I like dropping myself in Harriman State Park in Orange and Rockland Counties, New York, however I hate getting misplaced. Over 200 miles of winding mountain climbing trails (together with 16 miles of the Appalachian Trial) lie inside its 46,000 acres, and Harriman is notorious for main hikers astray — except they’ve introduced The Maps.
The New York – New Jersey Path Convention has been making the definitive mountain climbing path maps of Harriman State Park for years. Unequalled for element and accuracy, the two-map set — one for the northern part of Harriman State Park, and one for the southern part — is a vital piece of path gear for each the informal day hiker and the overnighter. Product of powerful, sturdy spunbonded olefin, the Harriman State Park maps are additionally almost indestructible; they will not disintegrate after limitless creasing, folding and cramming right into a backpack.
However generally, even with the perfect map, it is attainable to get misplaced.
As a frequent hiker on the Appalachian Path and Harriman State Park, I’ve on many events run into hikers who have been on the correct path, however did not know the place their subsequent flip was. Or how removed from the parking zone they have been. Or whether or not they have been entering into the correct route.
Even with the Path Convention maps, they nonetheless could not pinpoint their location on the path.
However, as of final 12 months, you should use your iPhone and a easy app to obtain the Path Convention maps. Then, in the identical approach your automotive GPS tells you the place you might be on the street, the Path Convention maps (inside the Avenza app) will inform you exactly the place you might be on the Harriman Park trails.
Here is how:
- From the App retailer of your iPhone or Ipad, enter Avenza Pdf Maps within the search bar, and obtain the free app.
- Click on on the procuring cart (Retailer) button on the backside of the display.
- From inside the app, use the “retailer” button to navigate to the place you may choose your map.
- Enter the time period “Harriman State Park” (or every other location the place you’d wish to seek for a path map) into the search bar.
- Buy the map (the Harriman set is at the moment $5.99).
- As soon as it is loaded, you should use the arrow within the backside left-hand nook to indicate you precisely the place you might be on the path map (although you may have to be bodily current within the space the map covers).
The digital maps price significantly lower than the standard maps, however understand that it is best to by no means go away your “laborious copy” path map at residence, even along with your iPhone. A paper map won’t ever fall and break, or fail after getting moist, or lose battery energy; it is actually light-weight and tear-proof.
Alternatively, you should use the built-in app instruments to measure your path, to see how far you might be from a vacation spot, to plot your images on the map. The app additionally has a built-in compass (although, once more: it is best to depend on greater than a digital compass for navigation).