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About the County Road Map: I agree that the road map people have drawn in some hills to "fill in some roadless blank spaces" but I think that all that was done is to try to copy what was on the USGS maps. In some cases, their sketch seems to agree, and in others they are way off. Bald Knob is...

The chances of NH starting a sales tax or income tax to pay for projects like these are slim. We have a low tax burden in this state and mostly likely that will continue. Hi All, I guess that those that think NH has a low tax burden, are neither home owners, nor a retired person trying to...

As an electronic designer, (note: not engineer as you have to pay for an engineer's license) I think the people could fight back. You know, you can make an E-Z PASS jammer. It is just a thought.

Hi Tobit, If you e-mail me a bigger copy of the sign on your avatar, I will mail you a free printed Ossipee map. Don't forget to include your mailing address.

Stop The Presses! Newly discovered data (see the attached map) shows the confirmed position of the REAL Mt.Faraway. This is from my Delorme NH Atlas, 2002 edition. We know tat Delorme is a respected mapping company and this is the most up to date, unbiased map I have seen. I consider the Faraway...

In regards to the REAL Faraway, those who are interested will note that on the Trail Bandit Ossipee Mountains Map, which has now been printed, I wimped out and placed the name "Faraway Mtn." as close as I could to be an equal distance between the hill 2782 and the two lower hill tops, without...

Hi All, Thank you all for your input. Some of it I used, and some I didn't. The map was printed last Thursday. It has to be trimmed and folded. I should have them in my posession late this week. They look pretty good. I hope that each of you will find errors, so that the second, and last...

I also remember that I lost my favorite metal comb, on the desent through the woods, after climbing the Black Dike. I was amazed to find it again on the ground when I was coming down from a climb of the Whitney Gilman, in the spring.

I left my two ice axes in the snowbank beside the road at the base of the ice climbs at Newfound lake.

I have hiked lots of ski areas and never been bothered (kidding)

Hi Jazzbo, I used the stars because they are what is used on a map I have from the Tucson, AZ area and they look nice. I have seen the dots used but they are usually on the trail junction, as opposed to being beside the junction. I tried it your way originally, but with my red trails, the dots...

Hi Sardog1, The data that I have used to prepare this map came from a number of sources that were in different projections and used different projections. I am putting the map in the horizontal datum WGS 84 as that is what the GPS data was collected in. The elevation contours were only available...

Thank you all for the input on the grid question. Let's see, we have the lat lon grid, the UTM grid, and for the compass users we can have a magnetic based grid (there will need to be a correction table as the damn pole keeps moving). My take on a map is that it should be a representation of...

Hi again Papa Bear. I was not planning to do trail or any other descriptions for this first edition. The LRCT is comming out with a new map this year and their previous maps have had good trail descriptions. I am sort of trying to fill in the big blank that lies outside of their property. There...

Hi to all again, but with a different question. I was thinking of drawing a grid of lines on the map, every minute of angle of latitude and longitude. This would allow GPS users to easily determine the coordinates (using a piece of graph paper or a ruler) of anyplace they wanted to go to, fairly...

Hi Papa Bear. Your discussion about trying to avoid the Keasarge problem when making a map to show the Black Snout name for two summits in the Ossipee range is a valid point. I don't know how the hill on the south shoulder of Mt. Shaw, ever came to be called Black Snout, but a lot of people have...

Hi Roy, Ok, you are correct that Lee Mtn, and Mountain View are not on the map. As you point out there is some history to these names. Grab the bat and stand up to the plate, should I put them in or not? Thanks for the input. Bob

Hi BobC, The map will be printed! The scale is the 1:24,000 scale used on the USGS 7.5 min. maps. The finished size is 27" X 36", and it will be water proof and "almost" tearproof.

Thanks for the feedback. I have added a (P) symbol, that will be explained in the legend to show parking locations at: The west end of the Bean Mountain Road, at the bottling plant, and along Rt 171 at the Shannon Brook trail, Bald Knob Trail, and the Mt Shaw Trail. Also marked are the junction...