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Are you an adventurous soul looking to get some hiking GPS on your wrist? If so, take this PlayBetter trailhead to discover the best Garmin hiking watch for enhancing your trekking lifestyle!

Whether you take shorter jaunts whenever you can or you regularly head out on long-haul hikes, you'll want some essentials in your hiking GPS tracker. When shopping for the best hiking watch, there's a lot to take into consideration, like: battery life, durability, comfort, GPS, interface, compass, altimeter, barometer, music, training metrics, and health tracking stats.

When it comes to putting advanced features on your wrist in a form-factor that is both beautiful and comfy, nobody does it like Garmin. Read on and find out why!

Take hiking trips to a whole new level with solar charging in the Garmin Instinct Solar rugged outdoor watch!  

Wander without worry with durability, multi-GNSS, ABC sensors, and TracBack routing.

This hiking GPS watch was designed to endure with a fiber-reinforced polymer case, chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Corning^® Gorilla^® glass.

Get access to multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLOSNASS, and Galileo) to help you track in more challenging environments.

When you're on the the trail or in the backcountry, put ABC sensors on you wrists. The Garmin Instinct Solar has an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather. and three-axis electronic compass.

If you roam into harsh environments, this Instinct Solar hiking watch is built to the U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock, and water resistance (rated to 100 m).

Now let's talk battery life. Get up to 54 days with solar charging in smartwatch mode. Use the power manager, and you can extend that to unlimited. Do more and charge less!

When you push yourself, it's great to have all-day health monitoring tools such as heart rate, stress, estimated sleep, and Pulse Ox. The Garmin Instinct Solar GPS watch for hiking has you covered.

You're a hiker on a mission, braving the elements, pushing limits, and conquering your goals. You want a watch that can keep up. You want the Garmin Instinct – Tactical Edition or the Garmin Instinct Solar Tactical hiking watch.

Get all the advanced features you get with the Garmin Instinct Solar plus some serious tactical features. Because a military mode or two could come in handy when you're off the beaten path.  

This durable hiking smartwatch was designed to endure with a fiber-reinforced polymer case, chemically strengthened, scratch-resistant Corning^® Gorilla^® glass, and solar charging battery. Get up to 54 days with solar charging in smartwatch mode. Use the power manager, and you can extend that to unlimited, so you can do more and charge less.

Get access to multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLOSNASS, and Galileo) to help you track in more challenging environments.

Whether you're on the the trail or in the backcountry, get ABC sensors on you wrists. The Garmin Instinct Solar has an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather. and three-axis electronic compass.

Military Specs and Features to Enhance Your Hikes

Garmin Instinct watches are built to the U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock and a 10 ATM water rating. The Instinct Tactical includes the dual grid coordinates tactical feature and has subdued color with high contrast displays.

But it's the Garmin Instinct Tactical smartwatch's added military features that take this hiking watch to the next level. These include night vision capability, stealth mode, dual-format GPS, projected waypoints, and jumpmaster mode.

In the middle of nowhere? You'll still get all-day health monitoring tools such as heart rate, stress, estimated sleep, and Pulse Ox. The Garmin Instinct Solar GPS watch for hiking has you covered.

The best tactical watch is everything the best hiking watch is—and more!

If you want the ultimate in navigation, durability, and performance metrics plus tactical-specific features that will have you outfitted for any expedition, we highly recommend the Garmin tactix Delta Sapphire military watch. Get the tactix Delta Solar tactical watch for hiking and push the limits with solar charging!

This hiking tactical watch was designed to endure with a fiber-reinforced polymer with metal rear cover and knurled buttons. The rugged yet sophisticated design features a large 1.4” display that’s 36% larger than previous tactix models.

Power Manager lets you view how various settings and sensors impact your watch’s battery life, so you can make battery-extending changes on the fly.

Upgrade to the Garmin tactix Delta Solar tactical watch and reap the benefits of a tactical tool powered by the sun! Get up to 24 days with solar in smartwatch mode and 120 days with solar in battery saver watch mode.

Garmin tactix watches are built to the U.S. military standard 810 for thermal, shock and a 10 ATM water rating. Includes dual grid coordinates tactical feature and has subdued color with high contrast displays.

Get access to multiple global navigation satellite systems (GPS, GLOSNASS, and Galileo) to help you track in more challenging environments. Keep track with TracBack® Routing, Federal Public Land Maps, Expedition Mode, and more!

In addition, an altimeter for elevation data, barometer to monitor weather, and three-axis electronic compass put the the essential tactical tools for hiking on your wrist.

Extra Military Specs and Features for Next-Level Expeditions

The tactix Delta Sapphire and Solar Edition hiking watches come equipped with night vision capability, stealth mode, kill switch, dual-format GPS, projected waypoints, and jumpmaster mode.

Upgrade to the Applied Ballistics Calculator model and get AB Elite software for calculating long-range shooting in the field. And get Applied Ballistics^® Synapse to easily create and send custom ballistic profiles to your Garmin, including full access to the Applied Ballistics Bullet Library that contains more than 1,200 custom measured bullets.