Cleverly simple, the Garmin Foretrex 301 Portable Navigator GPS System is a slim wrist-mounted GPS navigator perfect for outdoor activities that require the use of both hands. Foretrex 301 combines a high-sensitivity GPS receiver, rugged, waterproof design and USB interface into a lightweight device ideal for hikers, skiers and campers.Retrace Your StepsNo matter where your adventure takes you, you'll never worry about getting lost with the Foretrex 301.
Foretrex keeps track of your path and displays it as a dotted trail on the screen. Just turn on Foretrex's TracBack feature, and you can retrace your path back to where you started. You can save locations in memory as waypoints (up to 500 of them), so you can always find your way back to any important place, like your campsite or vehicle. And with up to 18 hours of battery life and replaceable AAA batteries, you'll never worry about making it back.Track Your DataForetrex 301 lets you combine several waypoints to create and store routes to all of your favorite places. It also provides other helpful information to help with navigation, including a trip computer, sunrise/sunset times and hunting and fishing information. To keep track of your trip, connect your Foretrex to your PC or Mac with USB to store your waypoints, routes and tracks on your computer.
Get ConnectedYou've been busy exploring and now you want to store and analyze your activities. With a simple connection to your computer and the Internet, you can get a detailed analysis of your activities and send tracks to your outdoor device using Garmin Connect. This one-stop site offers an activity table and allows you to view your activities on a map using GoogleTM Earth. Explore other routes uploaded from more than 12 million customers and share your experiences on Twitter® and Facebook. Getting started is easy, so get out there, explore and share.Plan Your Next TripTake charge of your next adventure with BaseCamp, software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them.
Product Details
· Product Dimensions: 1.7 x 0.9 x 2.9 inches ; 3 ounces
· Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Additional features
The GPS receiver on the Foretrex 301 is much, much more sensitive than earlier generations. It locks on to satellites in much less time, holds the signal better, and works through more overhead cover. The logging and interface are a little cumbersome, but that's the tradeoff for making something this small and rugged (there are only four control buttons plus the one power button).
It allows you to go on a hike and be able to "display" the hike on a map and see the exact distances. Then you can print the map and let other friends take the hike too. The unit perfectly meets this requirement. Using the map portion is trivially easy by logging into Garmin/Connect, which is a free Internet based product. You punch a button on the web page and it downloads the contents of the unit to their database, all over a USB cable Once you do, you will see thousands of other users' hikes, bike trips, etc. in your area and all around the world.
There's a neat feature to "take you back" to the start of the hike, either by walking you back the same trail or giving you a compass heading and distance.
One negative some users have mentioned is that there you can’t load maps into this Garmin and it does not come with any maps. This is not noted in the product description.
Get ConnectedYou've been busy exploring and now you want to store and analyze your activities. With a simple connection to your computer and the Internet, you can get a detailed analysis of your activities and send tracks to your outdoor device using Garmin Connect. This one-stop site offers an activity table and allows you to view your activities on a map using GoogleTM Earth. Explore other routes uploaded from more than 12 million customers and share your experiences on Twitter® and Facebook. Getting started is easy, so get out there, explore and share.Plan Your Next TripTake charge of your next adventure with BaseCamp, software to view and organize your maps, waypoints, routes, and tracks and send them.
Product Details
· Product Dimensions: 1.7 x 0.9 x 2.9 inches ; 3 ounces
· Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Additional features
The GPS receiver on the Foretrex 301 is much, much more sensitive than earlier generations. It locks on to satellites in much less time, holds the signal better, and works through more overhead cover. The logging and interface are a little cumbersome, but that's the tradeoff for making something this small and rugged (there are only four control buttons plus the one power button).
It allows you to go on a hike and be able to "display" the hike on a map and see the exact distances. Then you can print the map and let other friends take the hike too. The unit perfectly meets this requirement. Using the map portion is trivially easy by logging into Garmin/Connect, which is a free Internet based product. You punch a button on the web page and it downloads the contents of the unit to their database, all over a USB cable Once you do, you will see thousands of other users' hikes, bike trips, etc. in your area and all around the world.
There's a neat feature to "take you back" to the start of the hike, either by walking you back the same trail or giving you a compass heading and distance.
One negative some users have mentioned is that there you can’t load maps into this Garmin and it does not come with any maps. This is not noted in the product description.
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