Designated trail

Benton MacKaye Trail BMT

Benton MacKaye Trail Association · Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, United States

Published length: 463 km288 mi288 mi
Measured line: 450.4 km280 mi−2.7% against published
Line: In the datasetLicence: ODbL 1.0
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

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Main line

Line: OpenStreetMap, read 2026-11-08, drawn simplified to 30 m. Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Base map: OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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GPX is simplified to 5 m for devices. GeoJSON is the full-resolution line as published in this dataset. Neither carries elevation.

Main line450.4 km measured in 1 part · OpenStreetMap

Main line: GPX, 341 KB Main line: GeoJSON, 654 KB

Credit the source

Licence: ODbL 1.0

Lines from OpenStreetMap need the credit “© OpenStreetMap contributors” and stay under the ODbL (share-alike).

release.txt: the source, licence and date the line files came from.

The record

Kind: Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
Designation: Benton MacKaye Trail Association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: GA TN NC (Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina), United States
Published length: 463 km288 mi288 mi. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: BMT
Record ID: benton-mackayeStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-08

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 463 km288 mi
Measured: 450.4 km280 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: −2.7%measured minus published
Parts: 1pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

Within 15% of the published length Beyond 15%: the record must say why

OSM relation 1675439, 302 ways: 450.4 km in 1 part, 2.7% short of 463 km. The earlier Blue Ridge Forever line measured 436.6 km but its item licence is restricted; it was dropped.

Source and licence

Line in this dataset: line.geojsonThe main line file of the record
Source status: OpenStreetMap onlyThe only source is an OpenStreetMap route relation
Publisher: Benton MacKaye Trail Association (publishes the trail); the only other line, a Blue Ridge Forever ArcGIS item (2017), is restricted
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1675439Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: OpenStreetMap
Format: OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
Main line: One relation, marked complete ('Trail route is complete.'): the whole main line, no alternates.How the main line is told apart from alternates, connectors and side trails
Coordinates: EPSG:4326What the source stores; published files are longitude/latitude (EPSG:4326)
Licence: ODbL 1.0
Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)The credit line to show, as the source asks
May be passed on: YesThe source's terms allow its line to be passed on
OpenStreetMap only: YesOpenStreetMap is the only source of the included line
Source checked: 2026-11-08
Newer release?: osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(1675439); out meta; (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes (relation v55, edited 2026-10-19).How to tell whether the source has a newer release
Decision: Included with its name and logo. The line is from OpenStreetMap.

What the source says

OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 1675439.

With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 1675439
Note: OSM 1675439.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to Benton MacKaye Trail Association. It is not covered by this dataset’s licences, and no right to use it for any other purpose is given or implied.

A holder who wants a logo removed, replaced or credited differently can ask; see Logos.

Status: Logo in useThe trail has a logo
Holder: Benton MacKaye Trail Association
Taken from: https://bmta.org/
File: shield.png
Note: No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.

Every field of the record, with its exact value

As stored in trail.toml. The record schema says what each field means.

Field	Value
`id`	benton-mackaye
`name`	Benton MacKaye Trail
`short_name`	BMT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	GA
`regions[1]`	TN
`regions[2]`	NC
`length_km`	463
`length_note`	288 mi
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Benton MacKaye Trail Association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	Benton MacKaye Trail Association (publishes the trail); the only other line, a Blue Ridge Forever ArcGIS item (2017), is restricted
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1675439
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(1675439); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes (relation v55, edited 2026-10-19).
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
`source.crs`	EPSG:4326
`source.licence`	ODbL-1.0
`source.licence_text`	OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 (share-alike). Credit: © OpenStreetMap contributors. The OpenStreetMap copyright page states: 'You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors.' (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright, read 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 1675439.
`source.attribution`	OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
`source.osm_only`	true
`source.decision`	included-named
`source.decision_text`	Included with its name and logo. The line is from OpenStreetMap.
`source.mainline`	One relation, marked complete ('Trail route is complete.'): the whole main line, no alternates.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	1675439
`osm.note`	OSM 1675439.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://bmta.org/
`shield.contact`	Benton MacKaye Trail Association
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.png
`shield.logo_owner`	Benton MacKaye Trail Association
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-08
`verification.measured_km`	450.4
`verification.difference_percent`	-2.7
`verification.parts`	1
`verification.note`	OSM relation 1675439, 302 ways: 450.4 km in 1 part, 2.7% short of 463 km. The earlier Blue Ridge Forever line measured 436.6 km but its item licence is restricted; it was dropped.