John's Pacific Crest Trail Hiking

View the PCT, My Hikes, and Others' Pictures with Google Earth or Classic Google Maps

2011 - 2014 Hikes On Map:

September 2014 - Southern Sierra: Whitney Portal to Walker Pass
September 2013 - Northern Washington: Stevens Pass to Canada
August 2013 - Donner to Shasta
May 2013 - Mexican border to Agua Dulce
2012 - Southern Washington to Stevens Pass
2011 - Northern CA and Southern Oregon: Shasta to Crater Lake

I plan to add earlier hikes to the map:

October 2010 - Southern Oregon: Crater Lake - Willamette Pass
September 2010 - Yosemite to Donner Pass
2009 - Northern Oregon: Willamette Pass - Cascade Locks
~1998 - Sierras, John Muir Trail - Yosemite to Mt. Whitney

Remaining section:

~April 2015 - Agua Dulce to Walker Pass - Mojave Desert (200 miles)

PCT and Lightweight Backpacking Resources

My BACKPACKING LINKS - Browse/search for PCT (near bottom) and other topics.
My Lightweight Backpacking Page
Pacific Crest Trail Association - Everything you need to know can be reached from here.

Google Earth

Highly recommended - can download at - http://www.google.com/earth/download/ge/ . Google Earth app also works.

Click or right-click screenshot above or http://swunderstanding.com/hikes/jh-pct-hikes.kmz

Google Earth may start automatically, or you may have to save file and open with Google Earth.

Hike will be in "Temporary Places".

Open "JH PCT Hikes 2011-2014" to show hikes and more information:

Double-click in "JH Hiking Days" to select hikes:

JH 2011 Hiking Days - Shasta to Crater Lake
JH 2012 Hiking Days - S Washington
JH 2013 Hiking Days - May - Mexico to Agua Dulce
JH 2013 Hiking Days - August - Donner to Shasta
JH 2013 Hiking Days - Sept - N Washington - Canada
JH 2014 Hiking Days - Sept - Whitney - Walker Pass

Check boxes to give give more information:

Add 1/2 mile markers.

Add waypoints.

See check boxes at bottom left.

Photos are on. Check other boxes for more information.

Other overlays can be downloaded. E.g. USGS topo maps. I use Quads . Google for more topos and other overlays.

Classic Google Maps

***Google may change this, e.g. in Feb. 2015. Please email me if you have problems.

John Hartman Pacific Crest Trail hikes on Google Maps

Open Classic Google Maps using this link and copy the following into the Search Box: http://swunderstanding.com/hikes/jh-pct-hikes.kmz

Check/uncheck, open/close, double-click menu selections at the left to see different hikes and information.

Close Halfmile folders and scroll to bottom to see JH Hikes.

Click markers to see their descriptions.

Click "Satellite", "Photos" , "Terrain" (with contours) and other selections at top right.