Designated trail

Buckeye Trail BT

Ohio's state-circling loop trail, Buckeye Trail Association · Ohio, United States

Published length: 2,250 km1,398 miabout 1,400 mi loop
Measured line: 2,371.8 km1,474 mi+5.4% 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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Main line2,371.8 km measured in 1 part · OpenStreetMap

Main line: GPX, 1.3 MB Main line: GeoJSON, 3.4 MB

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: Ohio's state-circling loop trail, Buckeye Trail Association
Tier: RegionalA long trail of 80 km (50 mi) or more
Listing: First setIn the first set of trails
Where: OH (Ohio), United States
Published length: 2,250 km1,398 miabout 1,400 mi loop. A check value, not measured from the line.
Short name: BT
Record ID: buckeyeStable: the directory name, never changed

Verification Checked 2026-11-08

Measured: YesThe line was downloaded and measured

Published: 2,250 km1,398 mi
Measured: 2,371.8 km1,474 migeodesic, from the line
Difference: +5.4%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

The super-relation and its 4495 ways join into 1 continuous loop, 2,371.8 km, +5.4% over 2,250 km. The ODNR service still needs a token; OSM is the line used.

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: Buckeye Trail Association (publishes the loop); the Ohio DNR MapServer requires a token
Source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1738661Where to ask for the line: a layer or relation page
Line source: OpenStreetMap
Format: OpenStreetMap super-relation with 28 section relations, read through Overpass or a Geofabrik extract
Main line: The super-relation 1738661 holds 28 section relations (each named 'Buckeye Trail (<place>)'); their 4495 ways join into one loop. 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(1738661); out meta; over the super-relation and its section relations (versions and timestamps), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when any changes (super-relation v86, edited 2025-08-22).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 1738661.

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

OpenStreetMap

Relation: 1738661
Note: OSM 1738661 plus 28 section relations.

Logo

Shown only to identify the trail

This logo belongs to Buckeye 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: Buckeye Trail Association
Taken from: https://buckeyetrail.org/
File: shield.svg
Note: No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark. Its blue-blaze mark is the Association's.

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`	buckeye
`name`	Buckeye Trail
`short_name`	BT
`country`	US
`regions[0]`	OH
`length_km`	2250
`length_note`	about 1,400 mi loop
`tier`	regional
`designation`	Ohio's state-circling loop trail, Buckeye Trail Association
`wave`	1
`source.status`	osm-only
`source.publisher`	Buckeye Trail Association (publishes the loop); the Ohio DNR MapServer requires a token
`source.url`	https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1738661
`source.discovery`	osm-relation-version: Overpass `rel(1738661); out meta;` over the super-relation and its section relations (versions and timestamps), or the Geofabrik replication diff; fetch again when any changes (super-relation v86, edited 2025-08-22).
`source.format`	OpenStreetMap super-relation with 28 section relations, 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 1738661.
`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`	The super-relation 1738661 holds 28 section relations (each named 'Buckeye Trail (<place>)'); their 4495 ways join into one loop. No alternates.
`source.source_checked`	2026-11-08
`source.redistributable`	true
`source.line_source`	OpenStreetMap
`source.line_file`	line.geojson
`osm.relation`	1738661
`osm.note`	OSM 1738661 plus 28 section relations.
`shield.status`	use-real-logo
`shield.logo_source`	https://buckeyetrail.org/
`shield.contact`	Buckeye Trail Association
`shield.note`	No logo or shield policy found. Treat as the maintaining organisation's mark. Its blue-blaze mark is the Association's.
`shield.logo_file`	shield.svg
`shield.logo_owner`	Buckeye Trail Association
`verification.verified`	true
`verification.date`	2026-11-08
`verification.measured_km`	2371.8
`verification.difference_percent`	5.4
`verification.parts`	1
`verification.note`	The super-relation and its 4495 ways join into 1 continuous loop, 2,371.8 km, +5.4% over 2,250 km. The ODNR service still needs a token; OSM is the line used.