Free Printable Topos from NatGeo USGS

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I know many of you guys are woods people that hang around here so I wanted to share this because I was stoked when I found out about it.

I use maps for everything. Hunting, fishing, camping, mushroom hunting, finding new ares to explore, studying, on and on. I'm a big fan of the large topo maps that USGS puts out as well as the fold up NatGeo maps, I also use OnX Hunt Maps on my phone (mostly for private property information).

NatGeo and USGS are now offering free printable topo maps in a pretty cool layout. You select the Quad you want, and you get 5 pages in a PDF, 1 showing the whole Quad, 2-5 breaking the Quad down into quarters. I plan on cutting and taping some of my frequented areas together, essentially making my own fold up topo maps. This will save me space because a few of those ares take a couple pre-made maps to cover.

Here's the link: http://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quads

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That is cool! Thanks for sharing. Pairs up nicely with my new compass that I snagged at the local Saturday Flea Market.

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Cool! Thanks for the info and link.

I've been using caltopo.com

You can pick your layers you want included, scale, UTM gridlines etc and make a custom PDF. I print one off at 1:24,000 to match my compass for whatever area I'm gonna be in. It goes in my map case along with a waterproof Field Notes and pen and pencil.
 
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