Map Symbols & Patterns for NPS Maps

This page contains the standard cartographic symbols and patterns used on National Park Service maps.

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Map Symbols

Recreation pictographs, north arrows, bar scales, road shields, etc.

• Adobe Acrobat PDF (1.2 MB – Feb 2015)
• Adobe Illustrator (1.5 MB – Feb 2015)

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Other Symbols

Pictographs for accessibility, winter recreation, water recreation, etc.

• Adobe Acrobat PDF (744k – April 2015)
• Adobe Illustrator (1.4 MB –April 2015)

NPS symbols are free and in the public domain. They derive from Ultimate Symbol Collection, a commercial product that offers hundreds of additional symbols.

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TrueType Font Symbols

Fonts include both the Map Symbols and Other Symbols shown above.

• PC-format TrueType Fonts (4.8 MB – July 2007)
• Mac-format TrueType Fonts (4.8 MB – July 2007)

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NPS Style for ArcGIS

Link below to ESRI Mapping Center - ArcGIS Resources.

• ESRI.style (March 2012)

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Map Patterns

Lava/reef, sand, swamp, and tree patterns (accessed as a swatch library in Adobe Illustrator CS or later).

• Adobe Illustrator (448k – July 2006 Adobe Illustrator CS format)