Hey Guys,
Looking for a place that I can buys some Topo maps that have lake bottom features. Any suggestions?
Thanks
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Print or electronic? Garmins Inland :Lakes seem to be the best I have found for GPS units in this area. I don't know if there is the bottom structure you are after but they are the most complete I have found. Most places only seem to have a very few select large waters with much info. Especially for some smaller off the beaten path waters the Garmin is the most complete.
A member here has a site called imhooked.com with lots of info. Great site and maps.
Those are as about as much detail as I have found for around here.
For print I know sportsmansconnection does some great ones for other parts of the country but not sure about around here.
If you find something that tells you about the sunken boat here and the flooded forest there and such, please share where you found it as I would love to find something with that much detail and structure for a few waters.
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Thanks for the info, for now I am just looking for the good old fashioned print maps. I just want a map that shows the basic structure of the lakes, like points and flats. I like to get to the lakes and reservoirs when the water is low to find the sunken boats and forests, I have found some killer spots doing that.
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Not many lakes have complete Batho maps such as you are looking for. If you go on Google Earth and zoom into the lake of interest it becomes very easy to see all the contours and depths. I've used Google Earth to map a lot of Western Lakes and they provide some of the best resources as you can see the contours with your own eyes. Beyond that, you can google some lake names, adding the word map, contour map, batho map, topo map and/or fishing map and find contour maps that were done 40 years ago for most N. Western Lakes.
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I would also try msrmaps.com, it used to be terraserver.com. You can get topographical maps and satellite views. It is free to use. I have used it for many years to find old logging roads where I am hunting as well as fishing locations in lakes.
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[quote Stretch23]I would also try msrmaps.com, it used to be terraserver.com. You can get topographical maps and satellite views. It is free to use. I have used it for many years to find old logging roads where I am hunting as well as fishing locations in lakes.[/quote]
Good info Stretch! Terraserver.com used to require dollars for access to some of their material. Is msrmaps free or do they allow so many downloads before they charge you? I do know a lot of the info is quite old so roads and access points may vary from their mapping.
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Another good aspect of Google Earth is the history feature. There is a clock icon on the top bar and if you click on it you can look at satellite maps from different years and months. The good thing about that is that chances are you will get some pictures of the reservoir when its water is at different levels.
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The Fish n Map Co offers hydrographic maps of some of the larger lakes and reservoirs in the state:
http://www.fishnmap.com/
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Don
Well with terraserver there was 2 ways of using it that I found. If you wanted the most up to date satellite views you had to pay but if you wanted older, maybe 2-5 years old, you didn't. I had it bookmarked so I never had to jump through the hoops to get to the free side of it or maybe I found a hole in the site. As far as I know you don't have to pay with MSRMaps. I used it last year to map out Ririe. You can get some good topo from the 50's, 60's, and 70's, before several reservoirs where created.
One thing I did notice is that depending on how you zoom is you can be on a topo that is from the 90's but zooming in you can be on a topo from the 60's. Also, try to keep zooming in to see the contour lines. I just tried Island Park and was unable to get a map of it, but Ririe, Mackay, Pali
es, etc. you can find. It really just depends on where you are. For reservoirs you can see the area that is covered by water when full.
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Let me add another location that I just found:
http://nationalmap.gov/viewers.html
Played around with it for a few minutes and it looks more user friendly and you can do much more with it with layering.
Justin
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Great info guys, thanks for all the help!
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