Boston to Washington Megalopolis Map (1994) by National Geographic documents the densely populated Northeast Corridor that geographer Jean Gottmann named in 1961, when he identified the 500-mile band of cities running from eastern Massachusetts down to Washington, D.C. as a single continuous urban region. This July 1994 edition shows the corridor as it stood at that moment, with the cartographic style National Geographic was producing through the mid-1990s.
Coverage runs the full Boston-Providence-Hartford-New York-Newark-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington spine, including connecting roads, rail lines, and the urban footprint of each metro area. The map was originally published as half of a two-map set with “Boston to Washington, Circa 1830,” giving comparative context for how the region’s urbanization unfolded over 160 years.
This is a high-resolution reproduction printed from a scan of the original, not a vintage print. Suited for urban geography classrooms, regional planning offices, Northeast history collections, and home display. Map Shop offers it in paper, laminated, mounted, railed, and framed finishes in black or walnut molding.

