Mapping the Sheltowee

dwaynefox · cub Joined: 03 Nov 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Dayton, OH

Start: Cave Run Lake near White Sulfur Horse Camp ATV trails
End: Whittleton Campground at Natural Bridge
distance: 44 miles
(includes a 9.5 mile continuous road hike along 1274 and 77)

*Note: climbed Indian Staircase and circled rim.

4 tracklogs included:
6468 point-version of actual trip,
400 point-version GPS friendly
296 point-simple version of this section including north and south extensions
469 point-roads used to make car and water drops

see the trip at:
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=107613

dradius · on trail Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 36

Thanks for posting the info. Can you give some details on Joker's store please? What kind of stuff do they sell? Thanks

gagagopher · cub Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 6

This thread came up when I typed in GPS Sheltowee Trace. I'm trying to find out if my GPS on my phone will work when I'm on the trail. I've been hiking at National parks during other vacations and discovered that my GPS didn't get signal on the trails. The way it's looking is I'm going to have to navigate the old fashioned way during my vacation. With a few maps and my trusty compass this summer.

Traildust · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 10:03 pm Post subject:

GPS will be hit or miss. If you are doing the Sheltowee the compass is not necessary.

jbd · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject:

I agree with Traildust. Gps on the trail seems to be hit and miss. May be better in the winter and a bit more unreliable during the summer form what I have seen.

Chilton · Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 1:05 pm Post subject:

The problem with the phone is that they mostly don't use real "GPS" systems but instead rely on a cell phone signal triangulation method. As it is a positioning system, this method does not rely on satellites which are always present (although sometimes poorly acquired because of overhead cover) but on signal towers. Since most backcountry hiking is out of cell phone signal range your cell phone will usually prove to be fairly useless. And on a side note, while it continuously searches for a signal the battery life with seriously suffer and you will quickly end up with no gps and a dead cell phone.

Amelia · cub Joined: 07 Mar 2012 Posts: 2

The way it's looking is I'm going to have to navigate the old fashioned way during my vacation. With a few maps and my trusty compass this summer.

Traildust · Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:15 am Post subject:

Compass on the Sheltowee Trace may be overkill. Get our trailguide and map and you will be ok....

daavidfischer · cub Joined: 16 Oct 2012 Posts: 12

I have read somewhere that it is a primitive area for overnight horse camping with vault toilets, watering trough, horse trailer parking, picket lines and gravel lot. And that 100 miles of trails meander through the area surrounding Cave Run Lake.

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daavidfischer · cub Joined: 16 Oct 2012 Posts: 12

This is a great report. It is a herculean task to climb the Indian Staircase and the circled rim at end of the trail, requires high amount of energy and stamina. Post reports of more trails. Looking forward to it.

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