# Long-trail record. Field meanings: docs/schema.md in this repository.

id = "benton-mackaye"
name = "Benton MacKaye Trail"
short_name = "BMT"
country = "US"
regions = ["GA", "TN", "NC"]
length_km = 463
length_note = "288 mi"
tier = "regional"
designation = "Benton MacKaye Trail Association"
wave = 1

[source]
status = "osm-only"
publisher = "Benton MacKaye Trail Association (publishes the trail); the only other track, a Blue Ridge Forever ArcGIS item (2017), is restricted"
url = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1675439"
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)."
format = "OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract"
crs = "EPSG:4326"
licence = "ODbL-1.0"
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 track included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 1675439."
attribution = "OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)"
osm_only = true
decision = "included-named"
decision_text = "Included with its name and logo. The track is from OpenStreetMap."
mainline = "One relation, marked complete ('Trail route is complete.'): the whole main track, no alternates."
source_checked = "2026-11-08"
redistributable = true
line_source = "OpenStreetMap"
line_file = "line.geojson"

[osm]
relation = 1675439
note = "OSM 1675439."

[shield]
status = "use-real-logo"
logo_source = "https://bmta.org/"
contact = "Benton MacKaye Trail Association"
note = "No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark."
logo_file = "shield.png"
logo_owner = "Benton MacKaye Trail Association"

[verification]
verified = true
date = "2026-11-08"
measured_km = 450.4
difference_percent = -2.7
parts = 1
note = "OSM relation 1675439, 302 ways: 450.4 km in 1 part, 2.7% short of 463 km. The earlier Blue Ridge Forever track measured 436.6 km but its item licence is restricted; it was dropped."