![]() What I can't figure out for the life of me is what maps I'll need to head into the great outdoors. We decided on the Garmin Etrex 20 and it will be arriving in 2 days now. In trying to drag my children away from the computers/gaming systems/and television we are about to start geocaching! The whole family is very excited and the kids are thrilled to go out "treasure hunting". There are a number of 24k topo maps available through gpsfiledepot. I use the garmin city navigator for street mapping. But topo maps have been helpful - they have gotten me to the right side of a river or ridge more than once.Īs you have discovered, one of the nice things about garmin is that there are many different maps, some through garmin, some that can be purchased through third parties, some that are available for free. I like to use a road map, too, since it is easy to identify cache locations and get to where I have to go. A friend of mine who often hikes into the woods just uses a routable street map. I was hoping some kind and caring geocachers will putt me out of my misery and point me in the direction of what some of the best maps are for geocaching (for those of us residing in the US - I've found topics through google searches but they all seem to be related to Canada.)Ī lot of it depends on what kind of cachingm you might be doing, how far you are venturing into the great outdoors, and your personal preferences. ![]() I've found opensource and filesdepot, and of course garmin sells maps of all shapes and sizes. ![]()
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