Buy a 24×36″ poster of this map!
As Zwift continues to build out their incredible Watopia virtual course, it can get a bit confusing figuring out the route options and overall course layout. (The Route Details page can help somewhat.)
Here is the latest version of a Watopia map created by myself, posted for the Zwift Community. You are free to print it for your personal use.
This page will continue to be updated as we enhance the map and Zwift HQ updates Watopia.
Download map as PDF
Update Log:
- 11/1/18: fixed Volcano Climb elevation
- v2.04, 10/2/18: added run-only paths from Oct 1 2018 update, renamed some areas to match Zwift’s naming, added KOM table, updated the blimp.
- v2.02, 9/11/18: various fixes thanks to feedback from Zwift Riders. Fixed biodome, distance table, level barrier to Jungle. Also corrected and numbered spawn points and added them to routes table so you can see where each route spawns.
- v2.01, 9/10/18: massive update! Added Jungle and Alpe sections. Used Zwift’s background image for increased accuracy and visual appeal. Reformatted routes table to accommodate increasing number of routes. Added additional spawn points. Renamed “Zwift Alps” to “Col du Zwift” for obvious reasons. Rotated the entire map 90 degrees to accommodate all the new roads.
- v1.11, 3/8/17: added Volcano KOM, updated routes and distance tables
- v1.10, 1/27/17: added Volcano Expansion routes, updated routing and distance tables
- v1.02, 5/20/16: updated routes to reflect changes from v1.0.11783 release (“The Pretzel” and “Mountain 8” routes changed substantially).
- v1.01, 5/5/16: Added new Mountain route which arrived with v1.0.11783 release, deleted “Mountain Route” road title. Changed roads leading from Watopia Pier to standard roads since group features are now live. Removed “course map” from main title. Moved version/date to bottom-left re-arranged elements. Standardized font sizes (enlarged smallest fonts). Also made these changes at the request of Zwift HQ: removed Zwift logo, added permission tagline in footer, changed “Carnival & Staging” to “Watopia Pier”, “Mini Jarvis” to “The Biodome” (Jarvis is more than that iconic tree tunnel), added the name of the bridge by The Esses – JWB (there’s actually a plate on the bridge with these initials).
- v1.0, 5/2/16: Added course profiles to routes, added snow/fog area icon, moved/resized elements for better poster layout.
- v0.9, 5/2/16: Upgraded graphics for blimp, hot air balloons, Hank’s, Scotty’s condo and the drive-through university. Enlarged distance points for ease of reading. Added graphics (Zwift logo used by permission and epic KOM ibex). Added text titles for Zwift Alps, Ski Lifts, German Village, Italian Village, and Scotty’s Hillside Condo. Changed bridge tower sizes to reflect game scale where middle is much larger. Changed “Redwood Island” to “Mini Jarvis”. Removed “Observatory Island” title.
- v0.8, 4/28/16: Added snow line on mountain section, elevation signs, incline/decline road overlays (arrows always point downhill), bridge near waterfall, concrete ring around Redwood Island, island west of Redwood Island. Fixed mileage for B-C, changed Epic KOM elevation to match 373m sign nearby. Made various terrain adjustments to better match game terrain and “best guesses” for mountain sections to the south which cannot be seen.
- v0.7, 4/22/16: added bridge at end of Ocean Blvd, marina and docks on and near Ocean Blvd, hillside condo before statues, waterfall on Observatory Island, fixed reverse KOM start location, added building next to radio tower, added route details/diagrams.
- v0.6, 4/14/16: added carnival/group staging pier, distance points, city, and small planes near Spruce Goose.
- v0.5, 4/11/16: added tunnels and covered pass, Hank’s, bridge spires and updated statues
- v0.4, 4/8/16: fixed village location, added bridge indicators, spawn point, named Observatory Island, modified land/water contrast for improved, black and white printing.
- v0.3, 4/7/16: added buildings, changed the sprint banner to checkers for clarity, changed start/finish to orange to match jersey, modified airplane shape to real Spruce Goose.
