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Garmin Dakota 10 puts the great outdoors at your fingertips. This entry-level rugged, palm-sized GPS navigator boasts touchscreen navigation, high-sensitivity GPS with HotFix satellite prediction, and a worldwide basemap.

Garmin Dakota 10 makes outdoor navigation effortless with a tough, sunlight-readable, 2.6-inch TFT color touchscreen display. The Garmin Dakota 10 is powered via two AA batteries.

Outdoor navigation meets touchscreen simplicity in the Garmin Dakota 20. The Garmin Dakota 20 makes outdoor navigation effortless with a tough, sunlight-readable, 2.6-inch TFT colour 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, Garmin Dakota 20 is built to withstand the elements: bumps, dust, dirt and water are no match for this rugged navigator.

Garmin Dakota 20 has a built-in 3-axis electronic compass, which shows your 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 can even 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, Garmin Dakota 20 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons.

Get into paperless geocaching with Garmin 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.

Garmin Dakota 20 comes with 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.

With Garmin Dakota 20 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly with other compatible Garmin 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.

Garmin Dakota 20 Features

2.6-inch TFT sunlight-readable, colour, touchscreen display
Preloaded worldwide basemap
3-axis electronic compass and barometric altimeter
Unit-to-unit wireless data transfer capabilities for waypoints, routes and tracks
Stores 1000 waypoints and 50 routes
Provides automatic turn-by-turn directions with optional Auto Navigation Kit
High-sensitivity GPS receiver with HotFix for improved performance and reception
Waterproof standard: IEC 60529 IPX7
850MB internal memory
microSD card slot for additional map data
Up to 20 hours of battery life, 2 AA; NiMH or Lithium recommended
Weighs 148.8grams with batteries
Unit-to-unit wireless data transfer capabilities for waypoints, routes and tracks
USB Interface
1 year guarantee.

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Garmin Dakota 20 Map Coverage

The Garmin Dakota 20 is preloaded with a worldwide basemap.

Add additional maps to your Garmin Dakota 20

For the serious outdoor enthusiast plug a Garmin TOPO, GB Discoverer or City Navigator NT map into your Garmin Dakota 20 and make your outdoor adventures a touch more action-packed. Appreciate Garmin Dakota 20 3D views, visualise the contours on topographic maps to enjoy a better perspective of your elevation and understand your onward journey.

What's in the box? (when purchased from ActiveGPS.co.uk)

Garmin Dakota 20
Lanyard
USB cable
Owner's manual on CD-Rom
Quick start manual

Garmin Dakota 20 Accessories

Below a selection of Garmin accessories available for use with the Garmin Dakota 20, accessories include Carrying Case, Handlebar Mount and Auto Navigation Kit. View all available accessories for the Garmin Dakota 20.

Garmin Dakota 20 - Slip Case - Protect your Garmin Dakota 20 from scuffs and scrapes while carrying it in style with this slip case.

Garmin Dakota 20 - Handlebar Mount - Handlebar mount enables you to mount your Garmin Dakota 20 securely on the handlebar of your bicycle or other handlebar. The Garmin Dakota 20 handlebar mount fits up to a 1-inch diameter bar.

Garmin Dakota 20 - Auto Navigation Kit - Use your Garmin Dakota 20 for in-vehicle navigation with this auto navigation kit. The Garmin Dakota 20 auto navigation kit includes an suction cup mount with a pivoting arm, adhesive disk for dash board mounting and 12-volt vehicle power cable.

Garmin Dakota 20 Maps

Below a selection of Garmin maps available for use with the Garmin Dakota 20, including TOPO maps, GB Discoverer Maps and City Navigator NT maps, etc. View all available maps for the Garmin Dakota 20.

Garmin Dakota 20 - GB Discoverer 1:50k Maps of Southern England and Wales microSD/SD card - Full topographic Ordnance Survey maps for Southern England and Wales on microSD card. These GB Discoverer maps use 1:50k scale, and include preloaded street maps for the whole of Great Britain.

Garmin Dakota 20 - GB Discoverer 1:50k Maps of GB National Parks microSD/SD card - Full topographic Ordnance Survey maps for National Parks of Great Britain on microSD card. These GB Discoverer maps use 1:50k scale, and include preloaded street maps for the whole of Great Britain.

Garmin Dakota 20 - GB Discoverer 1:25k Maps of Lake District microSD/SD card - Full topographic Ordnance Survey maps for Lake District Ordnance on microSD card. These GB Discoverer maps use 1:25k scale, and include preloaded street maps for the whole of Great Britain.

Garmin Dakota 20 Technical Specification

Technology: GPS
Display: 160 x 240 pixels, 2.6-inch colour TFT
Waypoints: 1000
Routes: 50
Track log: 10,000 points, 20 saved tracks
Built-in memory: 850MB
microSD card: Yes
Electronic compass: Yes
Barometric altimeter: Yes
Battery: 2 AA batteries (not included) up to 20 hours operation
Waterproof: Yes (IPX7)
Dimensions: Width - 55mm, Height - 10mm, Depth - 33mm
Weight: 148.8g
Guarantee: 1-year