I just got a garmin 62s primarily for hiking and to use on trails and around town on the klxs. After taking it hiking this past weekend i found it to be pretty useless with the stock maps. Anyone have any suggestions as to wich maps to get ?

 

Free topo and trail maps for your Garmin GPS | GPS Tracklog

 

For road only (not topo):
Free worldwide routable Garmin maps from OpenStreetMap
Ibycus USA

 

Sweet! free maps! You guys just saved me 100 bucks on a garmin map. Hmm... now what to spend 100 on the bike good start to a 351 savings.

 

Let us know how those work for you.
I use the $100 Garmin USA Topo maps. Give you resolution close to a USGS 100K topo, but not near the 24K level. I think garmin also has 24K level for selected areas, like some national parks.

 

Does anyone have experience with the garmin birds eye satellite. Looks like it might be nice for seeing trails, campgrounds or specific terrain?

 

is that smartphone/ app whateverable?