You can also print your own trails, routes and points of interest on them.
On the hike to Harney Peak — which can be reached by a half-dozen different trails — routes detour to show off wonders like the Cathedral Spires, a group of granite spikes designated a National Natural Landmark though improbable-looking enough that they could have been drawn by Dr. Seuss.
(The 211-mile John Muir Trail shares the Pacific trail route for much of its length).
The trail route also passes through portions of a number of national forests.
The earlier Regional Plan study found that informal pathways made by children, office workers, fishermen and horseback riders already existed along about 15 percent of the trail route.
For the most part, the trail route would lie in the center of the 150-foot-wide right of way, leaving 80 feet between the trail and abutting properties.
Mr. Matulewicz, whose town has embraced the idea of a multi-use trail that would also run through its residential waterfront neighborhood, said he had a hard time understanding Riverton's opposition to a riverfront trail route.
George Arthur, who acts as the foreman for the group, said the crew marked the trail routes on one day, working around natural features and old roads or paths.
Available at shop.delorme.com, the PN-20 can guide you through street or trail routes, signaling turns with a warning tone, so it can be used on the road as well.
