Designated trail
Border Route Trail BRT
Boundary Waters trail, Superior National Forest · Minnesota, United States
- Published length
- 105 km65 mi65 mi
- Measured line
- 106.3 km66.1 mi+1.2% 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.
The record
- Kind
- Designated trailDesignated, maintained and published as one trail by a land agency or a trail association
- Designation
- Boundary Waters trail, Superior National Forest
- Tier
- RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
- Listing
- First setIn the first set of trails
- Where
- MN (Minnesota), United States
- Published length
- 105 km65 mi65 mi. A check value, not measured from the line.
- Short name
- BRT
- Record ID
border-routeStable: the directory name, never changed
Verification Checked 2026-11-08
- Measured
- YesThe line was downloaded and measured
- Published
- 105 km65 mi
- Measured
- 106.3 km66.1 migeodesic, from the line
- Difference
- +1.2%measured minus published
- Parts
- 1pieces left after joining ends within 100 m
43 ways give one continuous line, 106.3 km, +1.2% over 105 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
- Border Route Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found)
- Source
- https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5996078Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
- Line source
- OpenStreetMap
- Format
- OpenStreetMap relation, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
- Main line
- Single OSM relation 5996078 (105 km tag).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(ID); 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 2026-11-09). The line included here is from OpenStreetMap, relation 5996078.
With the page it was read on. Not legal advice.
OpenStreetMap
- Relation
- 5996078
- Note
- Downloaded 2026-11-08; release.txt has the relation version and timestamp.
Logo
Shown only to identify the trail
This logo belongs to Border Route 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
- Border Route Trail Association
- Taken from
- https://borderroutetrail.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 | border-route |
name | Border Route Trail |
short_name | BRT |
country | US |
regions[0] | MN |
length_km | 105 |
length_note | 65 mi |
tier | regional |
designation | Boundary Waters trail, Superior National Forest |
wave | 1 |
source.status | osm-only |
source.publisher | Border Route Trail Association (publishes the trail; no open geometry found) |
source.url | https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/5996078 |
source.discovery | osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(ID); out meta;` (version and timestamp), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when it changes |
source.format | OpenStreetMap 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 5996078. |
source.attribution | OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) |
source.osm_only | true |
source.mainline | Single OSM relation 5996078 (105 km tag). |
source.source_checked | 2026-11-08 |
source.redistributable | true |
source.line_source | OpenStreetMap |
source.line_file | line.geojson |
osm.relation | 5996078 |
osm.note | Downloaded 2026-11-08; release.txt has the relation version and timestamp. |
shield.status | use-real-logo |
shield.logo_source | https://borderroutetrail.org/ |
shield.contact | Border Route 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 | Border Route Trail Association |
verification.verified | true |
verification.date | 2026-11-08 |
verification.measured_km | 106.3 |
verification.difference_percent | 1.2 |
verification.parts | 1 |
verification.note | 43 ways give one continuous line, 106.3 km, +1.2% over 105 km. |