deteriorated and the hotel disappeared from the maps. Additionally, the maps represented less of what was envisioned for the parks, eliminating the never built Edison Square and Liberty Street, both of which reappeared as Liberty Square at Walt Disney World in Florida.
1978 Series, Brown Border: The brown bordered maps were released in 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, and 1989. This series is similar in execution to the blue series, however, the characters have returned to the border of the map. Some future attractions appear, but never to the degree as in the 1958 series. Still, the Disneyland Hotel is absent, the monorail apparently ending abruptly in the middle of the parking lot and on Harbor Blvd.
1995 Series, Character Border: Returning to the style of the original 1958 maps created by Sam McKim, Nina Rae Vaughn created maps for 1995, 2000, 2001, and 2005. Of note is a version of the 1995 map, which was released before being proofed, containing a number of errors. In honor of Disneyland’s 50th anniversary, three versions of the 2005 map were released: one sold in the parks, one provided to WDI employees, and a third lithograph edition.
 
What do you want to do?
  1. See thumbnails of all the maps
  2. See a slide show of the maps
  3. Find out how much the maps are worth
  4. Look at a list of books, articles, and web links related to the history of Disneyland
  5. See other maps of Disneyland that are available
  6. See maps from other “Magic Kingdom” parks
  7. Review the site