Hex Templates (5 mile scale)

Erin D. Smale
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  • Create Date October 14, 2009
  • Last Updated September 27, 2022
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Hex grids are the standard for wilderness mapping and sandbox campaigns. This package provides multiple hex mapping templates at a general scale of 5 miles per hex in the following formats: Hexographer, Worldographer, Campaign Cartographer, PNG.

For reference, use the table below to determine template measurements:

Template Hex Scale[1] Hex Area[2] # Hexes Map Area[2]
Atlas 25 miles 541 sq. mi. 750 405,950 sq. mi.
Regional 5 miles 21.65 sq. mi. 750 16,238 sq. mi.
Local 1 mile 0.866 sq. mi. 625 541 sq. mi.
Sub-hex 0.2 miles 0.035 sq. mi. 100 3.5 sq. mi.
Sub-hex 0.04 miles 0.0014 sq. mi. 100 0.14 sq. mi.
Footnotes

  1. Hex height, or distance between parallel sides
  2. In square miles, rounded