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Garmin GPS Unit Waypoint Icons Table



In the comments to a previous post, someone asked if there were any place where you could find a legend for Garmin GPS unit waypoint icons. I pointed him to this Garmin page, which has a partial legend for Garmin MapSource icons, but it turns out that MapSource icons don’t always resemble the corresponding icons on a Garmin GPS unit.There’s no legend for Garmin GPS unit waypoint icons anywhere else that I could find, either on the Web or in Garmin’s own documentation. For future reference, I’ve put together the following tables of Garmin waypoint icons by category. This is how they’re displayed on my Garmin 60Cx, but they may well be different on other Garmin models. In parentheses below the label is the MapSource Symbol category which contains this icon. If your unit has different or additional icons, and you can send a copy of them to me, I’ll add them to this post.

Addendum: Here’s a pretty complete list of all available MapSource symbols; not all of them may be available on your specific Garmin unit.

Note: to see all the MapSource icons available, create a waypoint in MapSource, then in the Waypoint Properties box click on the dropdown next to “Symbol”.

Points of interest

Gasoline Convenience Store Bank Bar Department Store Movie Theater
Gas Station
(Transport.)
Convenience Store
(Transport.)
Bank
(Business)
Bar
(Business)
Department Store
(Business)
Movie Theater
(Business)
Fast Food Pizza Restaurant Lodging Shopping Airport
Fast Food
(Business)
Pizza
(Business)
Restaurant
(Business)
Lodging
(Business)
Shopping
(Business)
Airport
(Aviation)
Fitness Center Theater Medical Facility Pharmacy Post Office Museum
Fitness Center
(Business)
Theater
(Business)
Medical Facility
(Civil)
Pharmacy
(Business)
Post Office
(Civil)
Museum
(Business)
Golf Course Ball Park Bowling Amusement Park Stadium Zoo
Golf Course
(Outdoors)
Ball Park
(Outdoors)
Bowling
(Business)
Amusement Park
(Business)
Stadium
(Business)
Zoo
(Business)

Signs

Shopping Picnic Area Telephone Airport Restrooms Information
Shopping
(Business)
Picnic Area
(Outdoors)
Telephone
(Transport.)
Airport
(Aviation)
Restrooms
(Transport.)
Information
(Transport.)
Restaurant Lodging Shower Boat Ramp Water Skiing Area Swimming Area
Restaurant
(Business)
Lodging
(Business)
Shower
(Outdoors)
Boat Ramp
(Marine)
Water Skiing Area
(Outdoors)
Swimming Area
(Outdoors)
Fitness Center Ice Skating Area Medical Facility Pharmacy Parking Crossing
Fitness Center
(Business)
Ice Skating Area
(Outdoors)
Medical Facility
(Civil)
Pharmacy
(Business)
Parking
(Transport.)
Crossing
(Transport.)
Trail Head Bike Trail Skull And Crossbones Ski Resort Bridge Dam
Trail Head
(Outdoors)
Bike Trail
(Outdoors)
Skull And Crossbones
(Marine)
Ski Resort
(Outdoors)
Bridge
(Marine)
Dam
(Marine)

Outdoors

Campground Trail Head Park Forest Hunting Area Fishing Area
Campground
(Outdoors)
Trail Head
(Outdoors)
Park
(Outdoors)
Forest
(Outdoors)
Hunting Area
(Hunting)
Fishing Area
(Marine)
Geocache Geocache Found Picnic Area Restrooms Shower Beach
Geocache
(Outdoors)
Geocache Found
(Outdoors)
Picnic Area
(Outdoors)
Restrooms
(Transport.)
Shower
(Outdoors)
Beach
(Marine)
RV Park Scenic Area Summit Ski Resort Swimming Area Golf Course
RV Park
(Outdoors)
Scenic Area
(Outdoors)
Summit
(Outdoors)
Ski Resort
(Outdoors)
Swimming Area
(Outdoors)
Golf Course
(Outdoors)
Bike Trail Drinking Water Tunnel Parachuting Area Glider Area Ultralight Area
Bike Trail
(Outdoors)
Drinking Water
(Outdoors)
Tunnel
(Transport.)
Parachuting Area
(Aviation)
Glider Area
(Aviation)
Ultralight Area
(Aviation)

Civil

Residence Fishing Facility Building Church Cemetery Horn
Residence
(Civil)
Fishing Facility
(Marine)
Building
(Civil)
Church
(Civil)
Cemetery
(Outdoors)
Horn
(Nav. Aid)
Tall Tower Short Tower Radio Beacon Oil field Mine Drinking Water
Tall Tower
(Civil)
Short Tower
(Civil)
Radio Beacon
(Nav. Aid)
Oil Field
(Civil)
Mine
(Civil)
Drinking Water
(Outdoors)
School Crossing Civil Bridge Police Station Bell
School
(Civil)
Crossing
(Transport.)
Civil
(Civil)
Bridge
(Marine)
Police Station
(Civil)
Bell
(Civil)

