Maps

There are lots of very useful maps for the PCT. Hikers will rely mostly on the Official Guidebooks which have useful maps.

• Official Guidebooks: topos with hand-drawn track, accompanied by notes. All the maps you need to hike.
  

• Forest Service PCT Maps - a brand new set of 10 maps
  

• MoreThanAMile Productions: a map set for purchase.
  

• Yogi's PCT Handbook: includes maps of towns and confusing sections of trail

• GPS/Backpacker Magazine Track: Download the PCT into Google Earth.
  

• Forest Service Track: Download the PCT into Google Earth.
  

• PCThiker.com Flash Map: pretty large scale map of the whole trail
  

• Sacramento Valley Hiking Conference: non-profit's detailed maps of the middle 1/7 of the trail, especially the water sources
  

• PCTA large scale map: another beautiful overview
  

• Henry Shire's maps: includes elevation profiles
  

• http://www.hikertrash.net/: 1:50,000 scale, free, printable maps
  

• Bear Canister Requirement Map
  

• OnTheTrail.org On The Trail - This web site has PCT Beta and maps and much more!
  

• Google Interactive PCT Map: The Ultimate OnLine PCT Map!
  

• GPS track recorded while thru-hiking the trail
  

• PCTMap.net Free, easy to print topo maps, GPS waypoints and GPS tracks for the PCT
  

• parkaymaps Free elevation profiles created by Mr. Parkay, PCT'07
  

A good lead on pct maps http://www.backpack45.com/pct.html

• http://www.openstreetmap.org/: Open Street Maps is a user generated map that is trying to create a license free map of the world. They have a wiki and map making software you can download. It is possible to download data from their system and create free maps you can use with Garmin GPS units with model numbers ending in "x".