Thruhiking Apps

A list of apps that are useful for thruhikers on long distance nature trails.

Thruhiking Apps

These apps include some combination of:

• Trail centerline
• Waypoint locations (water, campsites, etc)
• Waypoint descriptions
• User's current GPS location along the trail
• User comment sections

Free and Open Source

• OpenLongTrails.org Grit
• Mapoff from jithware.
• OpenTrail.org

For Profit

• FarOut, formerly known as Guthook

Mapping Apps

Free and Open Source

• Organic Maps
• OsmAnd

For Profit

• Caltopo
• Gaia GPS
• onX

Online Maps

• LongTrailsMap from OpenLongTrails.org
• PCT Water Report Google Map