Map Symbols & Patterns for NPS Maps

Sample National Park Service pictographs.

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

Map Symbols

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

• Adobe Acrobat PDF (268k – July 2006).
• Adobe Illustrator (1.4 MB – July 2006 Adobe Illustrator CS2 format).

Other Symbols

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

• Adobe Acrobat PDF (200k – July 2006).
• Adobe Illustrator (1.0 MB – July 2006 Adobe Illustrator CS2 format).

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

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).

ArcGIS Symbols

Includes both the Map Symbols and Other Symbols shown above.

• ESRI.style (748k – November 2007).

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).

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