Select the Search tab to seach by keyword or drill down to discover trail systems, trails and routes.

Road or trail names appearing in italics indicate that the authors of this site didn't know an official or well-accepted name for the road or trail and made one up. Future updates of the site may provide a more accurate name for the road or trail.

Click the show on map link at the top of each page to pan/zoom the map to show the item.

Click the animate link at the top of trail/route pages to see an icon trace its way around the route or trail. This feature will not zoom or pan to show the route or trail though, you should use the show on map link or otherwise make sure the trail or route is shown before clicking animate.

Select What's New? to see recent updates.

Select the Directions tab to get driving directions between locations or geographic coordinates. When you click on the Directions tab, the "To" field will be populated with the center of the map location. Moving the map will cause the "To" field to be updated. If a trailhead popup is visible, the "To" field will be populated with the coordinates of the trailhead.

Click the tab hanging off of the right side of this panel to hide/show this panel.

Pan the map by clicking, dragging and dropping it.

Zoom the map by double clicking, by using the zoom buttons in the bottom-right or by using the mouse's scroll wheel. Different things are displayed at different zoom levels. At lower levels, trailheads are displayed. Zooming in further reveals points of interest. Continuing to zoom in reveals roads, both paved and unpaved. Zooming further reveals trails. Unexplored and overgrown trails are only revealed at high zoom levels.

Open the map layers panel by clicking the tab hanging off of the center-right of the map. Choose map layers by checking/unchecking checkboxes and radio buttons. Leaving the top set of checkboxes unchecked displays a nearly blank map, but you may check any number of checkboxes to combine map layers. Click Apply Changes to apply the selected layers.

You can also change the width and height of the map. If you want to print a map larger than what is visible on your screen, you can use this feature to set the map dimensions beyond the dimensions of your screen. The width and height may be set individually or together. If one or the other is left empty, the screen dimension will be used.

Click the tab hanging off of the left side of the map layers panel to hide the panel.

If you want to know the geographical coordinates of a point on the map, click the icon in the bottom-right. Clicking it will cause it's border to turn blue and will turn the cursor into a set of crosshairs. At that time, clicking anywhere on the map will cause a blue dot to be displayed with the latitude and longitude of that location displayed above it. As long as the border of the icon is blue, clicking on the map will cause a new blue dot to be displayed. To stop displaying dots, just click on the icon again. Its border should turn white and the cursor should turn back into a pointer.

To remove a blue dot, just click on the dot itself.

To replace the latitude/longitude with different text, click the latitude/longitude, type in the text you want and hit enter.

Major trails include documented, inventoried and well known roads or trails. Most trail users would be interested in these trails.

Minor trails include private, residential, undocumented, uninventoried, and not-very-well-known roads or trails. The average trail user wouldn't be interested in these trails, but some trail users might.

Obscure trails include overgrown, hard-to-find, hard-to-follow or generally uninteresting trails. Few trail users would be interested in these trails.

Trails which show up as solid lines have been explored by the authors of this site. Trails which show up as dashed lines have not been explored by the authors of this site. The routes shown for unexplored trails were derived from publicly available data such as GIS data, aerial or satellite photos, maps or GPX files. These sources are believed to be reliable by the authors of this site, but the routes shown should not be considered authoritative.

