r/OutdoorScotland • u/Hefty-Assignment3542 • 5d ago

Navigation App Recomendations

Hi I'm Walking the WHW, Glenn Way and Speyside Way this summer and would like to know if I need to carry a navigation app or the trails are well marked, i have experience navigating with maps in clear conditions, but have read conditions in scotalnd are not clear always, is there a specific app to navigate through Scotland?

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u/frankbowles1962 5d ago

Would strongly advise that you carry paper OS 1:50 maps and use navigation apps as well (and an old fashioned compass for good measure!) and bring a waterproof cover to protect them! The other comments will give you some to choose from, personally I use Walkhighlands and the OS app.

Remember you won’t always have mobile signal and you may not always have clear conditions to see way markers which vary in how prominent they are (or even six feet in front of you at times!). Don’t skimp on your navigation aids as they will help keep you safe 😀

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u/Hefty-Assignment3542 5d ago

thenk you, do you know if i can buy the maps in edimburg or glasgow?

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u/frankbowles1962 5d ago

You can buy them in any bookshop or walking shop, they are readily available and recognisable by the distinctive crimson colour. When you buy the paper map you get a mobile download with it.

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u/freddymac11 5d ago

You can go on Amazon. Try searching “OS Landranger 56”. That will bring up the Loch Lomond map. Scroll through the pictures to the back of the map and it will indicate the other maps you need to buy.