Markers

blue flag green flag red flag blue pin green pin red pin
Blue Flag
(Marker)
Green Flag
(Marker)
Red Flag
(Marker)
Blue Pin
(Marker)
Green Pin
(Marker)
Red Pin
(Marker)
blue block green  block red  block City small City medium City large
Blue Block
(Marker)
Green Block
(Marker)
Red Block
(Marker)
Small City
(Marker)
Medium City
(Marker)
Large City
(Marker)

Transportation

Car Car rental Car repair Gasoline Convenience Store Weigh station
Car
(Civil)
Car Rental
(Transport.)
Car Repair
(Transport.)
Gas Station
(Transport.)
Convenience Store
(Transport.)
Scales
(Transport.)
Airport Ground transportation Truck stop Towing Tunnel Toll booth
Airport
(Aviation)
Ground Transportation
(Transport.)
Truck Stop
(Transport.)
Wrecking
(Transport.)
Tunnel
(Transport.)
Toll Booth
(Transport.)
Restrooms Restaurant Lodging Crossing Bridge Parking
Restrooms
(Transport.)
Restaurant
(Business)
Lodging
(Business)
Crossing
(Transport.)
Bridge
(Marine)
Parking
(Transport.)

Marine

Anchor Fishing Area Man Overboard Diver Down Flag 1 Diver Down Flag 2 Beach
Anchor
(Marine)
Fishing Area
(Marine)
Man Overboard
(Marine)
Diver Down Flag 1
(Marine)
Diver Down Flag 2
(Marine)
Beach
(Marine)
Skull And Crossbones Light Buoy White Shipwreck Radio Beacon Horn
Skull And Crossbones
(Marine)
Light
(Nav. Aid)
White Buoy
(Nav. Aid)
Shipwreck
(Marine)
Radio Beacon
(Nav. Aid)
Horn
(Nav. Aid)
Controlled Area Restricted Area Danger Area Restaurant Bridge Dam
Controlled Area
(Marine)
Restricted Area
(Marine)
Danger Area
(Marine)
Restaurant
(Business)
Bridge
(Marine)
Dam
(Marine)
Swimming Area Boat Ramp Water Skiing Area Restrooms Gasoline Campground
Swimming Area
(Outdoors)
Boat Ramp
(Marine)
Water Skiing Area
(Outdoors)
Restrooms
(Transport.)
Gas Station
(Transport.)
Campground
(Outdoors)

Navaids

Navaid Amber Navaid Black Navaid Blue Navaid Green White Navaid Green Navaid Green Red
Navaid Amber
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Black
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Blue
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Green White
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Green
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Green Red
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Orange Navaid Red Green Navaid Red White Navaid Red Navaid Violet Navaid White
Navaid Orange
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Red Green
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Red White
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Red
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid Violet
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid White
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid White Green Navaid White Red Buoy White Radio Beacon Horn Light
Navaid White Green
(Nav. Aid)
Navaid White Red
(Nav. Aid)
White Buoy
(Nav. Aid)
Radio Beacon
(Nav. Aid)
Horn
(Nav. Aid)
Light
(Nav. Aid)







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8 Responses to “Garmin GPS Unit Waypoint Icons Table”


  1. 1 Astrobufff

    Good Job. Whall be of great help. Only possible gripe would be the icons could have been displayed a little larger. They are currently a little difficult to view unless one gets real close.

  2. 2 Leszek Pawlowicz

    Bigger Garmin waypoint icons? OK – are these better?

  3. 3 Greg

    Thanks. Much appreciated as I think I created this work for you. I could never figure some of these out.

    On my 60CSx the icons move around. Do you understand the logic? Might make it easier to find if I did. And is there anyway to turn off groups of icons. The Marine and Navaids are of no use to me.

    Finally, how did Garmin decide that Cities weren’t civil?

  4. 4 Leszek Pawlowicz

    It seems as though they move the groups of icons you’ve accessed most recently higher in the list, but that’s just an impression. There’s no way to turn off unwanted icons; if there were, I’d do what you want to do.

    Some cities are civil, but some are not (Pyongyang?).

  5. 5 Greg

    Have you been to Pyongyang? The government certainly isn’t civil, but the citizens might be.

  6. 6 Technolero

    Do you have the associated codes that Garmin uses for these icons?

  7. 7 Leszek Pawlowicz

    There’s a complete list in the manual for cGPSmapper, available at http://cgpsmapper.com.

  8. 8 jan

    did you have a list with all the icon names ???

    regards Jan :-)

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