Visitor Maps and Guides
The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests provide a variety of map products to help you plan your next adventure.
Forest Service Interactive Visitor Map
Use the Interactive Forest Visitor Map to locate roads, campgrounds, trails and other recreation sites. Zoom in for high resolution detail and change the background map to suit your needs. Using the Tool Icon, you can print your map or save it as a geo-referenced PDF for use in Avenza.
Forest Service Digital Maps
Use Forest Service Digital Maps to search for free downloadable topographic geo-referenced PDFs featuring USFS roads, trails, wilderness, campgrounds, and other recreation sites. Maps are available at various scales, including national, regional, administrative, forest, ranger district, and quadrangle. Upload these maps for use in Avenza.
Maps for each Ranger District can be downloaded from the following links:
Motor Vehicle Use Map
Download or print the Motor Vehicle Use Map to see National Forest System routes (roads and trails) or areas designated as open to motorized travel. The Motor Vehicle Use Map also displays uses allowed by vehicle class (highway-legal vehicles, vehicles less than 50 inches wide and motorcycles), and seasonal allowances.
Purchase Paper Maps
Paper maps are available through the following partners:
GIS Data, Maps and Services
Additional published U.S. Forest Service GIS data, maps, and map services can be accessed from Forest Service Enterprise Data and Enterprise Data Warehouse.
Forest Service Map Finder
This Interactive Forest Service Map Finder will help you navigate the regions throughout your exploration throughout the United States.
Dingell Act Closures
The Forest Service is required to annually publish, on a public website, a list of all areas of National Forest System (NFS) lands temporarily or permanently subject to a closure to hunting, fishing, or recreational shooting. That information is available here.