A system and method is provided for positioning a vehicle (100) with a hitch (114) using an automatic steering system (200) to align the vehicle (100) with an implement (102) so that the implement (102) can be connected to the vehicle (100). The positions of the vehicle (100) and the implement (102) can be determined directly or indirectly from GPS position information. The known positions of the vehicle (100) and implement (102) are then used to calculate a path for the vehicle (100) to align the vehicle (100) with the implement (102). The calculated path is then provided to an automatic steering system (200) of the vehicle (100) to steer the vehicle (100) along the path.