- v0.2, 3/31/16: added water and land, distance scale, blimp and hot air balloons, underwater tunnel, KOM elevations, airplane.
- v0.1, 3/30/16: first version released
Love it great job will help while on the island thanks
Would like to have the overhead map with like this showing my position at any moment. I am ALWAYS lost.
^^^ +1 for an overhead map like you get on car racing simulators.
I second that!
Me too … A overhead map would be a nice feature… 🙂
Great job with the blog…
Excellent. Now I can stop working on mine. I have 5 or 6 pages, with KOM, sprint and a couple of other segments shown.
Excellent work
You could add:
The whale
Hanks gas Station
Willkommen Village
North arrow, scale bar/ruler for distance, possibly add spot height elevations on KOMs for relative elevation differences
Spot elevations just added plus scale bar!
Cool. Map should have a scale.
Done!
I love it! I have been waiting for a map like this. Great job.
Great work! Thanks a lot
This is great! Nice work.
I would find it helpful to have the map include terrain and landmarks. This would help me visualize things. It would be helpful even to just have a layout of the land vs. water areas. Could this be pieced together from the various aerial shots?
I would think the Zwift developers must have something they used to visualize the routes as they were designing them. Perhaps they could share it?
Just updated the map to include land/water areas.
I’ve asked Zwift developers, but they can’t provide me anything without doing more coding to make it happen. So I figured I wouldn’t bug them about it–let them work on building new features!
Great updates!
Agreed, new features are more important.
excellent. thank you.
Excellent!
Great map! Subtle fix, change the start/finish dot to Orange to match the Jersey, and the Epic KOM to blue dots?
Sometimes I see riders stopped on the side of the road on the Epic climbs, they may not be doing anything but signing out but I thought, hey, virtually speaking, if you are “toast” and need a break, how about the ability to be able to take in a 360 degree view just to appreciate the altitude/vista and calm the mind a little if one so desires to just “chill” before signing out. Love the Mountain climb experience(s), reminds me of Cadillac Mountain climb in Acadia Natl Park, Bar Harbar, Maine. Keep expanding the maps!!!
Thanks very much, this is really helpful
Awesome job, I’d love a map of some kind to see where I am #alwayslost
Hey,
Fantastic work on this! It’s brilliant.
It would be really useful if you added in where the courses can change
What do you mean “where the courses can change”? You mean where you have the option to turn one way or the other?
Since your map is cleaner than mine which I made by taking screen shots of Strava, pasting into Power Point, and adding text and graphics) I figure I’ll share my other features. I labeled the intersections and included distances in a short table. Also included visuals of the route maps, eg what the pretzel route looks like. I wonder if you plan to make additional pages to your map? I’m happy to share what I’ve got so far, if it would interest you.
Sure Sue, email me at eric@zwiftinsider.com! I keep on adding to the map–at the bottom of this page below the map graphic you can see the versions, dates and updates.
Very nice. Thanks! Is there a similar map for the Richmond Course?? Thanks again.
Not yet, but I make make one. We’ll see…
This is really great. Would recommend having a handy link somewhere from the home page. Maybe on “Getting Started” menu and/or “Links Every Zwifter Must Have”?
It didn’t take me long to find it, but you should be showing off you great work on this map.
Just added the links. I actually need to redo the overall site navigation one of these days!
Great job with the map. Am I correct to assume from the header at the top of this page that there’s a way to “fly” over Watopia? That would be cool – or how about a 3D map viewable on smartphone?
You can change your camera angles to get an aerial view… hitting your number 8 key, for instance. Try all the numbers! If you add a comma and a 0 after hitting the number it changes the view further (so, typing “8,0” for instance).
3D map on the smartphone would be fun–but out of my league. I’m just a Zwift lover!
Hey, I just started playing Zwift, and I’am wondering if it is possible to teleport to map point, sometime i like to make climbs.
