Garmin Dakota 20 Handheld GPS System

Outdoor navigation meets touchscreen simplicity in Dakota 20. This rugged, palm-sized navigator combines touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix® satellite prediction, barometric altimeter, 3-axis electronic compass and microSD™ card slot in one affordable, power-packed punch.

Touch and Go

Dakota 20 makes outdoor navigation effortless with a tough, sunlight-readable, 2.6" (6.6 cm) color touchscreen display. The interface is easy to use, so you’ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Dakota 20 is built to withstand the elements; bumps, dust, dirt and water are no match for this rugged navigator.

Get Your Bearings

Dakota 20 has a built-in 3-axis electronic compass, which shows where you're heading even when you’re standing still or not holding the device level. Its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude, and you even can use it to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions. And with its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver with HotFix satellite prediction, Dakota 20 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons.

Find Fun

Get into paperless geocaching with Dakota 20 by quickly downloading up to 2,000 caches with information such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description — no more paper print outs and manually entered coordinates! Visit our geocaching pages for more information.

Explore the Terrain

Dakota 20 comes with a built-in worldwide basemap, so you can navigate anywhere with ease. Adding more maps is easy with Garmin's wide array of detailed topographic, marine and road maps, available on microSD card.

Share Wirelessly

With Dakota 20 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Dakota, Foretrex®, Oregon® and Colorado® users. Now you can send your favorite route or geocache location to a friend easily. Just touch "send" to transfer your information to similar devices.

Get Connected

You've been busy exploring and now you want to store and analyze your activities. With a simple connection to your computer and Internet, you can get a detailed analysis of your activities and send tracks to your outdoor device using Garmin Connect™. This one-stop site offers an activity table and allows you to view your activities on a map using Google™ Earth. Explore other routes uploaded from more than 12 million customers and share your experiences on Twitter® and Facebook®. Getting started is easy, so get out there, explore and share.
Dakota 20: Touchscreen navigation for the great outdoors.

Technical Specifications

Physical & Performance
Unit dimensions	2.2" x 3.9" x 1.3"
Display size	1.43"W x 2.15"H
Display resolution	160 x 240 pixels
Weight	148.8 g
Battery	2 AA batteries (not included); NiMH or Lithium recommended
Battery life	20 hours
Maps-Memory
Basemap
Preloaded street maps
Built-in memory	850mb
Accepts data cards	microSD™ card (not included)
Waypoints/favorites/locations	1000
Routes	50
Ability to add maps
Outdoor Features
Automatic routing (turn by turn routing on roads)	yes (with optional mapping for detailed roads)
Electronic compass
Touchscreen
Barometric altimeter
Camera
Geocaching-friendly
Custom maps compatible
Photo navigation (navigate to geotagged photos)
Outdoor GPS games
Hunt/fish calendar
Sun and moon information
Tide tables
Area calculation
Custom POIs (ability to add additional points of interest)
Unit-to-unit transfer (shares data wirelessly with similar units)
Picture viewer
Garmin Connect™ compatible (online community where you analyze, categorize and share data)

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