Big SEKI Loop BSL

The route

Creator

Amy and James (Doing Miles)

First published

2013

Line policy

OpenThe creator publishes the line freely

1. Line policy: OpenThe creator publishes the line freely. A line is included only where the creator's terms allow passing it on, or where OpenStreetMap carries the route as a route relation. Otherwise get it from the creator.This route
2. Line policy: SoldThe route is got by buying a guide or map set. No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
3. Line policy: WithheldThe creator chooses not to publish a line. No line is included from any source, OpenStreetMap included.
4. Line policy: UnclearWhether the creator shares the line is not settled. No line is included until it is settled.

About the route

A loop in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, entirely on maintained trail, offered as a quieter alternative to the John Muir Trail. The design was completed in 2013 and first published on Backpackinglight.com in February of that year.

The record

Kind

Person-defined routeWorked out and published by a person or a small group: a high route, a traverse or a loop of linked trails

Designation

Person-defined route (Amy and James of Doing Miles, 2013); no agency or association

Tier

RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more

Listing

First setIn the first set of trails

Where

CA (California), United States

Published length

249 km155 miabout 155 mi, per the creators. A check value, not measured from the line.

Short name

BSL

Record ID

big-seki-loopStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-10

Measured

YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published

249 km155 mi

Measured

251.2 km156 migeodesic, from the line

Difference

+0.9%measured minus published

Parts

1pieces left after joining ends within 100 m

OSM relation 11628437, 57 ways: 251.2 km in 1 part, 0.9% over the published 249 km.

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

Amy and James (Doing Miles) (publishes the route)

Publisher’s page

https://doingmiles.com/route-big-seki-loop/

Source

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11628437Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page

Line source

OpenStreetMap

Format

OpenStreetMap route relation, read through Overpass with all member ways

Main line

OSM relation 11628437: one route relation, main ways only.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

2026-11-10

Newer release?

osm-relation-version: Overpass rel(11628437); out meta; (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changesHow to tell whether the source has a newer release

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 2026-11-10). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 11628437.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation

11628437

Note

Downloaded 2026-11-10; 57 ways in the main line. release.txt has the source and date.

Logo

No logo. No logo is included; a person-defined route has no emblem. Ask the creator before using any mark.

Corrections