We have three versions of the Bent Creek map drawn for this site: an interactive version, a printable PDF version, and a standard Web image. Use the interactive version (at the bottom of this page) for viewing online and downloading GPS data. Use the Standard Web Image to get a preview of the map otherwise, but use the printable PDF version if you want one to print.
Pisgah Map Company has released a worthy competitor to the more established Trails Illustrated map #780 (for the Pisgah Ranger District). Called the Western North Carolina Trail Guide, the new map covers the South Pisgah Ranger District - but in more detail, with more accuracy, and with some great extra guide information on the back as well including several great mountain bike ride descriptions and elevation profiles. The Bent Creek area is shown in large scale - good for the dense trail network in the area. Read our review of the map on the WNCOutdoors.info Blog and be sure to pick up a copy before your next ride. This one is highly recommended!
US Forest Service Maps
The Forest Service has also issued a nice official map of the system trails at Bent Creek. This is a shaded relief topographic map.
GPS Map and Data
Hover over a marker or trail below to see its name, and click for more information and GPS data downloads. Links to download all the map data are below the map.
KML is the main file type used by Google Earth. If you have Google Earth installed, clicking the KML link should open the trail or point directly
in Google Earth for viewing. This is the native file format used by Google Earth, but many other map applications can use and understand KML as well,
so if you're not sure which one to download, KML is a good bet.
GPX
The GPX format stands for GPS Exchange - a free, open, XML format for exchanging GPS and map data. GPX is compatible with Google Earth,
many other mapping programs, and most GPS devices (such as Garmin). Load the file directly into your GPS to help find your way on your next trip!
GeoJSON
GeoJSON is a newer, lightweight data exchange format which can be used to quickly share map data and may have a smaller size than KML or GPX. Many
professional mapping and GIS applications support the GeoJSON format.
About the Map
Copyright
Base Layers
Base layers provided by Google, MyTopo.com and Microsoft Research (MSR) Maps. Base layer images are subject to
the respective copyright policies of their owners.
Trail and Marker Overlays
Trail layers and downloadable data are all original works created by WNCOutdoors with guidance from a variety of
sources, including ensembles of our own GPS tracks, user contributed GPS tracks, official maps and GIS data from
government agencies, and field observations. WNCOutdoors data is made freely available under the
Open Database License - you are free to copy and use
it for any purpose unde the terms of that license (summary).
Tips
The map will scroll and zoom, just like a normal Google Map.
Click MyTopo to use a USGS topographic maps as the base layer.
Hover over a trail to see it highlighted. Helps to see start and end points for an individual trail.
Click a trail for more details and to download it.
