Trails of Rocky Mountain National Park

GIS Coordinator Rocky Mountain National Park GIS Program

These data depicts trails in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. They are derived and developed from a number of sources. These include: >1:100000-scale USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG) data, >1:50000-scale USGS map of Rocky Mountain National Park (40105-A4-PF-050), >GPS (Global Positioning System) data. These data have also been updated and upgraded using heads-up digitizing using USGS DOQQ's and color DOQQ's developed for Rocky Mountain National Park as a backdrop. As of January 2007, 62% of trail miles in this database have been upgraded via GPS and DOQQ digitizing. **NOTE** - These data may be available as either an ESRI coverage or as ESRI shapefiles, and this one metadata file is valid for all those data. **NOTE** - The SEGNAME and OLDNAME fields depict the names of trails as known by the Trail Crew of RMNP, and are mentioned in planning documents such as the "Trails System Maintenance and Reconstruction Plan 2000" and the earlier 1982 Trail Plan. Unfortunately, many trails in the Park do NOT have just ONE COMMON NAME!! An example would be the main trail through Wild Basin. Depending on who you ask, this trail may be refered to as: the Wild Basin Trail, or; the Copeland Falls Trail, or; the Thunder Lake Trail, or; the Ouzel Falls Trail; and perhaps even the Bluebird Lake Trail. Many people identify a trail name with their destination.