Hogwarts Grounds Layout

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 182118

---  "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
>
> 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? ...

bboyminn:

There are actually three maps in the HP Lexicon, one a quick 
sketch by JKR for the movie producers, the other is an 
updated map by Charles J. Mize which is pretty good but 
doesn't match JKR's map, and an old map created by Steve
Vander Ark. This one most closely matches my mental vision
of Hogwarts grounds.

I never got the sense from reading the books that the main
gate, that is both the gate to the train station and the
gate to Hogsmead were different gates. I always envisioned
that if you went one direction from the train station, you
went up to the school. If you crossed the tracks and went
in the other direction, you went to Hogsmead. I did however
assume that Hogwarts fortress walls had more than one gate.

Also, regarding JKR's map, while it is a fair representation
of the general locations of various things, I don't think it
is to scale or to the correct proportions.

Notice that while her map does show Hogsmead at the top and
the train station, lake, and boats at the bottom, it does
not show the road leading from the train station up to the
castle.

I suspect in her encyclopedia, she will have a more well 
thought out and detailed map of Hogwarts and the grounds.

I also agree with PotionCat, you need to either quote the
passage, or give a a direct reference to it.

Steve/bboyminn