Utah
High Resolution Topographic Maps
for
Garmin GPS Receivers
by
Above the Timber
Why GPS Topos
Above the Timber's high resolution topographic maps of Utah coupled with any Garmin mapping GPS receiver bring maps into the 21st Century. No longer do you have to locate physical landmarks and triangulate your position via map and compass, a tedious and error prone procedure. Your Garmin GPS does all that for you . . . instantly.
Four Maps in One
Each Above the Timber Utah map is actually four separate maps, unlike paper maps or most electronic maps. Even some Garmin compatible GPS maps lack this feature. This 4-in-1 construction is a huge advantage on a small screen handheld GPS, but even on your PC monitor you will appreciate this feature.
Utah Public Lands
Public lands for Utah are shown at 24,000:1 or better resolution if the data was publicly available. Included are National Forest, National Park, Bureau of Land Management, Federal Wilderness Areas, Indian Reservations, National Wildlife Areas, Military, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of Energy, Utah State Lands, and Utah Parks.
High Resolution Hydro Data
The High Resolution Water Data is what makes the Utah maps stand out. Most vector maps only have named water features, named lakes and streams. For every named water feature, their are 100-unnamed water features. To the extent possible with USGS water feature databases, ALL unnamed water features are on these maps. We're talking beaver pond resolution!!! Additionally, most Utah rivers are shown at their true extent, bank to bank, not just a line indicating river.
Wilderness Areas
Utah has over 80 Wilderness, Wilderness Study, Primitive and Wild & Scenic River Areas from National Forest, National Parks and BLM. All provide a non-motorized experience and share Above the Timber's unique light buff area color for quick identification and high contrast object viewing. Simply hover over the base map in the portion of Utah of interest to quickly find a wilderness to explore.
Geographic Points of Interest
Their are over 30,000 points of interest in Utah showing summits, mines, cemeteries, arches, pillars, basins, springs, flats, ridges, cliffs, waterfalls, communication towers, passes and on and on. For example, Utah has over 5000 named and positioned mines, they're all here! If you're in the vicinity of a mine, look for the mine symbol on your Garmin GPS for its name. All points come from the USGS and appear to be based on 100K or 250K data, hence will often not align perfectly with contours.
Free Map of Utah
Download a free demo GPS map of Utah so you can see a portion of the actual maps cut from the Utah master maps. The map portion was selected to give you a reprsentative sample of Utah, showing numerous public land types, water features and various road types.
Border to Border Coverage
The Utah maps cover the entire state at the 24,000:1 map scale. Equivalent to a single border-less paper map of over 60 feet on each side.
Roads: Interstate to 4WD
Utah federal and state highways shown in distinct colors and with unique shields for quick identification. All city streets are included, while not routable, the road features greatly aid navigation.
30-Minute Map Segments
Each map segment covers an area of 30 x 30 minutes of arc or exactly 16 - 7.5 minute Quad Maps. These map segments seamlessly join one to another, therefore you can have all of Utah as one seamless map inside your GPS receiver.
Disclaimer
While great effort was expended in data collection and presentation, Above the Timber assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of these maps. Therefore, the user/purchaser assumes all responsibility for any errors in these maps.
Forty-Foot Contour Intervals
Elevation contours on Above the Timber's Utah Topos are at 40-foot intervals, the same as standard 7.5-minute USGS Quad maps. Because of the multi-layered nature of the maps, as you zoom out, contours will automatically reduce to 200 foot intervals to avoid contour clutter.
Will the Maps Work on My GPS?
Will Above the Timber's Utah GPS Topo maps work on my Garmin GPS receiver? Almost for certain YES. There is one known problem Garmin GPS receiver, click Read more for details.
Utah Ski Lifts
Every Utah ski lift is shown in a unique ski lift line type. Each lift is described as follows: Name, Capacity, Elevation Gain, Type and Sub-Type.
Wildlife Management Unit Borders
Wildlife Management Unit borders have been added at the 24:000 to 1 scale of the maps. Significantly more precision than any PDF print or text description. See your exact position relative to a WMU border in the field, then use your GPS to measure how far away the border is from your position. All border lines are labeled with the adjacent area numbers, for quick reference.
Utah Trails
All Utah National Forest and many BLM trails are represented on these maps. All trails are shown as a bold dashed red line for easy viewing in the field.
Utah Change Log
Current Version 2.0, April 2010
All of the changes to the Utah GPS Topo maps since they were introduced in June, 2008.
Utah Map Cost
The cost of the Utah GPS map set is $49.95 either by download or DVD-ROM.