I do a lot of cycling in the central Cascade mountains in Washington. If there's a line on a map, there may or may not be a road in reality. If there's a road,

I do a lot of cycling in the central Cascade mountains in Washington. If there's a line on a map, there may or may not be a road in reality. If there's a road, there may or may not be a corresponding line on the map. That applies to both paper maps and electronic maps. New logging roads are built, and old logging roads are abandoned, so the forest reclaims them. If you're following a road or trail, sometimes it gradually becomes more overgrown, to the point where it's nearly impassable. You always have to use your own judgement, and look for signs that other people have recently traveled on the same road or trail. You also have to use your own judgement when it's time to turn around. It seems crazy to me to blindly trust Google Maps and follow it wherever it leads you. But I suppose some people haven't yet experienced the disconnect between maps and reality, and assume that the map is always right. It's better to learn that lesson in more harmless situations.