Trails are also color coded. Here are descriptions of each color

	Paved Trail Paved trail, not open to motorized vehicles. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Hiking Trail Paths which are specifically open to foot traffic only; typically a purpose-built trail or old road bed which has been closed to vehicles or has become impassible to unspecialized vehicles. The route shown may not have yet been travelled by the authors of this site, may be based on publicly available maps or aerial photos and should not be considered authoritative. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Bike Trail Paths which are specifically open to bike and most likely foot traffic; typically a purpose-built trail or old road bed which has been closed to vehicles or has become impassible to unspecialized vehicles. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Horse Trail Paths which are specifically open to equestrian and most likely foot traffic; typically a purpose-built trail or old road bed which has been closed to vehicles or has become impassible to unspecialized vehicles. The route shown may not have yet been travelled by the authors of this site, may be based on publicly available maps or aerial photos and should not be considered authoritative. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Bike/Horse Trail Paths which are specifically open to bike, equestrian and most likely foot traffic; typically a purpose-built trail or old road bed which has been closed to vehicles or has become impassible to unspecialized vehicles. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Motor Vechicle Trail Paths which are specifically open to one or more of 4WD, ATV or motorcycle traffic and also most likely foot traffic; typically a purpose-built trail or old road bed which has been closed to vehicles or has become impassible to unspecialized vehicles. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Motor Vehicle/Bike Trail Paths which are specifically open to one or more of 4WD, ATV or motorcycle traffic as well as bikes and also most likely foot traffic; typically a purpose-built trail or old road bed which has been closed to vehicles or has become impassible to unspecialized vehicles. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Dirt/Gravel Road Unpaved road surface, possibly covered in gravel. Wouldnt likely require 4WD except possibly in bad weather, but may contain humps or brief sections which are steep, rocky, rutted or otherwise impassible to unspecialized vehicles. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 11 and higher.
	Unmaintained Road An unmaintaned dirt or gravel road, likely open to motor vehicle traffic except for ATV's as well as bike, equestrian and foot traffic, but which is likely impassible by unspecialized vehicles. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Paved Road Paved road surface. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 11 and higher.
	Adventure A trail which is unmarked, uninventoried or otherwise obscure. These trails may not be present on most maps, may not be well defined, may have sections of overgrowth or deadfall and may only be suitable or legal for foot-traffic. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 12 and higher.
	Reclaimed A road or trail which has become blocked, overgrown, obscured by debris or otherwise reclaimed by nature. Usually these trails cannot be comfortably travelled. The route shown is most likely based on publicly available maps, aerial photos or deduction and should not be considered authoritative. Trails of this type are only displayed at zoom level 13 and higher.

Trails or roads that lie in neighborhoods or other heavy residential areas are overlayed with blue dashes.

Trails or roads that lie on private property are overlayed with red dashes. With permission of the landowners, some of these trails have been travelled by the authors of this site, but the route shown and trail type is most likely based on publicly available maps, aerial photos or deduction and should not be considered authoritative.

In various places, icons are used to indicate what types of trail users are permitted to use trails or trail systems.

Below is a complete list of icons and the trail users they represent.

Photos taken along the trail are shown on the map by small white dots. Clicking on one will pop-up a window containing a thumbnail.

Clicking on the thumbnail will open a new window with the full photo.

Trail photo thumbnails are only displayed when the trail that they show is displayed. For instance, if major and minor trails are displayed then only thumbnails for major and minor trails will be displayed. Also, thumbnails are displayed at 2 zoom levels higher than the initial zoom level that the trail is displayed. For instance, if a trail is first displayed at zoom level 11 then thumbnails will be displayed at level 13.

On the map, each trailhead is marked by the icon. Clicking on one will pop-up an informative window. Trailheads are displayed at zoom level 6 and higher.

On the map, each point-of-interest is marked by the icon. Clicking on one will pop-up an informative window.

Checking the Points of Interest checkbox enables points of interest to be drawn on the map. By default, only major and minor points of interest are shown. But you can select obscure to show more points of interest select major to show fewer points of interest or uncheck the Points of Interest checkbox to show no points of interest.

Major points-of-interest are displayed at zoom level 11 and higher. Minor points-of-interest are displayed at zoom level 13 and higher. Obscure points-of-interest are displayed at zoom level 15 and higher.

Minor and obscure points-of-interest are not listed when searching or browsing. However, you can get the same page of information that is displayed for major points-of-interest by clicking on them.

On the map, clicking on a trail displays the name of the trail. Clicking on the trail name brings up information about that trail. Clicking on the trail again hides the name of the trail. Clicking on the name displays a page of information about the trail.

Minor and obscure trails are not listed when searching or browsing. However, you can get the same page of information that is displayed for major trails by clicking on them.

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The Nearby ... search instructs Google to look for matching places in and around the area shown in the map. The map will pan and zoom as necessary to show the results.

Since this search uses Google's search engine, the rules for search terms follow Google's rules. Typical "nearby searches" might include terms like: Mexican Food, Cheap Hotels, Camping, Lodging, Airports, Bike Shops, and so on.