There’s no way to do this at this time. You can “Join Rider” from the start screen, but you can’t really know where any one particular rider is at.
Hello
Can I in the full version at Zwift routes import of GPX files and if possible how it is done
Best Regards
Rene
I’m not sure what you’re asking, but there is no way to import GPX files into Zwift. You ride on pre-defined courses: zwiftinsider.com/route-details
It would be nice to have a map like this perhaps on screen with a marker showing your location, and selected friends or all riders, or perhaps an app with simple graphics to display on your phone
ZwiftGPS.. Dude, you totally saw and called the future. 🙂
Hello the riders, I have a question concerning the Mountain Road of Watopia, when I do this, it is the reverse plot that is realized, that is A C E F F D B A and not A B D F F C A as indicated on the map.
Do you have an explanation ?
The only way you’ll begin by going A to C is if you flip a u-turn and ride in the reverse direction.
Great job! Though this map could be out of date soon?! Might you produce some more posters once the volcano update comes out?
That’s the plan!
vvolcano update sounds good. I noticed the italian village and waterfall are nomore mentionned on the map. while at it might as well as the ship wreck on the volcano island, as a reference point. else looks good. thanks
It look like you will soon have to to update your map with the new volcano climb. Looking at the Strava segment it is going to be messy, I am curious to see what tricks you have up your sleeve. Thanks for the hard work on these maps.
Another update to do. Don’t forget to pu back the Italian Village and Waterfalls references. On the Volcano would be nice to have the KOM start/finish. Cheers.
Thanks the new map look very nice.
This map is superb! Its great for a glance reference. Any chance of a London version coming our way???
I agree, these maps are awsome. see these links for London and Richmond
http://zwiftinsider.com/london-map/
http://zwiftinsider.com/richmond-map/
Any plan to update with new Mayan Jungle section expansion ?
I’d love to have a poster of all the new maps when/if they’re updated.
Zwift has made the map available:
http://cdn.zwift.com/public/maps/MiniMap_Watopia.png
When I see the jungle, I wonder about the hydrology of the lake in the middle. There is tons of water pouring into the thing – especially at the waterfall. But there is no obvious outflow.
Yeah, I know – it is virtual and I should worry more about riding. But that’s how my mind works.
Hi Eric, will you update the Poster and the printable map with the new routes of Watopia and London?
Love this site, good job. Keep on going…
Would love to see the latest Watopia track update.
Any updates?
thanks so much for doing this! Really cool and much appreciated.
Hi! Looking forward to the new map. Any update on this?
Hey Folks–
Waiting on ZwiftHQ to update the Watopia map, should could happen any day now. Once that expansion drops I plan to update the map and print up fresh posters.
Thats great 🙂 Thanks for the update.
woooow, Big thanks!
Looking forward to get the new posters
That would be great to have an updated map. I have this on my wall and it’s a very useful reference during my rides. Thanks!
This was over 5 months ago – any idea when maps will see an update? Thanks!
There an ETA for updated map now that Alpe Du Zwift is live?
Still errors on the direction of the gradients
How so?
Any update on when a new map will come out?
Posters should be out at the end of September/early October. Updated PDF is available above… but more updates to come!
Eric,
I ordered a poster on October 7th, and the receipt states that the order was received. However, I have not received any update, tracking information, or the poster. It was scheduled, per the site, that US orders would be shipped the 11th. It is now the 22nd, and I have not received anything. Can you tell me when the poster(s) will ship?
Can I ask a daft question? Say you’re doing Watopia Figure 8 – there doesnt seem to be a ‘finish line’ so to speak…am I missing something? For example I went well past the 29.8k today but didnt see an ‘end’ point…
All courses finish at the banner in Watopia city. But if you keep going nothing will stop you. Zwift will let you ride as along as you want
Not sure if this has been mentioned but the volcano KOM on the 2.04 version map is listed at 666m. That’s about 5x what I think it actually is.
thoughts on a new york poster ?