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Basically what RickZman said is kind of what I do.Looks like both NG TOPO and Garmin MapSource (either with TOPO US 24k or the free NW Topo maps) might work (except that NW Topo doesnt seem to be complete yet). The latest version of MapSource - US Topo 24K National Parks, West is 3.0, released on. It was checked for updates 31 times by the users of our client application UpdateStar during the last month. MapSource - US Topo 24K National Parks, West is a Shareware software in the category Miscellaneous developed by Garmin Ltd.
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24K, including full 3D view and terrain shading.One thing I like about the Garmin 24K topo card is it also does street routing so if you plug in a trailhead waypoint it will generally guide you there in the car. Use with Garmins Colorado series navigators to unleash the full feature set of TOPO U.S. 24K will ensure you are ready for your next backpacking, hiking or camping adventure.
It allows you to mark waypoints, etc, and then put them into your GPS. I have found these trails in NW trails are not always 100% accurate either but a good starting point.There are some trails indicated in the Garmin 24K card but not all and it is easier to plan on the computer anyway.To some extent I have found the Garmin 24K will sometimes try and route you on a trail it contains, but that works spotty at best so I don't really use it.Transfer waypoints to a (non-mapping) GPS.Since you have a non mapping GPS I'd go with NG Topo. Compatible GPS Receivers: Astro, Colorado 300, Colorado 400c, Colorado 400i, Colorado 400t, Edge 605, Edge 705, eTrex Legend HCx, eTrex.I say generally because sometimes it gets confused on the forest service roads, so you have to at least have an idea of where you are trying to get.An real example is that when trying to navigate to the 8 mile lake trailhead it wants you to turn into the campground before the actual 8 mile creek road you are supposed to turn to.NW trails is nice to beta routes/put in waypoints beforehand then send to your GPS. The downside of course is the Garmin card cost about $100 (maybe cheaper on line, I bought mine when they first came out from Garmin directly).Made in USA.
GPSfiledepot has a bunch of free maps of various states. As mentioned either above, or elsewhere, there are trails you can load onto the GPS, but without a mapping GPS it's not that useful.NW trails has little if any detail which makes sense since it is normally used as an overlay anyway.It is really only good to show you where the trails likely go give or take a little.Some trails are spot on, some I find have sections that don't quite match up with my tracks (a section of Crystal Peak and Marmot Pass come to mindI don't know if that is due to questionable tracks submitted or trail rerouting, Probably some combination of both.Since I most often use the 24k card I usually use NW trails in mapsource to trace a track manually using the NW trails line which I can then load to my GPS if I want.Washington Topo is a nice free map of Washington. I've seen inaccuracies in both cases. I think FS roads are updated more recently with one of the NG map programs and I'm not sure that is included with the state series topo.In any case, given the winters recently, you are better off checking with the FS about roads rather than relying on either map source.As for trails IMO both routes are a toss up. I'm also used to looking at USGS maps and NGtopo is easier on my eyes.The NG topo will only be as updated as the maps were when they were scanned.
The garmin web site used to let you look at the maps online.I think they now sell a version that comes on DVD that you can use on your computer and now contains multiple states (Washington, California, OregonThe National Geographic Topos are basically the USGS maps so it's nice that you can print out any section of the stateYou want. It works ok on the bike butNow the routing maps I have are tied to the 60CSx (thanks Garmin ).The 24k Topo card you can't use on the computer so it is kind of hard to get a screen shot. After returning 3 different Vista HCx units I ditched it for the 60CSx.I still have a Vista Cx but rarely use it as it fails too often in heavy tree cover for hiking.
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