I agree. They provide siimple trail maps at the gate and trailheads and there are plenty of blazes and signs. Not to mention the whole "mountain" (a hill of 1200 or so? feet) is surrounded by farms and cut-through w/ dirt/gravel roads and horse trails leading to them. A friend of ours once got lost on the billy goat trail and literally had to be picked up by the NPS in a boat, being unaware that the trail is bordered on one side by the potomac river and on the other by the 80+mile long towpath. The best survival equipment is your brain.