Hey guys I am thinking of buying the Garmin TOPO maps for the BWCA https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/maps/on-the-trail-maps/topo-24k/topo-boundary-waters/prod91300.html

Has anyone used these? I was trying to find a recent post about this but couldn't find a very new one on here. If anyone has used this map software I would really appreciate any feedback. Thanks!

Luke

I have a similar map chip to the one you asked about. It is the Garmin US Topo 24K Northern Plains. It has 5 states coverage. It has the same topo info of the BWCA but no BWCA campsites or any of the Quetico map. You will like the way the shaded topo looks on the screen. Portages are marked with rods. Lakes are light blue and land is light green, just like a topo map. Contour lines are at 20 feet. As I remember your chip also has the underwater contour lines, my chip does not, it would be worth it just for this info. If I did not have this Northern Plains chip I would have bought the one you asked about, I still might get it.

Old thread on topic
I had a GPS62st, and the Red Pine mapset, along with many GPSFDiledepot free maps. Nothing from Garmin other than 100k Topo.
There are several map options, newer units may display several maps at the same time.

butthead

Thank you so much Ken. I took a look at Red Pine and it looks like exactly what I'm looking for. I was real close to getting the Garmin map.

Big things for me were lake contours, portages, and campsites.This fills all my needs at a reasonable price.

quote okinaw55: "Thank you so much Ken. I took a look at Red Pine and it looks like exactly what I'm looking for. I was real close to getting the Garmin map.


Big things for me were lake contours, portages, and campsites.This fills all my needs at a reasonable price.


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Dave, Red Pine has portages, campsites, and a few contoured lakes for the BWCA, portages and even fewer contoured lakes, no campsites, for Quetico. Still a nice mapset though. If you have a list of lakes that depth is important, let me know, I'll post some screenshots.

butthead

Hi Butthead could you please upload some screenshots of the paddlenav around the numbered lakes area? I just upgraded to a Oregon 600t yesterday and am thinking of either getting paddlenav or garmins map.

Thanks

Screenshots from BaseCamp, I no longer own a Garmin Handheld.
But will add some from my Nuvi car unit.

butthead

PS-From Nuvi bh

Thank you so much Butthead your awesome! I feel like it is very similar to the setup that I am running now mntopo+bwca portages/campsites but maybe the paddlenavs got a few things extra?

BaseCamp screenshot, MNtopo Camps and Portages, with red fire area outlines, dark green PMA outlines, Lake outlines magenta, EP's marked as boat launches.
Same feature set on Ibycus Canada Topo, Kashapiwi/Agnes Lake area.


butthead

I like Garmin maps. I also have found a lot of free maps from GPSfiledepot.com I do believe that you can get the BWCA maps under the Minnesota link for free.

Wow all those colored lines are a great addition to the maps, do those come with paddlenav?

quote adibee: "Wow all those colored lines are a great addition to the maps, do those come with paddlenav?"

Just edited .klm files I have for use in mapping programs.
Some of the same files edited and used in Delorme Topo10.

butthead