Red River Gorge Topo Map
for your Garmin Mapping GPS
Custom Topo map created by Jack Luers.
Page updated 7/28/2008
Also, see the East Fork Lake (Harsha) map below.

7/28/2008:  The Map has been updated to be compatible with Gamin MapSource v6.14.1.

Some background information on the Red River Gorge Geological Area:
Þ  National Forest Service.
           Paper maps: Large, medium, small, Natural Bridge State Park
Þ  Leave No Trace

 

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Sample screen shots:

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GPS (GPSMap 60cs) screenshots of Grey's Arch trailhead area.
 

 

what it's all about

High Resolution Topo Map of Red River Gorge for your GPS:

GPS Topo Map features:

• GPS Map includes contours, roads, trails, and water features.

• Covers Red River Gorge, Clifty Wilderness and surrounding area.

• Contours are at 20' increments.

• Contains only government produced public domain data: USGS elevation data, streams, rivers, and lakes; Forest Service trails, parking lots, and primitive camp sites; and KY DOT maintained roads.

• A few common points-of-interest (trailheads, common arches) are included in a separate waypoint file.

• Upload to your GPS using Garmin's free MapSource© program.

• GPS Map is 4mb in size.

• The map is transparent so you can view it overlaid on other maps on your GPS.

• It's free!
   

Part of the map as shown in MapSource.

Installation Instructions:

1. Garmin MapSource should be installed first. If you don't have MapSource (included with most purchased Garmin maps) then you can use SendMap (freeware) to upload your map to your GPS.

2. Unzip the downloaded file to the C:\Garmin\custom folder.

3. Double-click the registry file (RRG.reg) to install it.  This will let MapSource see the new map so you can upload it to your GPS.  You can skip this step if you are using SendMap.

4. Start MapSource. Select "Red River Gorge" in the drop-down list (upper left corner).

5. Click the Map Tool button (circled above) then click anywhere on your new topo map to select it for uploading. Also select any other Garmin maps that you want to upload at the same time (City Select, etc.).  Then open (File, Open) the waypoint file "RRG POI.gdb" to also upload it.

6. Click the Upload button to the maps and waypoints to your GPS.  Note: All maps currently in the GPS (except the Basemap) will be erased.  You have to load ALL maps at the same time in order have more than one map loaded.

*Here's what is in the RRG.reg file so you can verify the downloaded one is intact (right click on it then select Edit):

REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Garmin\MapSource\Families\RRG]
"ID" = hex:DA,02

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Garmin\MapSource\Families\RRG\1]
"LOC"="C:\\Garmin\\custom\\"
"BMAP"="C:\\Garmin\\custom\\RRG.img"
"TDB"="C:\\Garmin\\custom\\RRG.tdb"

Here is a GPS Map for East Fork Lake State Park (Lake Harsha)
in Clermont county, OH

Coming next... Red Bird Hollow in Indian Hill (Hamilton county, Ohio)

Sponsoring links:

Your comments are welcome:  jacksan

You may download material from this web site for your personal or government, non-commercial use only. 

THE SMALL PRINT: The map (30000233.img) contains data that may not be complete or accurate and may yield misleading results. The author reserves the right to change the map without notice. Users assume all risks when uploading custom maps to their GPS unit.

All rights reserved by the respective individuals and companies referenced above. The map (30000233.img)  is copyright protected 2008 by Jack Luers, all rights reserved.  You may not redistribute this map without permission, you may not sell this map. 

For details on the techniques used to create this map see Creating Custom Topo Maps.

            "Chewy"