Visitor Maps and Guides

The Prescott National Forest map shows land ownership, Forest Service roads and trails, and developed recreation areas. It does not show elevation changes. The map is printed on durable plasticized paper. The East half of the forest is printed on one side with the West half of the forest on the reverse.

In Person: 

Prescott National Forest (PNF) Visitor's Maps are available for purchase at some of our offices and may be available at ranger stations on neighboring forests.

Online: 

USGS Map Store

By mail: 

Send a check or money order made out to "USDA Forest Service" for $14.00 to:

Prescott National Forest
ATTN: Receptionist
344 South Cortez Street
Prescott AZ 86303

Include a note with your name and return address stating that you want a "Forest Visitors Map". Please contact us first if you are interested in purchasing more than one map, or other maps that we carry so we can tell you the amount to enclose.

Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) show which routes (roads and trails) are open to motor vehicle travel, what types of vehicles they are open to, and what season they are open. The published hard copy MVUM is the legal document-of-record and is available, free of charge, in the Forest Supervisor’s office. The MVUM is the key to understanding each district's motorized transportation system and can be used in conjunction with the visitor map to determine which roads are open, and how far you are allowed to drive off of the road.  Various travel aids/maps (for select Smartphones and GPS units) are available below as supplements to the MVUM, to help you make sure you know which routes are open to motorized use.

Pick up your free MVUM: 

MVUMs are available at the Bradshaw/Chino Valley Ranger Districts Office in Prescott.

Download MVUMs:

• East Zone (Verde Ranger District and eastern parts of the Chino Valley Ranger District)
• West Zone (Bradshaw Ranger District, including the area around the City of Prescott, and western parts of the Chino Valley Ranger District)

Other:

• Base Map - Topography - This 20 MB map uses our 1:24,000 FS topo USFS digital GIS topography map, roughly equivalent to 1:24000 topographic quadrangle (like USGS quads only produced by and for USFS)
• Prescott NF Visitor Map 

 The City of Prescott has several outdoor shops that sell hard copy topographical maps, or you can download them at the FS Geodata Clearinghouse.

• Download GIS data for National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico

Geographic Information Systems or GIS are computer systems, software and data used to analyze and display spatial or locational data about surface features. One of the strengths of GIS is the capability to overlay or compare multiple feature layers. A user can then analyze the relationship between the layers.

Data, reports and maps produced through GIS are used by managers and resource specialists to make decisions about land management activities on The National Forests. The Prescott National Forest maintains and utilizes GIS data for various features on the ground.