The public park map that sent me on a 45 minute walk in a circle

Took my kid to Mill Creek Park last weekend and grabbed one of those free maps at the entrance. The trail lines were all the same thickness and color, with zero landmarks drawn to scale. I spent 45 minutes trying to find the playground, following a path that just looped back to the parking lot. The only clue was a tiny, pixelated tree icon that could have been anywhere. We finally asked another parent who pointed it out, it was literally 200 feet from where we started. Has anyone else seen a map so bad it becomes an adventure?

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the_leo7d ago

Man, I used to trust park maps but this exact thing happened to me.

chen.hugo7d ago

Yeah @the_leo, I was the same way and thought those maps were always right. Getting totally lost on a trail that was marked as easy finally fixed that for me. Now I just use my phone.