Hiking GPS

[Kevin Lang]

What GPS' do you recommend for use in hiking? I'm not interested in putting maps on there for navigation (GPS Navigation is a crime IMO), rather I want to track my position and my mileage.



Park maps are years out of date, and don't count for much when you're off the beaten paths anyhow, and stride counting (forget its "esoteric" term) & busting out a sextant just aren't going to cut it :grin:

 

[Don Pertz]

Are you trying to say you might get lost without street signs? Ha Ha:bwahaha:

 

[Kevin Lang]

Are you trying to say you might get lost without street signs? Ha Ha

What? No, I'm not.



Considering that my thread specifically says that I despise GPS turn-by-turn navigation, I believe I have covered that base. :banghead:



I want to do two things--calculate distance traveled, and log trail locations in a form that I can succinctly tell others.



GPS seems to be the only way to do this efficiently.

 

[Neil Vidt]

KL,

I have a Garmin GPSMap 60csx and really like it. You can either put topo software on it or not. I have both Topo and Road software on mine and use the road only to find restaurants. It tracks your distance, top speed and average speed.





Neil