🎁 The Gift of Outdoor Adventure: Purple Lizard Holiday Gift Guide 2025

There’s something magical about giving a gift of an experience that becomes part of someone’s life and sparks a new adventure. Purple Lizard Maps are the key to fantastic outdoor experiences. Whether it is a map of a new favorite getaway, a cozy hat to warm those cool morning walks, or a piece of gear that inspires a weekend escape, we have the kind of gifts that keep on giving.

This year, give something real. Gift meaningful outdoor adventures.

Purple Lizard Maps are handcrafted by a small, family-run cartography studio based in the heart of Central Pennsylvania. Every map we make begins the real way: exploring, listening, studying, checking, revising, until the final version is ready to help someone imagine, plan, then explore a new landscape on their next great adventure.

We also offer trail-ready gear designed to make exploring a little easier, cozier, and a lot more fun.

Here are our favorite gifts for the 2025 season: thoughtful, meaningful, and adventure ready. These gifts give something a gadget can't, endless real world experiences and the true joy of outdoor adventure.

GIFTS UNDER $20: Lizard Maps

Lizard Maps are all the things you want in a great gift!

Beautiful. Durable. Affordable.

Comes with: Endless Real World Outdoor Adventure.

These maps open the door to unlimited free outdoor experiences! They unlock places for hiking, biking, paddling, scenic drives, gravel rides, waterfalls, vistas, and small towns worth wandering.

Top Picks:

• Rothrock State Forest — Mountain biking mecca, hiking on the Mid State Trail, endless gravel, and a true classic for PA outdoor adventure!

• Pine Creek — The Pennsylvania Grand Canyon (well, ok, the Pine Creek Gorge) at its finest like you have never seen it before.

• Ohiopyle & Laurel Highlands — Waterfalls, rail trails, and Mount Davis, the highest point in Pennsylvania!

• Deep Creek Lake–Savage River — Western Maryland magic! You probably heard about the lake, but there are So. Many. Trails. 

• Pennsylvania Outdoor Recreation Map — With every major rail trail and bikeway, plus all the long distance hiking trails, state parks, state forests and more this one will have you dreaming, planning and adventuring for years to come. Be careful - this map will make you take more time off next year!
  
  

• Dolly Sods - Seneca Rocks - Let the West Virginai wilderness make your adventure dreams come true.

These are just a few of our faves, so many more adventures await!

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 GIFTS UNDER $30: Lizard Hats & Gear

Lizard Performance Trail Cap

Lightweight, breathable, quick-dry, this new Lizard Performance trail cap comes in three colors: bright orange, gravel grey and forest green. Great for hikers, trail runners, travelers and everyday explorers.

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Screaming Warning Orange Fleece Lizard Hat

Warm, soft, and highly visible — perfect for winter adventures, hiking during hunting season, and those early morning runs. Also available in Granite Gray for the days you just want to blend in.

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Lizard Wollie Socks by DeFeet

A small but mighty gift for hikers, runners, cyclists, and kids.

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Lizard Ditty Bags and Totes

Lightweight adventure bags for snacks, maps, and essentials.

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And check out the The Lizard Tote- great on its own and even better packed with more adventure! 

GIFTS UNDER $50

 Adventure Packs

• Shenandoah National Park - This 2-map series are the best maps available of Shenandoah National Park and the surrounding region - it will show you parts of Virginia you never knew! 

Also check out these adventure packs.

Adventure Bundles

If you want to give something with extra impact, put together a custom bundle:

Bundle Ideas -  Choose any Lizard Combo and Bring a Smile.

• 3-Map Explorer Pack — Choose any 3 Lizard Map titles!

• Hat + Map Combo — Performance Trail Cap, Fleece Hat, or Beanies+ a Lizard Map 

• Road Trip Set — PA Statewide Map and a Lizard State Forest Map

• Family Adventure Kit —  Choose some maps for family adventures and grab Lizard bags and hats, and socks for the whole family!

🟣 Build Your Custom Gift Bundles

GIFTS FOR MAP LOVERS: Large Format Art Prints

Bring the outdoors inside with our beautifully detailed Pennsylvania Outdoor Recreation Art Print, laminainated for use with dry erase markers!

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💜 Gifts for Everyone Who Loves Real Adventure

No matter who you’re shopping for—hikers, bikers, paddlers, travelers, new explorers, or seasoned wanderers—there’s a Lizard gift that will spark joy and help them find their way outside.

Thanks for supporting small, handcrafted cartography this season. It means more than you know.  See you out there!

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