Scout
Field-built by Verne · The Orange Garage · Kent, Ohio
Field Journal — Entry No. 01

Scout Navigate Your Own Way.

A handheld map for the trail that asks nothing of you. No phone, no signal, no account. Just you, the land, and weeks of quiet.

Scout's e-paper screen showing a real black-and-white trail map Scout, somewhere off the main trail.
Why this exists

Put the phone away.

I built GPS gadgets for myself for years. Soldering prototypes at the bench. Watching screens wash out in the sun, and batteries quit at 2 p.m. with ten miles still to go. Scout is what all of that led to.

It runs for weeks. It reads beautifully in direct sunlight. It doesn't buzz, doesn't show ads, doesn't track you. It shows you where you are and helps you get back. That's it.

Verne, from the bench at The Orange Garage

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Field notes

Six things Scout promises.

Tap any note. We'll show you exactly how.

About two weeks on a charge with average use. Wondering how long it lasts for you? Open the charge calculator →

The cartography

Maps drawn on purpose.

One ink, one paper, every line on purpose. Scout's black-and-white maps are drawn from the best open trail, contour, and public-land data out there, with a calm, Game-Boy-clean look. We made it that way because it's beautiful, not because we had to.

Buy the regions you wander. Skip the ones you don't.

Scout in its case showing a real 1-bit map of streets and trails Real maps, real card.
Scout showing a saved breadcrumb trail of dots with no GPS fix Your breadcrumbs, logged.
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Pre-launch
Indiegogo · Summer '26

Come navigate your own way.

Scout launches on Indiegogo this summer. Be there for the early-bird run, straight from the garage and the trail.

Early bird, first backers ~$149