Wilderness Journal: Maps!

    It's very difficult to find any source of topo maps on the web, mostly because they represent an incredible ammount of data. Here are a few that various people have scanned in. Some are local, most are located somewhere else. Please let me know if the links have moved.

    These maps are for reference only. If you print them out and try to use them as substitutes for the real thing in the wilderness, you are a fool and don't deserve to be in the woods at all!

    White Mountains

      Scanned or digital Topo Maps
    • Carter-Moriah Range Topo (USGS), Shelburne through Carter Notch. Courtesey of HTI and Photoshop.
    • Mahoosic Range Topo (USGS), Shelburne to Grafton Notch. Courtesey of HTI and Photoshop.
    • Pemmigewasset Wilderness Topo (USGS). Courtesey of HTI and Photoshop.
    • Randolph Mountain Club Facilities, located on the north slopes of the Presidentials in NH. Also a useful reference for my Northern Presidentials hike. (USGS courtesy White Mountain Server)
    • Mt. Adam, Mt. Madison and the Northern Presidentials everything from Appalachia south to Madison Hut. Also a useful reference for my Northern Presidentials hike. (USGS) (USGScourtesy White Mountain Server)
    • Part of Franconia Notch and the Franconia Ridge featuring the route of a popular day hike in the area. (USGScourtesy White Mountain Server)
    • Mt. Jefferson and its western approaches. (USGScourtesy White Mountain Server)
    • Mt. Washington and its eastern approaches (USGS)

      Other useful White Mountains Maps

    • Northern Presidentials View with labels (local)
    • White Mountains Relief Map with marked trails and locations. (generated with the Backcountry Home Page Map Generator and modified by me.)
    • White Mountain National Forest area map. Includes roads and stuff. (USDAcourtesy White Mountain Server)
    • Moosilauke Hiking Map some topo lines and a wealth of trail data. (Dartmouth Outing Guidecourtesy White Mountain Server)
    • Trail Map of Franconia Notch (source?courtesy White Mountain Server)
    Elsewhere
    • Relief Maps of US States
    • Assategue Island Park Map (large)
    • U. Texas National Park Map Collection (comprehensive)
    • Harper's Ferry Hike, MapQuest with local modifications.
    • Great Smokey Mountains NP scanned from a shaded relief map. At UTexas.

    Map Sources Interactive Mapping sites

    • Maps On Us! A very nice service with very detailed driving instructions. Only does US locations.
    • Mapquest the whole world, at least at some level. Can be slow.
    • Mapquest Topos, very nice!
    • Yahoo! Maps much faster if you know the address. Only does US locations.
    More interesting interactive sites
    • ArcData OnlineFinally, a source of decent-quality online topographic maps!
    • Terraserver, possibly the only good thing to come out of Micro$oft. Decent resolution B&W aerial and orbital photography. Good coverage of the US and parts of Europe.
    • National Aerial Photography Program. Search for aerial and orbital images of the US. Somewhat squirrelly.
    • Joshua Tree Landform Atlas Yes, it's at Talkcity which is annoying, but provides some topo landform images of JTNP in CA.
    Map distributors
    • OMNI Resources If the map exists, chances are OMNI will have it or can get it. Want geologic maps of obscure west aftrican countries in Russian?...
    • USGS index map (USA)
    • USGS Mapping department

    Charles Danforth / # / Last Updated 12-11-98