Hello guys, I'm Looking for some maps to distinguish trails in National forest and BLM land. These Maps need to tell me if the trail is a Truck, ATV, UTV, Dirtbike, or horse trail. I have bought the National forest service maps but am afraid they don't tell me much of what I am looking for. Any help would be appreciated. I also have birdseye capability on my garmin alpha if anyone knows any trails I could download to that. Thanks in advance!
Colorado Maps?
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RICMIC
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I can't tell you anything about apps, but National Geographic has some great maps called the "Trails Illustrated Topographic Map". There's about 50 different ones that cover the state of Colorado. I just ordered mine for the Indian Peaks area on Amazon Prime and it was here in two days.
The roads and trails are marked or color-coded as to accessibility.
The roads and trails are marked or color-coded as to accessibility.
Slugz
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Slugz
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https://www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/whiteriver/recreation
Next best is the NF Service maps.....example above..... link on the page for maps
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/whiteriver/recreation/ohv
Next best is the NF Service maps.....example above..... link on the page for maps
https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/whiteriver/recreation/ohv
JimP
Administrator
The best thing that you can do if you are planning a hunt here in Colorado is to locate the nearest Forest Service/BLM office for the area that you plan on hunting. Then stop in and get their free travel map for the area that you plan on hunting. I have't found a online source yet for these maps. They will tell you just what you can use on the road/trail that you are on. As for horses and hiking, just ride or hike. There are very few restrictions on either.
Colorado Cowboy
Super Moderator
If you are hiking, the only thing you need to watch out for are Mt bikes. They ride almost all the trails and are super quiet and fast, they can sneak up on you in a heartbeat.
JimP
Administrator
And scare the crap out of you when they holler "on the right or on the left" when they come up behind you at a fast rate of speed.
I use a topo app called Gaia. Works great, don't need cell reception either. The free version isn't great but the paid version is cheaper than buying a map. Also nice that you can add kml files from google earth, waypoints and such. I a lot of scouting on google earth, and can upload my maps, paths and overlays onto my phone easily. You can also download free USGS quads or NFS maps as well, and upload them to your phone. One thing to remember is that if you plan on using the map without cell reception you have to download it to your phone, which can take up a decent amount of memory.