RidgeRead: Elk Hunting Maps

RidgeRead is a hunting map and GPS terrain app for Western hunters who want to scout smarter, plan their approach, and navigate with confidence miles from cell service.

Read the country before you hunt it. Explore detailed maps, find access, study cover, and identify terrain worth investigating. Built with elk hunters in mind, RidgeRead brings mapping, terrain analysis, wind modeling, and habitat evidence together in one place.

BUILT FOR THE FIELD

- Interactive topo, satellite, hybrid, and historical satellite basemaps
- Public-land and hunt-unit boundaries
- Saved waypoints, scouting pins, and live GPS track recording
- Distance measurement and elevation profiles
- Trail and motorized-road layers for planning access
- Historic fire and timber-cut layers for studying habitat change
- Cattle grazing allotment boundaries where available
- Elk migration corridor context where available
- Privacy Mode to keep your scouting data local on your device
- Guide articles and elk hunting knowledge resources

GO DEEPER WITH RIDGEREAD PRO

Unlock advanced layers and scouting tools to turn promising country into a more informed hunt plan.

- Wind Map: explore terrain-adjusted wind and thermal estimates around ridges and drainages. Use current weather inputs or simulate conditions, then save scenarios for offline reference.
- Sentinel-2 Habitat Evidence: explore satellite-derived vegetation greenness, moisture, and seasonal changes to identify habitat worth scouting.
- Unlimited elk terrain analyses: investigate more areas without a monthly analysis cap.
- LiDAR terrain maps: reveal bare-earth benches, drainages, saddles, and old logging grades beneath the canopy.
- Slope-angle and aspect layers: read steepness and slope direction to evaluate terrain, exposure, and potential approaches.
- Sun-exposure layer: explore estimated sunlight and shade by month and time of day.
- Road-density layer: compare road access as one indicator of potential hunting pressure.
- Drought-conditions layer: add regional drought context to your scouting.
- Terrain filters: combine elevation, slope, aspect, and distance from roads to narrow your search.
- Ranked terrain matches and approaches: review promising locations, understand the reasoning, and save them to your hunt plan.
- Side-by-side map comparison: study imagery and terrain layers across the same ground.
- Offline maps and saved hunt plans: download supported areas before your trip and take your scouting into the field without cell service.

SCOUT WITH PURPOSE. HEAD OUT PREPARED.

Connect terrain, cover, access, wind, and seasonal elk behavior with places to investigate on the ground.

Coverage, layer availability, and offline support vary by location and data source. Download maps and save wind scenarios before leaving service. New wind calculations require an internet connection. Wind and thermal outputs are modeled estimates, not live measurements. Habitat Evidence reflects satellite observations, not animal location