{"id":2807092,"date":"2025-06-09T08:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2807092"},"modified":"2025-06-09T08:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T15:19:06","slug":"mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail","title":{"rendered":"Hiking to the Clouds (Someday)"},"author":360352,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[42181,23201,26451,31301,23571],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-2807092","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-cartographic-design","tag-cartography","tag-symbology","tag-whats-new","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":360352,"user_firstname":"Lauren","user_lastname":"Tierney","nickname":"Lauren Tierney","user_nicename":"ltierney","display_name":"Lauren Tierney","user_email":"ltierney@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/laurenctierney.com","user_registered":"2024-08-19 13:31:34","user_description":"Lauren Tierney is the Senior Product Manager of Mapping and Cartography at Esri. Before joining Esri in 2024 she was a Senior Graphics Reporter at The Washington Post, as well as a Graphics Editor at National Geographic Magazine. She has a masters degree in geography from the University of Oregon. Lauren is a cartographer who enjoys telling stories with maps and specializes in mapping environment, climate, wildlife, and adventure topics.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"A map of the Cactus to Clouds trail near Palm Springs, California and how to recreate it in ArcGIS Pro.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Earlier this year I visited Palm Springs, California for the first time to attend the Esri Partner Conference<\/a> and Developer and Technology Summit<\/a>. I\u2019ve visited Southern California many times but never made it further east on the 10 than Redlands.<\/p>\n

Walking to the convention center each day, I couldn\u2019t believe the extreme elevation change from the city to the peaks above. Various colleagues mentioned the many recreation opportunities in the mountains, and one stuck with me: the Cactus to Clouds trail.<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2820852,"id":2820852,"title":"tierney-palm-springs","filename":"20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","filesize":124595,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/20250310_115136","alt":"Image of the San Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs, California","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"The San Jacinto Mountains above Palm Springs, California","name":"20250310_115136","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-04 20:08:11","modified":"2025-06-04 20:41:43","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":500,"height":667,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","medium-width":196,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","medium_large-width":500,"medium_large-height":667,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","large-width":500,"large-height":667,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","1536x1536-width":500,"1536x1536-height":667,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","2048x2048-width":500,"2048x2048-height":667,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","card_image-width":349,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_115136-scaled-e1749069094828.jpg","wide_image-width":500,"wide_image-height":667}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

The route starts near the Palm Springs Art Museum<\/a> and climbs all the way up to San Jacinto Peak, with over 10,000 feet of elevation gain. From the base to the summit is about 14 miles, with an additional 5 miles to hike back down to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway<\/a> station to catch a much-deserved ride back down to the city.<\/p>\n

Would I love to do this trail someday? Maybe! But until I trained for something like that\u2026 I made a map.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Design inspiration<\/h3>\n

While in Palm Springs, I noticed lots of bright color gradients in signage, conference banners, and desert sunsets. My design goal for this hiking route map was to incorporate these bright color transitions to emphasize the mountain terrain of the region.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2820862,"id":2820862,"title":"tierney-conference","filename":"20250310_154215-scaled-e1749069186104.jpg","filesize":83982,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-scaled-e1749069186104.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/20250310_154215","alt":"Image of conference center art at the Esri Developer and Technology Summit","author":"360352","description":"Conference artwork","caption":"","name":"20250310_154215","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-04 20:08:21","modified":"2025-06-04 20:11:25","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":300,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-scaled-e1749069186104.jpg","medium-width":196,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-scaled-e1749069186104.jpg","medium_large-width":300,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-scaled-e1749069186104.jpg","large-width":300,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-1152x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1152,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-1536x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1536,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-349x465.jpg","card_image-width":349,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_154215-810x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":810,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2820872,"id":2820872,"title":"tierney-palm-trees","filename":"20250310_225510-scaled-e1749069215406.jpg","filesize":60118,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-scaled-e1749069215406.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/20250310_225510","alt":"Image of palm trees with the night sky in the background.","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"Palm trees in Palm Springs","name":"20250310_225510","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-04 20:08:30","modified":"2025-06-04 20:10:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":300,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-scaled-e1749069215406.jpg","medium-width":196,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-scaled-e1749069215406.jpg","medium_large-width":300,"medium_large-height":400,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-scaled-e1749069215406.jpg","large-width":300,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-1152x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1152,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-1536x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1536,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-349x465.jpg","card_image-width":349,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250310_225510-810x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":810,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

I used this project as an opportunity to experiment with some of John Nelson\u2019s terrain<\/a> tutorials, specifically his \u2018Throwing Shade in Wild Color<\/a>\u2019 video. Three different reliefs with three different colors, and a DEM to create a \u2018magenta haze\u2019 at the lower elevations on the map.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2824942,"id":2824942,"title":"CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL","filename":"CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL.png","filesize":8852593,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/cactustoclouds-map-final","alt":"Map of the Cactus to Clouds trail near Palm Spring, California","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"Final map of the Cactus to Clouds trail, by the author","name":"cactustoclouds-map-final","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-09 15:11:26","modified":"2025-06-09 15:12:46","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":3300,"height":5100,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL.png","medium-width":169,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1187,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL.png","large-width":699,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL-994x1536.png","1536x1536-width":994,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL-1325x2048.png","2048x2048-width":1325,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL-301x465.png","card_image-width":301,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL-699x1080.png","wide_image-width":699,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CactusToClouds-Map-FINAL.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Layout elements<\/h3>\n

