What handheld GPS for riding in heavily wooded areas? if you trail ride in heavily wooded areas. if you would like to start doing some riding off the beaten path. you will be interested to know what handheld GPS units to use. Which handheld GPS gets the best reception under heavy tree cover? What about value for the money?

Most important is to secure a GPS system that includes a high sensitivity GPS receiver such as SiRF III, most handheld are acceptable if they include the high sensitivity receiver. You should be ok as long as you can see the sky part of the time the receiver should work fine. Most of these will work indoors so it should be o.k for you to use outdoor in heavily wooded areas.
One ALL around GPS unit that includes the outdoor mode is the Magellan CrossOverGPS, name the best GPS PND by Outdoor gears of the year in 2007.

This is an all around unit, you can use it as a vehicle navigation system to get you where you need to go hiking, than use it as an offroad navigation device when you are riding in heavily wooded areas.

You can buy these Magellan CrossoverGPS about $199. garmin gps is also a good choice, it is the one of best gps manufacturers

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