Google earth 

Last Christmas I received a new Garmin fish finder that allowed one button way point setting. When a way point is set, it is given the next number in sequence and I do not want to take the time to enter a full name. Especially since not all the way points pan out. Fortunately, the Garmin does keep the lat/long from the GPS satellites. 

I manually put that lat/long into Google Earth and my exact location is displayed on the computer screen. Based on the location displayed (and it is pretty spot-on), I usually can remember things about that location which I enter as the "name" of the way point in the Garmin. 

Interesting use of technology and it (Google Earth) is free. 

Bill Fetech 

Funny story about way points.  I went into Academy to buy a Garmin to mark my way point. Problem was I had my wife with me and she started laughing. She said you need way points for those puddles you fish. You never way pointed when we lived on Lake Erie.  She thinks anything less than the Great Lakes  is not really a lake but an impoundment.   Then she said get it as then you can find the truck in Walmart's parking lot.  At that point I decided to rethink my way point logic and haven't purchased anything.  Luckily my fishing partner Jason takes great notes and stores them in the cloud so we know what worked or didn't the last time.  LOL.  The note thing works as fish are like fishermen just looking for the next meal.

i use Google Earth a lot as well; not only for getting to a new lake, but also to see what the land looks like around the lake.  The history feature sometimes can take you back in time to before the lake was built to see what the land was like.  Or, if you catch a right time, you can see the lake when it was several feet low and see features that may not be apparent if the lake is full.

either way, its a good way to get your blood boiling before a trip!!