The USGS topo maps covering Linville Gorge were last updated in 2013. These are the classic 7.5′ topos that have long been the standard for orienteering, and are still used extensively by the North Carolina Outward Bound School at Table Rock.

The LinvilleGorge.net map is free and is the default unofficial trail map for the Linville Gorge community. It was developed over many years by Ken Crump and the dedicated Gorge Rats of LinvilleGorge.net .

USGS has a great new online tool for finding and downloading their old topo maps. Gathered under the umbrella of Historical Topographic Map Collection, you’ll find dozens of relevant topos in several scales and file formats.

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Here are the direct links for free download of the quadrangles that cover the Linville Gorge: Linville Falls: PDF and GeoTiff (gorge north) Ashford: PDF and GeoTiff (gorge south)

This simplified map focuses on those destinations preferred by most first time visitors to Linville Gorge. This is probably the only map you’ll need for your first few day hikes. The map can be used with any PDF viewer, but is especially designed to work well with smartphones using the free app Avenza PDF Maps , which shows not only the map ...

Oct 15, 2014 · This map of Linville Gorge trails uses heat map coloring to show which trails are relatively level (blue) and which are steep (red). It’s based on the 40′ elevation change increments of 7.5′ topo maps, and is reasonably accurate though not perfect.

If you want a map for hiking in the Gorge, you probably want to download the current edition. In 2013, Mike Jones updated the LinvilleGorge.net map created by the Gorge Rats. As a huge improvement in presentation of the dataset, this map quickly became the standard for …

This is the best way to easily access dozens of Linville Gorge maps covering a wide variety of topics. The collection is always growing, and with automatic updates you’ll always be sure you have the latest edition of almost every gorge map available.

The University of Texas map collection includes North Carolina Historical Topographic Maps, an archive of US Geological Society topographic maps. There are two maps of interest here: the 1886 Morganton Quadrangle and the 1903 Morganton Quadrangle.