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Touch and Go
Garmin Oregon300 leads the way with a tough, 3-inch diagonal, sunlight-readable, color, touchscreen display. Its easy-to-use interface means you’ll spend more time enjoying the outdoors and less time searching for information. Both durable and waterproof, Garmin Oregon300 is built to withstand the elements. Bumps, dust, dirt, humidity and water are no match for this rugged navigator.
Explore More
Garmin Oregon300 comes with a built-in worldwide basemap with shaded contours. Simply touch the color screen to navigate. Its digital elevation maps show you shaded contours at higher zoom levels, giving you a big picture of the surrounding terrain.
Share Wirelessly
With Garmin Oregon300 you can share your waypoints, tracks, routes and geocaches wirelessly other Garmin Oregon and Garmin Colorado users. Now you can send your favorite hike to your friend to enjoy or the location of a cache to find. Sharing data is easy. Just touch “send” to transfer your information to similar units.
Find Fun
Garmin Oregon300 supports Geocaching.com GPX files for downloading geocaches and details straight to your unit. No more manually entering coordinates and paper print outs! Simply upload the GPX file to your unit and start hunting for caches. Show off photos of your excursions with Garmin Oregon’s picture viewer. Slim and lightweight, Garmin Oregon is the perfect companion for all your outdoor pursuits.
Keep Your Fix
With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix™ satellite prediction, Garmin Oregon300 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. The advantage is clear — whether you’re in deep woods or just near tall buildings and trees, you can count on Garmin Oregon to help you find your way when you need it the most.
Get Your Bearings
Garmin Oregon300 has a built-in electronic compass that provides bearing information even while you're standing still, and its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. You can even use the altimeter to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions.
Add Maps
Conveniently plug in optional preloaded microSD cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water (see maps tab for compatible maps). Just insert a Garmin MapSource® card with detailed street maps, and Garmin Oregon provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add select topographic maps to take advantage of Garmin Oregon’s 3-D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation. With Garmin BlueChart® g2 Vision, you’ll get everything you need for a great day on the water including depth contours, navaids and harbors. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet.
Garmin Oregon™ 300: Touch the great outdoors
Easy to learn and simple to use, the waterproof Garmin Oregon 300 features a high-sensitivity GPS receiver and preloaded worldwide basemap with shaded relief for incredibly detailed map presentation on the unit. It also offers a high-resolution, color 3-inch touchscreen that reacts as you tap or drag through menus and options. With its high-sensitivity, WAAS-enabled GPS receiver and HotFix satellite prediction, Oregon 200 locates your position quickly and precisely and maintains its GPS location even in heavy cover and deep canyons. It's also equipped with a barometric altimeter and electronic compass, and it's compatible with Garmin's heart-rate monitors and speed/cadence sensors.
 The Garmin Oregon 300. |
It also plays well with others, allowing for wireless exchange of tracks, waypoints and geocaches between other Oregon units and Garmin Colorado models.
This unit has a built-in electronic compass that provides bearing information even while you're standing still, and its barometric altimeter tracks changes in pressure to pinpoint your precise altitude. You can even use the altimeter to plot barometric pressure over time, which can help you keep an eye on changing weather conditions.
Conveniently plug in optional preloaded microSD memory cards for all your outdoor activities on land or water. The card slot is located inside the waterproof battery compartment, so you don't have to worry about getting it wet. Just insert an optional Garmin MapSource card with detailed street maps, and the Oregon provides turn-by-turn directions to your destination. Add optional topographic maps to take advantage of the Oregon's 3D map view which gives you a better perspective of your elevation. And with optional BlueChart g2 Vision maps, you'll get everything you need for a great day on the water including depth contours, navaids and harbors.
Garmin's HotFix capability automatically calculates and stores satellite locations, greatly reducing satellite acquisition time so that you can turn the unit on and get going. Geocaching is even easier with the Oregon, which quickly downloads online information for every cache, such as location, terrain, difficulty, hints and description, so that you don't have to tote printouts with you.
 Garmin Oregon 300 screenshots. |
Features and Specifications
- Worldwide basemap with shaded relief
- Built-in 3D DEM (Digital Elevation Model) basemap
- Wireless exchange of user routes, tracks, waypoints, geocaches and images
- MicroSD card slot for optional mapping and data storage
- Track log: 10,000 points, 20 saved tracks
- Electronic compass, barometric altimeter, temperature sensor
- Display: 3-inch color touchscreen with 240 x 400-pixel resolution
- Batteries: Two high-capacity or lithium-ion AA batteries for up to 16 hours of use
- Unit dimensions: 4.5 x 2.3 x 1.4 inches
- Weight: 6.8 ounces with batteries
Garmin Oregon Model Comparisons
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| Oregon 200 | Oregon 300 | Oregon 400t | Oregon 400c | Oregon 400i | |
| Preloaded Maps: | no | no | yes (topographic) | yes (BlueChart g2 with limited capability) | yes (Inland Lakes) |
| Built-in memory: | 24 MB | 850 MB | yes | yes | yes |
| Unit-to-unit transfer (shares data wirelessly with similar units): | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
What's in the Box
Oregon 300, carabiner clip, USB cable, owner's manual (on disk), printed quick-start guide
Product Descriptionhandheld GPS navigator for use outdoors, in a car, or on a boat * 3" LCD touchscreen display (240 x 400 pixels) with built-in picture viewer * WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) capability improves GPS accuracy to within 3 meters * electronic compass and barometric altimeter * short-range wireless transfer of data to other Garmin Oregon and Colorado navigators *
