Every once in a while I’ll run into a strange issue when creating a new maps page. Take Sequoia maps and Kings Canyon maps, for example – how do I construct those pages? Technically the two parks are actually managed together as one park, with one website, and one series of maps – and you drive through both parks if you take the entire loop road. Yet visitors aren’t usually aware of these strange cases and think of them as separate. So, I ended up creating two pages, just with duplicate maps.

Today I had a new dilemma – what to do about Glen Canyon National Recreation Area? It makes sense to create a Glen Canyon maps page, since that’s what the park is called. Unfortunately, most visitors don’t know it as Glen Canyon – it’s just “Lake Powell.” So, maybe I should create a Lake Powell maps page instead?

I ended up creating both, but removing a few maps on the Lake Powell maps page that focused elsewhere in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (such as Lees Ferry). I think this makes the most sense and hopefully won’t be too confusing for users. Thus, there’s an entry for both Lake Powell maps and Glen Canyon maps in the navigation menu.

I also added a lot of new maps to Mesa Verde maps, Capitol Reef maps, and Carlsbad Caverns maps. Check them out! I’m up to 710 maps total now. (And yes, that’s without double-counting both Glen Canyon and Lake Powell – it was tempting to double count to increase my total number, but I just can’t handle the dishonesty!)