I decided to rotate the map, so the trail was vertical on the page instead of horizontal. A vertical orientation lets this map be tall and narrow. This usually makes for a more legible map on desktop and mobile phones (which is where you all are seeing this map!).<\/p>\n

The map is rotated, so I added a north arrow. I also added a locator map with the same rotation. And of course, another important map element\u2026 the scale bar.<\/p>\n

My toxic trait is that I almost<\/strong> always<\/strong> forget to add a scale bar to my maps. And making a dual scale bar with two units? That used to take up so much time. But now, in ArcGIS Pro 3.5, I can select a Dual Scale Bar<\/a> as one of the options (one of many Esri Community ideas added to ArcGIS Pro 3.5<\/a>).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2820952,"id":2820952,"title":"map-rotation","filename":"map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","filesize":76352,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/map-rotation","alt":"Image of scale bar and locator map","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"map-rotation","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-04 20:24:44","modified":"2025-06-04 20:25:08","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":300,"height":339,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","medium-width":231,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","medium_large-width":300,"medium_large-height":339,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","large-width":300,"large-height":339,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","1536x1536-width":300,"1536x1536-height":339,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","2048x2048-width":300,"2048x2048-height":339,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-411x465.png","card_image-width":411,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/map-rotation-e1749069317304.png","wide_image-width":300,"wide_image-height":339}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2820942,"id":2820942,"title":"dual-scale-bar-UI","filename":"dual-scale-bar-UI.png","filesize":64872,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/dual-scale-bar-ui","alt":"Image of dual scale bar UI in ArcGIS Pro","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"dual-scale-bar-ui","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-04 20:24:42","modified":"2025-06-04 20:25:20","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":428,"height":774,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI.png","medium-width":144,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI.png","medium_large-width":428,"medium_large-height":774,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI.png","large-width":428,"large-height":774,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI.png","1536x1536-width":428,"1536x1536-height":774,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI.png","2048x2048-width":428,"2048x2048-height":774,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI-257x465.png","card_image-width":257,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dual-scale-bar-UI.png","wide_image-width":428,"wide_image-height":774}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

I like my dual scale bars to end in the same numeric value, so I used an \u2018Adjust width\u2019 fitting strategy to allow for this. I am a big fan of a minimalistic scale bar (when the map is not being used for serious navigation\u2026 please don\u2019t use this map to hike this very difficult trail!).<\/p>\n

Making it even easier to add scale bars to my maps in the future, I saved this as a style<\/a> for future use.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2820962,"id":2820962,"title":"save-to-style","filename":"save-to-style.gif","filesize":2002985,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/save-to-style","alt":"GIF of how to save a scale bar to a style","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"save-to-style","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-04 20:26:14","modified":"2025-06-04 20:26:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":610,"height":660,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style.gif","medium-width":241,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style.gif","medium_large-width":610,"medium_large-height":660,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style.gif","large-width":610,"large-height":660,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style.gif","1536x1536-width":610,"1536x1536-height":660,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style.gif","2048x2048-width":610,"2048x2048-height":660,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style-430x465.gif","card_image-width":430,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/save-to-style.gif","wide_image-width":610,"wide_image-height":660}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

Map labels and line symbology<\/h3>\n

For labeling my map, I used a mixture of the advanced labeling placement functionalities in ArcGIS Pro and placed some text as graphic elements in my layout.<\/p>\n

For labeling Mt. San Jacinto State Park, I used a new feature available in ArcGIS Pro 3.5, which gives the option to stack long labels instead.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2820972,"id":2820972,"title":"MapImageLayer","filename":"MapImageLayer.gif","filesize":549513,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer.gif","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-cactus-to-clouds-trail\/mapimagelayer","alt":"GIF of map label position settings","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"mapimagelayer","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2807092,"date":"2025-06-04 20:27:07","modified":"2025-06-04 20:27:26","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/gif","type":"image","subtype":"gif","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1302,"height":632,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer-213x200.gif","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer.gif","medium-width":464,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer.gif","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":373,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer.gif","large-width":1302,"large-height":632,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer.gif","1536x1536-width":1302,"1536x1536-height":632,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer.gif","2048x2048-width":1302,"2048x2048-height":632,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer-826x401.gif","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":401,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/06\/MapImageLayer.gif","wide_image-width":1302,"wide_image-height":632}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

The label for the state park had enough space to sit on one line, but I wanted to create more space for my map title, so I checked the option \u2018Prefer to stack long labels\u2019<\/a>. When checked, long labels will stack compactly in areas where it won\u2019t affect placement and require stacking to fit.<\/p>\n

For the state park boundary I applied two solid strokes, and for the \u2018inner\u2019 stroke I set an offset effect to create an inner boundary. This is a very popular cartographic effect, sometimes referred to as an inner band<\/a> or inner glow<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The final map<\/h3>\n

I really enjoyed creating this hiking route map with a sunset desert vibe reflected by the colors I saw in Palm Springs. I hope this inspires you to find your own cool and different inspiration out in the world and bring it into your maps, and maybe even try out some of the new features in ArcGIS Pro 3.5<\/a> while you\u2019re at it!<\/p>\n

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