Hogwarts Grounds Layout

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 182108

SusanFullin:
>snipping quotes< 
> But the map that JKR drew had the stadium to the left of the 
castle, 
> and Hagrid's cabin and the forest on the right (if you are standing 
> with your back to the entrance doors, looking down the drive 
towards 
> the gates with the winged boars). Hagrid couldn't be looking behind 
> the castle because according to that map, there's the lake behind 
it.


Potioncat:
Well, I'm not sure why I'm replying to this question---I've always 
been confused about the layout of the Hogwarts grounds.

First off, were you using the map as shown at the Lexicon?
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/atlas/hogwarts/atlas-h-jkrmap.html

Secondly, did you quote all the pertinent part of OoP? Because I 
don't understand what you mean about looking behind the castle.  
Looking at the quote above, and the map at that link, the sentence 
makes sense.

Except that I thought it would be a great deal more space between the 
pitch and Hagrid's hut. But that may be movie contamination.

Also, though I don't have a link, or the date of the interview, I 
recall JKR once saying that she hadn't kept good notes on where 
things were in the castle, and if she put something one place in one 
book and in a different place in another, she'd chaulk it up to magic.