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The ultimate GPS for outdoors adventures

Natural Atlas: Topo Maps & GPS

by Natural Atlas
FREE in the App Store

Natural Atlas provides you with all of the information you need for any outdoors adventure. It offers a topographical map, provides hints for great hikes, and has a database of thousands of campgrounds and national and state parks. You can also access essential guidebooks to purchase for even more information. Natural Atlas is just what you need on your iPhone when you're planning and playing in the great outdoors.

What is it about?

Natural Atlas provides you with a beautiful, evolving map of the outdoors in your pocket. The ultimate GPS for your outdoor adventures, it allows you to track and plan your hiking, backpacking, boating, or cycling trips and more. You can stay organized with more than 45,000 note presets for keeping track of what you find and see, record activities, and find great campgrounds, hiking trails, and more from one app. It truly is the ultimate app for almost any outdoor adventure.

For those who...

  • Love adventuring in the great outdoors
  • Are looking for a comprehensive app for hiking, boating, cycling, backpacking, and more

Not for those who...

  • Don't like being away from electricity and running water
  • Prefer carrying heavy books and cumbersome maps to find their way around in their outdoors adventures

Why we love it

Natural Atlas provides so much information it's difficult to categorize it, and almost all of it is downloadable for use without an internet connection. Topographic maps and more are at your fingertips, along with essential information you need for bird watching, observing wildlife, and even foraging. It even helps you find great guidebooks, which you can then purchase or download straight to your iPhone or iPad.

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App Details

Version
4.7.1
Rating
(180)
Size
223Mb
Genre
Navigation Travel
Last updated
August 18, 2023
Release date
May 24, 2017
More info

Natural Atlas is FREE but there are more add-ons

  • $39.99

    Pro Subscription

App Store Description

Natural Atlas is the ultimate map & field companion for your next trip outdoors. Navigate with beautiful and detailed original maps, discover local plants and animals, and build an atlas of your journeys and memories. Measure routes, save places to go, generate trip video reels, and save offline data so you're ready for remote areas without cell reception.

■ OFFLINE CAPABLE

Save offline maps, field guide data, and tides

■ ORIGINAL MAPS

Natural Atlas maps are crafted in-house and packed with detail – designed to awaken a spirit of discovery – all available offline.

– 11,000+ Campgrounds
– 23,000+ Boat Ramps
– 359,000+ mi of Trails
– 46,600+ mi of Historic Routes
– Emphasis on Natural Features (Geysers, Hot Springs, Sequoias, etc)

■ LEARN ABOUT YOUR SURROUNDINGS

A field guide of the future that adapts to where you're standing using GPS

– Local Plants, Animals, and Fungi
– Local Geology
– Local Tides / River Levels
– Fish Species by Waterbody

■ RECORD YOUR HIKES

Record Memories & Contribute To Something Bigger In The Process

– Track your path on the map
– Keep track of stats like elevation & distance
– Search for Interesting Details: keep an eye out for things that catch your interest or that you haven’t come across before
– Take Field Notes: snap a photo to save your finding to your catalog of discoveries
– Classify Your Findings: organize your notes by choosing a classification from Natural Atlas’ taxonomy of nature
– Help Build A Better Understanding of Nature: your field notes help map the biodiversity of your ecosystem, improve species suggestions, and improve range maps

■ BUILD YOUR ATLAS

Your recorded trips and field notes funnel into a rich profile of your times outside that you can look back on and share with friends.

– Notes Organized by Classification
– Customizable Cover Photos
– Ecoregions Explored Map
– Photo Gallery
– Save Places You’ve Been or Want to Visit

■ GET MORE WITH PLUS SUBSCRIPTION

Upgrade to Natural Atlas Plus (billed yearly) for the complete Natural Atlas experience. It includes everything you need to navigate and discover while on your next trip outdoors.

– Download Offline Maps
– Measure Routes (Determine distances, snapped to trails and roads on the map)
– Access Premium Maps (USA only)
+ Public Lands Map (based on BLM SMA data) – Shows FS (including inholdings), BLM, NPS, BIA, Bureau of Reclamation, State, and Private - Designed for the Western USA
+ Geology Map – shows geologic formations, faults, and folds
+ Satellite Map – see features of the topo overlaid on top of aerial imagery
– Generate PDF Maps and print from home
– Unlock all Local Flora and Fauna and download them for offline use
– Sunrise, Sunset, Golden Hour Times, Moon Illumination Info
– Private Notes & Trips: Want to note a fishing hole but not publicize it? Mark it as private to make it for your eyes only
– Download GPX Files
– Interactive Range Maps
– Check Latest Tides & River Levels

You can subscribe & pay through your iTunes account. Manage your subscription via the main Settings app: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098

Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24hrs before the end of the current period. Your Apple account will be charged for renewal within 24hrs before the end of the current period.

■ CLOUD SYNC

Your recorded trips and notes automatically sync to your Natural Atlas account, available at NaturalAtlas.com. Review & share your trips online with friends, family, and the Natural Atlas community.

■ SUPPORT

hello@naturalatlas.com

■ DISCLAIMERS

[Battery Life] We do everything we can to make the app low power when recording, but GPS is notorious for reducing battery life

[Sensitive Places] Notes of specific sensitive topics like petroglyphs are private by default whether you’ve upgraded to Plus or not

Terms: https://naturalatlas.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://naturalatlas.com/privacy

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